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Oct 27 2009, 09:43 PM
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Well, if you don't need anything now, save it and use it later when you really have a serious case of GAS
  As for strings I don't use anything but elixirs ever since I tried them a year ago. I love them. Regular strings only lasted me a week before getting all black, these ones are shiny from day one to day 100  , I change them every 3 months or so
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Oct 27 2009, 10:58 PM
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Look at Britain for good currency change, the Pound is at historic lows while the US Dollar actually isn't
QUOTE (-Zion- @ Oct 27 2009, 10:23 PM)  anyways.. why is there such a big big difference in pricing? Different political and economical environments between countries. That's the short answer  -------------------- My bands homepage
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Oct 28 2009, 01:38 PM
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It's overpriced of course. There are also some other important things I can say about this, regarding my own country (perhaps it is similar in some other countries in the region):
- The music shops (on top of the expenses they pay for the goods to arrive here) have their own profit margins, so they will put even greater price. - Music shops will tend to order and buy large quantities of low cost equipment. They don't earn at all with hi priced models and they are mostly "loosing" money in the shop's corners as show pieces. Rarely will a professional player or a rich young player come into the store and buy Reissue amp or guitar. The vast majority of buyers are young players that need their first or second axe, so this is where the choice is the biggest. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Oct 31 2009, 02:49 PM
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I have been buying bass strings in US for quite some time now. On bass strings which are more expensive the price difference is just huge!
Generally stores import goods like that from US so they do include shipping costs, import duties etc. Now the stores (at least here) profit mostly on accessories (strings,picks,cables,straps etc) so they tend to overprice those goods a lot in order to make profit.
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