What's the best excuse you ever used

[Jonathan Peck]

What's the best/lamest excuse you ever used when bringing a new instrument home?

Mine was "look honey, it has your maiden name on the headstock"

[Elliot Luber]

First, I have to get my wife to change her maiden name to Nugget.

[Chris Biorkman]

Mine was "look honey, it has your maiden name on the headstock"
Lol. That's awesome and I bet it totally diffused the tension.

Mine was that I needed tonal variety. That didn't go over so well.

[Jim MacDaniel]

"It followed me home. Can I keep it?"

(didn't work ;)

[stratman62]

I've only used one "What did need ever have to do with it?"

[billkilpatrick]

"look what my brother sent me!"

[woodwizard]

I've been saving up my band money AND! my wood carving money$ for a long time http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Nick Alberty]

"This actually helps me make money for us through gigs, a diamond ring just costs money but doesn't pay for itself"

[mrmando]

Wow. The ring I bought has "paid for itself" many times over, thank you very much.

[Chris Biorkman]

Wow. The ring I bought has "paid for itself" many times over, thank you very much.
Jeez. I'm fairly certain that was a joke. Lighten up.

[herbsandspices]

"Nooo.... I've had this one for a long time!"

[mandopete]

"look what my brother sent me!"
"Look what your boyfriend sent me!"

[Rob Powell]

I'll never need another one....

Followed by her saying, "That's what you said the last 3 times."

Me: "Yeah, but this time I mean it" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[terrierguy]

I've used the line "I got it as a back up to the good one. Of course now that I have way too many back ups I have trouble selling that line anymore!

[Don Christy]

My wife's last name is Ellis, hmmmmm http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
Don

[John Flynn]

Don:

You have to be the "Yoda" of explaining new mandolin purchases! LOL. If you have the magic formula, please let us in on it! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Stephen Lind]

that old thing?
or
i traded one of my amps for it

(any one got a nice mando they wanna' trade for a vintage Ampeg?)

[Dan Voight]

"But I built it"

[Doug Hoople]

"I'll get what I paid for it when I sell it. Think of it as cheap rent."

This actually worked with a mandola that I kept and used for two years. YMMV, and it's more likely to work with used mandos than new.

[Eddie Sheehy]

It followed me..

[Ivan Kelsall]

I usually don't give an excuse - i give a reason that usually goes something like :- " if i died tomorrow you'd be sorry for not letting me buy this Loar & it was only $225,000 " (£112,000 UK)- Seriously,my wife has NEVER complained about me buying a musical instrument,she's too busy trying to find a pair of shoes among her 1500 pairs (seems like !) that she has (only joking),but she never HAS complained,she knows that it would be futile
& as long as everything else is ok - no problem !,
Saska

[billkilpatrick]

"look what my brother sent me!"
"Look what your boyfriend sent me!"
faced with infidelity of that magnitude, pete, i think you could dispense with excuses altogether.

[Bob Wiegers]

I'm saving this one up: it'll go well with your $2.5k sewing machine

[jimbob]

we just have a deal....new mandolin for me...then she gets to buy something of equal value for herself. She got some nice jewelry while we were overseas and I was buying a few mandos ! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif

[Bobbie Dier]

I need one to travel with. It worked for me. He asked how much was it? I always knock it down a few dollars. I don't know why I feel the need to do that. It's just a little white lie. If I have to sell it well.... look how much the price went up. That was a good investment. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[jesse007b]

It's American Made.

[Timbofood]

I have not had to but, I could do the amortized cost of the last one if I really wanted to. It's kind of like the diamond ring thing for an anniversary.
"It's 7,200.00 you've been married for 30 years, that is only $240. a year, or $20 month, or $5 a week, or just 71 cents a day!" Husbands cringe, wives laugh out loud.