Rickenbacker Bass - No return policy question

gjg59 · Post by **gjg59** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:16 am

I am not a Bass player, but wonder why I always see that Ric Basses are not returnable in catalogs, but there is no disclaimer for guitars. I was just wondering why. I am thinking, maybe they get purchased for Photo shoots or auditions, then returned. I hear that Ric Basses are the best out there. Ric has competition for nice guitars, but maybe they are the king of Basses.???????

ram · Post by **ram** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:58 am

Everyone knows that we bass players are though of like the Caddies in Caddy Shack (remember they only got the pool for 15 min)... But really when you have a Ric bass, why would you want to return it anyhow?? There are a lot of good basses out there, but the Ric basses are the top of the line IMHO.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:06 am

Gerry, in who's "catalog" do you find that?

gjg59 · Post by **gjg59** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:02 am

Musicians Friend and American Musical Supply. AMS says it on line also.

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:04 am

RIC's policy is the same for guitars and basses. It can only be sold as new one time.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:55 am

This is, of course, a dealer policy, not ours.

Legally no product can be sold more than once as "new"; returned items should be sold as "open box" or similarly designated. We're probably more aggressive at enforcing this with dealers through the warranty policy than other makers which might be the reason for this but really it tells you more about the dealer's practices than anything.

gjg59 · Post by **gjg59** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:45 am

Thanks guys! It still only says it for Basses though. Strange?

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:02 am

Maybe it's the odometers on the guitars- you can see their mileage.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:16 am

I just bought a 78 360 with only 16 miles on it. I just hope they didn't rollback the odometer.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:40 am

It probably just went all the way around, Glenn.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:55 am

It does seem a little odd that they'd state that for the basses, but not guitars.

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:33 am

And here I was, constantly changing strings thinking that it would go back to 0.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:18 pm

I thought that one needed to play songs backwards to roll the odometers back ...

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:58 pm

"Niar........."

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:45 am

*Puts Stairway to Heaven on turntable,*