Guitar Center Gear Buying

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I've had to show them their own website before because people working there didn't know about their own promotions.

I think they list exclusions because of MAP, but what happens in the store, happens in the store.
 
fek said:
Makes that 7% not look so bad! After the last person I had to interact with in person from FB to make a sale, I would have paid 20% to not have to do that again.
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Oh, come on. You didn't like that gas station where we traded pedals? It was almost exactly half way between us.
 
fek said:
I had a few things that were not moving locally on CL and FB Marketplace for months. Posted them on Sweetwater's Gear Exchange and they sold within a week. Ended up with a $500+ credit with Sweetwater. I think they charge 7% if you choose to accept the cash instead of credit. Just my experience.
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I actually posted my EC1000 up on Sweetwater GE last night, I'll give it a shot for a bit, see what happens. Cant seem to give shit away lately.
 
Floyd Eye said:
I'm just glad your alternator didn't go out.
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That was back when I had my Jeep. Holy shit that thing was worse! By the time I traded it in, the tail lights didn't work, the speed sensors went out when it rained and my speedometer went to zero, and the rear wiper quit working all because of a wiring harness that would cost me hundreds of dollars and days of labor to fix. I couldn't fix it with my soldering iron. I'm done with Jeeps.
 
BeZo said:
That was back when I had my Jeep. Holy shit that thing was worse! By the time I traded it in, the tail lights didn't work, the speed sensors went out when it rained and my speedometer went to zero, and the rear wiper quit working all because of a wiring harness that would cost me hundreds of dollars and days of labor to fix. I couldn't fix it with my soldering iron. I'm done with Jeeps.
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They haven't made actual Jeeps since the 40s bruh. The AMCs of the late 70s and early 80s were ok, but they weren't Jeeps. And whatever they are now isn't even close.

My ex brother in law bought a brand new Grand Cherokee with the "Sport Package" in the early 90s. We took it into a mudhole and did a few doughnuts with it. After that it wouldn't shift out of 2nd gear. He took it to the dealer and they told him he voided his warranty by taking it off road.

I used to have one of those old Wagoneer panel wagons. I forget what year but it was before they switched to the body style that became the Cherokee. That thing was a beast but still not a real Jeep.
 
I hated GC before they got as bad as they are now......That said, in Tacoma the tech Ron who works on guitars is a good guy with loads of experience and does quality work. About the only reason to go in there IMO. He's too good for his employer.....
 
UPDATE. So they bought my RR3, and my EC1000 for $900. I bought some strings and a few items. Walked out with an $800 check. Not to bad at all imo.
 

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BeZo said:
Nah. I would have de-escalated the situation like the Nun from the movie Airplane. I have dreadlocks.
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I’m a firm believer in escalation…and the Mozambique 🇲🇿 drill…cause you can never be too sure 👍
 
JackBootedThug said:
I’m a firm believer in escalation…and the Mozambique 🇲🇿 drill…cause you can never be too sure 👍
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Oh yeah. We should be friends.

Speaking of escalation, try the Mozambique/failure to stop drill on a moving target, while you're moving as well. That's the shit there bro.
 
Floyd Eye said:
Oh yeah. We should be friends.

Speaking of escalation, try the Mozambique/failure to stop drill on a moving target, while you're moving as well. That's the shit there bro.
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We are friends. I did training for over 20 years but it was job specific and their equipment and their guidelines.
 
JackBootedThug said:
We are friends. I did training for over 20 years but it was job specific and their equipment and their guidelines.
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The majority of my training has been at the hands of a (now) retired police captain from one of the shitholes up north (STL) St Louis county swat instructor, ex swat team leader. 20 years with the cops and 20 before that with the marines. Multiple combat deployments, USMC Marksmanship instructor. He has his own facility these days. And it’s pretty fuckin cool. Robots, moving targets, carjacking scenarios. Shit like that. Most of the shit I do up there ( which lately I trade for guitar lessons oddly) have pretty much nothing to do with anything I would be tasked with in reality. But it sure is fun. And it helps me not look like a complete dumbass when I train with the other group of guys I run with. All LEO, military retired and active duty. Including a couple snake eaters.


Anyway, all that to say my training has been about 10 years of the exact opposite of job specific or by anyone’s guidelines.
 
ToneZone6L6 said:
My guitar center started offering 50% if cash and 60% if trading in and then lowball’s the hell out of you
The last offer I got from them was $600.00 for a mesa boogie V90 combo
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Meanwhile you’ll show them the three they have listed for 18-2000.
 
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