Re: you guys need to read this article - Thad - 15:50 05-12-05
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John Shaughnessy wrote:
> No, it's been a conscious scale back in quantity and quality of merch. over
> the years. Hell, I can't even find ONE set of 6 string bass strings there
> anymore, let alone the Ken Smiths or DRs I used to buy from them.
Wow, that sucks.
Of course, it could be said that you gots too many strings on your bass....
;-)
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> Sam Ash is also inundated with their crappy "house brands", but at least
> they have a staff with a clue.
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I'm hoping we get a Sam Ash.
Or that I move somewhere that has both.
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Thad
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Re: you guys need to read this article - §cİİt§ - 21:01 05-12-05
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"Thad" <spyder@barques.com> wrote in message news:EhYkf.13186$eM7.4306@fe05.lga...
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> §cİİt§ wrote:
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>> hey Thad welcome back haven't heard from 'ya in awhile round these parts.
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> I got Katrina-ized.
> :-)
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> Thad
serious?
damn dude that sucks :(
hope everything turned out okay for you and your family.
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Re: you guys need to read this article - Thad - 21:08 05-12-05
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§cİİt§ wrote:
> "Thad" <spyder@barques.com> wrote in message news:EhYkf.13186$eM7.4306@fe05.lga...
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>>§cİİt§ wrote:
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>>>hey Thad welcome back haven't heard from 'ya in awhile round these parts.
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>>I got Katrina-ized.
>>:-)
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>>--
>>Thad
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> serious?
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> damn dude that sucks :(
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> hope everything turned out okay for you and your family.
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Yeah, we're OK, but I'm thinking seriously of relocating.
We refugeed to Texas and it was pretty cool.
The low sales tax and no state income tax is pretty persuasive, too.
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Thad
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Re: you guys need to read this article - DGDevin - 15:50 06-12-05
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"SleepyWeevil" <respond@board.plz> wrote in message
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> The nearest GC is 40 minutes away from me. Then there is Joe's Guitars
> down the street. A customer will pay almost three times as much for a set
> of D'Addario EXL's at Joe's than s/he will at GC or MF or Sam Ash.
My favorite local shop doesn't have anything like that big a difference in
price with GC, and in many cases they'll match GC prices unless it's a
loss-leader that GC bought a truckload of. And the local place will do
things that GC won't, they've *loaned* me gear to try out, and accepted
returns outside the usual policy, and hooked me up in a dozen ways that GC
wouldn't dream of. Sure, I'm not going to spend hundreds extra on the same
item, I ain't rich, but nine times out of ten I'd much rather support a
local indy shop than a chain like GC.
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Re: you guys need to read this article - Larry - 11:18 07-12-05
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This story is as old as time. Each person needs to decide how important it
is to them and make their purchase based on that.
I prefer to support small-businesses, mainly because I tend to get better
service, but sometimes you can't beat the big guys either.
-Larry
"~R" <mo@fo.com> wrote in message
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>I surfed in to this guy's site and just got hooked on reading his
> logic. I was a regular customer at guitar center, but he
> convinced me to order my latest purchase, a $1300 strat, from a
> local music store instead of G.C. You should give this a read:
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> http://www.edromanguitars.com/rant/chains.htm
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> Reading the post titled "Guitar Center Report"
> news:66wkf.1614$7b4.445039@twister.southeast.rr.com
> made me think of this.
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> ~Rob
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