Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:37 am
Oh yeah – the story!
Hey, I needed to play these bad boys a little you know!
Well, like most of us, I frantically called local dealers trying to snatch up a couple of DCM’s. On my second call I scored two 4003’s from a guy I had some minor purchases with – but someone I would consider a reputable dealer. He initially sold me both 4003’s at $1750 each – pretty good deal I’d say. Well about an hour later he calls me back after he realized what was happening and told me he could only honor one bass at $1750 and the other one would have to be list if I still wanted it. OK – let me think about this for a second I told him and then proceeded to tell him that this was BS – all the time knowing of course I would pay list for the second one – for both really. OK, deal done.
Jump ahead a few months
Two weeks ago when JH announced on this great forum that the 4003’s would be shipping, I contact my dealer to advise him that they were on their way, and that’s when I got that funny feeling in my stomach. The guy on the other end of the phone told me that he was just about to call to tell me his store was sold to GUITAR CENTER. WHAT? Yes, GUITAR CENTER, and of course they are not an authorized dealer of RIC and therefore no longer had my order. At that point everything became one big echo. He did tell me however, and I did manage to hear, that the company that used to own them still had the basses on order. He gave me a name and number to call. I called the guy at the company.
For the sake of not revealing the identity of this guy, I’ll call him “Dick”. Well, Dick didn’t want to hear anything about my hardship story and said I’ll just need to keep watching the online shop for when they come up for sale.
I contacted Mr. Hall to see if there was a way his folks would be able to tell me when the basses where shipped to this dealer so I could stay on top of things to ensure I got my basses. John e-mailed me himself when they had shipped. From that moment on I kept calling Dick back – he wouldn’t return call. Finally, another gentlemen from this company called me back yesterday (his name is Eric) to advise me that it was Dick’s last day, the basses were in, and they were honoring my original purchase!
That’s it – no big deal!
Again, a big THANK YOU to JH!
Hey, I needed to play these bad boys a little you know!
Well, like most of us, I frantically called local dealers trying to snatch up a couple of DCM’s. On my second call I scored two 4003’s from a guy I had some minor purchases with – but someone I would consider a reputable dealer. He initially sold me both 4003’s at $1750 each – pretty good deal I’d say. Well about an hour later he calls me back after he realized what was happening and told me he could only honor one bass at $1750 and the other one would have to be list if I still wanted it. OK – let me think about this for a second I told him and then proceeded to tell him that this was BS – all the time knowing of course I would pay list for the second one – for both really. OK, deal done.
Jump ahead a few months
Two weeks ago when JH announced on this great forum that the 4003’s would be shipping, I contact my dealer to advise him that they were on their way, and that’s when I got that funny feeling in my stomach. The guy on the other end of the phone told me that he was just about to call to tell me his store was sold to GUITAR CENTER. WHAT? Yes, GUITAR CENTER, and of course they are not an authorized dealer of RIC and therefore no longer had my order. At that point everything became one big echo. He did tell me however, and I did manage to hear, that the company that used to own them still had the basses on order. He gave me a name and number to call. I called the guy at the company.
For the sake of not revealing the identity of this guy, I’ll call him “Dick”. Well, Dick didn’t want to hear anything about my hardship story and said I’ll just need to keep watching the online shop for when they come up for sale.
I contacted Mr. Hall to see if there was a way his folks would be able to tell me when the basses where shipped to this dealer so I could stay on top of things to ensure I got my basses. John e-mailed me himself when they had shipped. From that moment on I kept calling Dick back – he wouldn’t return call. Finally, another gentlemen from this company called me back yesterday (his name is Eric) to advise me that it was Dick’s last day, the basses were in, and they were honoring my original purchase!
That’s it – no big deal!
Again, a big THANK YOU to JH!
