AmpliFIRE":1vtuhs5l said:
bigdaddyd":1vtuhs5l said:
AmpliFIRE":1vtuhs5l said:
30th St Guitars. The owner (Matt) is a great guy and will wheel and deal a bit if you see something you like
YMMV on this one, and I strongly disagree with the great guy part. I will never go back there. Just to clarify, this was the last store I went to. I gave up on all NYC stores, except this one and then Matt ruined that too. I won't into it on a public forum, because he is very sensitive, let's just say bought a Hakko and starting soldering and doing even more work on my own to avoid having to deal with his shit. There are other people that do good tech work, which was mostly what I used his services for anyway. He does have a cool lizard in the back. That is the best part of the shop.
Hmm...that's odd. I've done 10 or so deals with him and it worked out great every time...
I have dealt with him for longer than that, and have always liked him and put up with his quirks. I kept most of my business to the tech side since I quite frankly found better deals elsewhere. I always brought my gear to him though and he even asked why I didn't buy the stuff from him. I told him, "when you give me these deals I will." That was never the problem. I had around 15 guitars or so at a time and he would have easily charged like 2x what I was paying for some of them, so I can't blame him
If I new he had something for sale that someone was looking for, I would direct them to his shop and sold some stuff for him. I never got anything out of it, and probably not even a thank you... certainly not a discount. He did always hook me up with gear that didn't sell, which worked out for me because I have those kind of tastes.
Like I said, I will not publicly air my problems that caused me to stop using him, but I will say that he would think it was one particular occurrence, but rather there were many and the last one was the one that just was the straw that broke the camel's back. I actually owe him for making me more proactive in my attempt to learn sharpen my own skills when it comes to working on my own gear. I have gotten much better at soldering and was already doing setups and such before. Bottom line is, maybe he had a really bad day the last day I was there. The thing is I am the customer....and if anyone saw what he did and said....well he is pretty lucky I am a nice guy.
