Four TRC's on eBay... what's going on?

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Thu May 19, 2005 4:35 am

What's going on?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu May 19, 2005 4:40 am

And suddenly there are only two.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Thu May 19, 2005 5:25 am

I still see 4... Did you follow my link? 2 are in the UK.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:39 am

Here they are. Pic of fourth one too large to include here.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Thu May 19, 2005 8:48 am

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu May 19, 2005 10:36 am

You'd sure think that someone that fancies themselves as being in the business would know that these are TRUSS rod covers, not TRUST rod.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Thu May 19, 2005 10:47 am

5 now

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Fri May 20, 2005 12:07 pm

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:13 pm

Out of curiousity, if I sent a white truss rod cover into Rickenbacker, would they give me a gold one if I asked?

greg_mitchell · Post by **greg_mitchell** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:58 pm

I only get one.

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:35 pm

Not sure I follow you...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:36 pm

ya gotta exchange your truss cover.

no trust here.

admin · Post by **admin** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:01 am

Nick: Provided that the truss rod cover you send in is genuine and provided you are willing to purchase a new one, I see no reason why RIC wouldn't exchange it for you.

You should pose this question to [email protected].

edski · Post by **edski** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:31 am

Nick, give customer service a message about this, but I'm pretty sure they operate the way Peter suggests. I've heard people complain about not being able to get a TRC from RIC without one to "trade in". Pretty sure there's a charge for the new one, so it's not really a trade in.

The way JH explains it, it is a part of a small company protecting one of it's important assets: image.

greg_mitchell · Post by **greg_mitchell** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:14 am

I wish other companies would guard their image and copyright designs so well. You can find thousands of Fender and Gibson copies that are pure junk. Then again I've seen a few Fenders that WERE junk, too! Inconsistant quality control is another problem with multinational, multi continental companies.
Just another reason why I own a Rickenbacker.