Wow, it looks like I could double, maybe triple my money on eBay!
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...ete=1&_fosrp=1
Wow, it looks like I could double, maybe triple my money on eBay!
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...ete=1&_fosrp=1
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
I'll be curious what you find when you open it up to harvest the neck. Please keep us updated.
belbein
The bad news is that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. The good news is that what kills us makes it no longer our problem
Thanks to this thread, this ad has appeared on my browser start page:
It boggles the mind that somewhere, someone is paying for this advertising, some ad company is making money off it, and Microsoft is making money off the billboard it rents to the ad company. All in hopes that I click that ad and buy that 30$ mandolin, which apparently has been out of stock days before the ad appeared.
Girouard Custom Studio A Oval
P.W. Crump OM-III
Well they sent my mandolin to the wrong address 4.5 hours away and delivered it. I got the email, but couldn't find the mandolin. Finally contacted Walmart and they tried to contact the sender with no success. Walmart refunded my money so guess this was more on the up & up than most thought.
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE JUST FOR YOUR SMILE!
So let's see : not a Walmart product; out of stock for days before it was ordered; Walmart couldn't contact the shipper... I was ***SO*** wrong.
He got his money back right? Quite the scam don't you think?
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
I don't think you understand how scams work. The scamster didn't care if he got his money from you or from WalMart: he just wanted the money. And money he got. Anyone who thinks this was a victim-free crime, or that nobody lost money, doesn't know economics. The money that WalMart lost comes out of all of our pockets in terms of higher prices, higher insurance rates and less trust in internet sales.
Walmart is the greatest!
I can't wait till christmas.
By that time these mandolins are going to be cheaper than firewood.
Something tells me Walmart will have a way to recoup it's money.
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE JUST FOR YOUR SMILE!
I am confused. Was Mike receiving his mandolin as ordered part of the scam? Was UPS in on it, and just reported delivery to an address so that pops1 would think there was a mandolin? Or does this scam involve actual mandolins being advertised and shipped. If so, it is too sophisticated for me to grasp. In fact, if there is a scam that involves real mandolins actually being delivered, then I have been a victim many, many times. The KM-950 I ordered online and received today could just be a scam too!
Max Ehrmann, 1927: "Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and rememeber what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly. And listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, for they too have their story."
Me: Out.
belbein
The bad news is that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. The good news is that what kills us makes it no longer our problem
Goodness.
The Loar LM-220 VS
Yes, I do. So, they had 5 on a closeout deal. I paid my money, I got one. Others got them as well. Thus far one person didn't get theirs because it was shipped to the wrong address and Wal-Mart gave them their money back as it was, again, a close out item. It's not me that doesn't understand this process. The item shows up as an ad not because someone is scamming but because that's the way the Internet ad systems works. I do have the mandolin, I'm looking at it right now. He only listed 5 on Wal-Mart's platform. If it was a scam don't you think he'd be looking for more than 5? That's 150.00 bucks that Wal-Mart can probably claw back from him. You're an attorney, think this through. There isn't a boogy man behind every curtain.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
My granddaughter has a saying:
“I’m not paranoid, just rationally worried!”
Just sounds like a very limited number as you say Mike. Gee, are we maybe getting a bit overzealous as far as scams go?
Since I’m not buying, I’m not worried though.
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
I received notification from my credit card company days ago the money has been refunded.
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE JUST FOR YOUR SMILE!
So I was recently thinking on ordering a cheap mando for kids to learn on and remembered something about a Walmart clearance on the cafe and see that the sale is way past over with lol. So I was looking at this thing pictured in the link. Would that be as good as a rogue per say? Thoughts on this would be appreciated
http://allcamarket.com/products/a-ty...gle%20Shopping
I love the description:
Beginner, Unisex, Professional Performance, Home-schooling capable acoustic-electric 8-string mandolin
Jim
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
And free shipping! How could I refuse?
We shall see what we shall see
Not all the clams are at the beach
Arrow Manouche
Arrow Jazzbo
Arrow G
Clark 2 point
Gibson F5L
Gibson A-4
Ratliff CountryBoy A
If this IS made by Rogue, or the same people, don't dismiss it out of hand. I have a Rogue myself, and it's jangly, but works for Irish sessions where I play. I paid $39 for it, including a gig bag and two instruction books. I had it set up by a professional luthier ($100 and well worth it), and he was astounded at the price. Didn't know how they could even obtain the materials for that kind of money. But with a good setup, it's a passable instrument. Excellent for travel and gigs and such.
I have a no-name mandolin that I bought for about that price, but used. It's so cheap that the peghead name is stenciled on. With my set up (thanks to Ron Meldrum), it sounds pretty damn good ... for camping, beach, office. But I did have the "opportunity" to fix the neck once, when the instrument fell over on carpet and the neck popped off. It seems that the single drywall screw holding the neck on had fallen out. Apparently glue was too expensive that day. My reactino to this instrument was to the marketing, not to the instrument. I'm looing forward to our moderator's report on what he finds when he takes it apart to harvest the neck.
belbein
The bad news is that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. The good news is that what kills us makes it no longer our problem
Hard to believe a drywall screw would fail -- they are fairly robust!
Jeff: I have used drywall screws for damn near everything I do where I'm relying primarily on the glue joint and just need to pull the pieces together. And I've done this since I built my boat. They're miracle devices, but fragile as heck. They break and sheer off, not to mention getting easily stripped. TO ME the surprising thing was that whoever built this POS in SE Asia had drywall screws to use at all.
belbein
The bad news is that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. The good news is that what kills us makes it no longer our problem
Dry wall screws are pretty brittle, I agree. Deck screws are similar and more robust.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
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