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May 28 2009, 11:28 PM |
man, no one is having luck at the moment buying guitars.
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May 28 2009, 11:28 PM |
Who's running that music shop, Basil Fawlty? ...oh my, I had to check the date of the post, it said "today" though the stoiy was so familiar I had to double check noone reopened an old post.
Sorry Rok! My sad advice would be to just return the guitar. After all the Tremonti is your dream guitar, right? If you give it up today for a gray substitute you may never get it. Another two months wait is tough but after all you're waiting to fulfil a dream, you're not waiting for just another guitar. Right? -------------------- My bands homepage
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May 29 2009, 12:35 AM |
Yeah, I've been almost spamming GMC with post of this guitar purchase LOL!! It took forever and has just been so strange. I don't want to settle, even though it's still a Tremonti Signature, the Tri Color was just soooo cool!!! Advertising really works on my young impressionable little mind Plus as fkalich says the Tri Color is just classic. I guess we'll see what happens Saturday... Yeah, I looked at it. That is awfully pretty. If it is anything like this, that is awfully pretty. http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/member-cla...emonti-new.html But then again, you are getting a pretty good price. Hmmmmmm. Money matters. I only saw one tri color at a major internet seller, sweetwater, and it was like $2600, although they mentioned a rebate. Probably not much. Still you can probably find one cheaper, but I doubt near $1600. Maybe prices have gone up. So hmmm. If the price is good enough, and like $500 cheaper at least than you could ever find a sunburst. And it looks to me like you could not even get one now for that price, this guy is selling is for $2,550 Well, hummm. Money matters to. In that case I reconsider. I would not kid myself that I prefer the grey, but it probably looks good as they said, and if so, heck, for a good deal, well money matters also. You could buy a Boss RC-50 with $500, and that would be real cool to have. This post has been edited by fkalich: May 29 2009, 12:38 AM |
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May 29 2009, 12:44 AM |
Yeah, I looked at it. That is awfully pretty. If it is anything like this, that is awfully pretty. http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/member-cla...emonti-new.html But then again, you are getting a pretty good price. Hmmmmmm. Money matters. I only saw one tri color at a major internet seller, sweetwater, and it was like $2600, although they mentioned a rebate. Probably not much. Still you can probably find one cheaper, but I doubt near $1600. Maybe prices have gone up. So hmmm. If the price is good enough, and like $500 cheaper at least than you could ever find a sunburst. And it looks to me like you could not even get one now for that price, this guy is selling is for $2,550 Well, hummm. Money matters to. In that case I reconsider. I would not kid myself that I prefer the grey, but it probably looks good as they said, and if so, heck, for a good deal, well money matters also. You could buy a Boss RC-50 with $500, and that would be real cool to have. That would be it fkalich And yes it is mighty pretty... The $1600 is the amount he took off actually. I am paying $3100 for the guitar. (MSRP on the guitar is $4700) Which when you take in to account exchange on the Cnd dollar to USD plus customs (IE taxes and we LOVE taxes in Canada a lovely 13%) It would be close to that price anyways... I think... my math isn't the greatest EDIT: I didn't realize the Tri Color had the outline bird inlays as well It looks even nicer now.... This post has been edited by rokchik: May 29 2009, 12:47 AM |
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May 29 2009, 01:11 AM |
That SUCKS!
I know how frustrating it is when your not getting what you have been looking forward to for ages, and also paid a good sum of money for. But i must add, personally i preffered the grey flame top I thought it had a more unique look to it. Maybe you'll actually love the grey one when you get to see it for yourself, but if not.. there's always the possibility to return it. But that will offcourse mean more waiting time.... This post has been edited by Trond Vold: May 29 2009, 01:11 AM -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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May 29 2009, 01:24 AM |
That would be it fkalich And yes it is mighty pretty... The $1600 is the amount he took off actually. I am paying $3100 for the guitar. (MSRP on the guitar is $4700) Which when you take in to account exchange on the Cnd dollar to USD plus customs (IE taxes and we LOVE taxes in Canada a lovely 13%) It would be close to that price anyways... I think... my math isn't the greatest EDIT: I didn't realize the Tri Color had the outline bird inlays as well It looks even nicer now.... Well, Canadian dollar is about 90% value of a red blooded American dollar. This is the one I found http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SCMTF3SB/ They say MSRP of about $3,700, they sell it for $2,600. $4,700 x 90% = $4,230. Don't we have sort of a tariff free arrangement with our frost bitten friends to the north? Anyway, if this is the same Guitar, I would check with Sweetwater and see if they ship north. Unless they apply a $500 tarriff on it, and I don't think they do (if this is the same guitar). I did not see Musician's Friend having the tri color, I know they do ship north, I assume they use dog sleds to get it there. There are others also. I have had good luck with these big operations. If anything is wrong, they will generally replace it and pay shipping for the exchange. edit: I just saw that you mention taxes. I don't know if you have to pay that if you purchase from the US. If you do, well, if they sell it for $2,600, 13% is $338 of that. I did that in my head, my dementia test, so I passed. That would still make the price pushing $2,950. Still does not explain it as a great deal from who you purchased from. Anyway, unless you have money to burn and don't care, you have options. Unless you are getting a really great deal (and I don't see that at this point, since I don't think you are a growling metal guy, I would go for a tri, maybe from somebody else). This post has been edited by fkalich: May 29 2009, 01:38 AM |
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May 29 2009, 02:07 AM |
Well, Canadian dollar is about 90% value of a red blooded American dollar. This is the one I found http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SCMTF3SB/ They say MSRP of about $3,700, they sell it for $2,600. $4,700 x 90% = $4,230. Don't we have sort of a tariff free arrangement with our frost bitten friends to the north? Anyway, if this is the same Guitar, I would check with Sweetwater and see if they ship north. Unless they apply a $500 tarriff on it, and I don't think they do (if this is the same guitar). I did not see Musician's Friend having the tri color, I know they do ship north, I assume they use dog sleds to get it there. There are others also. I have had good luck with these big operations. If anything is wrong, they will generally replace it and pay shipping for the exchange. edit: I just saw that you mention taxes. I don't know if you have to pay that if you purchase from the US. If you do, well, if they sell it for $2,600, 13% is $338 of that. I did that in my head, my dementia test, so I passed. That would still make the price pushing $2,950. Still does not explain it as a great deal from who you purchased from. Anyway, unless you have money to burn and don't care, you have options. Unless you are getting a really great deal (and I don't see that at this point, since I don't think you are a growling metal guy, I would go for a tri, maybe from somebody else). Sweetwater only has it available in Blue though. Spoke with them and they also said there would be about a months wait for the Tri Color. Also they don't ship PRS to Canada for some reason... person couldn't really explain. Either way it actually works out to be about $100 dollars more expensive if I bought it from the guy on the LP forum... that's at todays exchange rate mind you. I still have to pay tax on the guitar even if purchased in USA. There is no tariff or duty though due to NAFTA. Plus add shipping... even by dog sled, need to feed the poor buggers... to that as well so it's still not a fantastic deal but thanks for trying and the suggestions. I guess it's another waiting game to see the guitar on Saturday and then decide. I'll post some pics as well. |
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May 29 2009, 07:21 AM |
Either way it actually works out to be about $100 dollars more expensive if I bought it from the guy on the LP forum... that's at todays exchange rate mind you. I still have to pay tax on the guitar even if purchased in USA. There is no tariff or duty You may still be best off with those guys if you decide to insist on the tri. Musician's friend wants $3,200 for that item, and though they do ship to Canada, with the currency conversion, and the fact that they don't give free shipping to Canada, and the tax, you would pay a lot more. I don't know why Sweetwater is so much cheaper, but even if they shipped to Canada, you are right, you still would pay a little more. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product...itar?sku=520049 To me that guy selling his wanted too much for a guitar without the 2 year warranty. I feel one wants a warranty at least for the first few years on a guitar. And as you said, it is not cheaper. Well you might like the Gray when you get it. Post pictures as you say. If the flame is real good as they say, it might be real neat. A nice flame is a great thing, and hard to get. I have a 58 Les Paul reissue with the tri color. But I also have a chocolate brown flamed LP studio with a great flame, and I really like it. You may like the gray when you see it. This post has been edited by fkalich: May 29 2009, 07:23 AM |
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May 29 2009, 09:55 AM |
Thats bad to hear really... I would return it and ask for one you wanted in the first place. Its not 100,200 $ guitar, we are talking about 3,000 + $
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