I have had 3 recent items from 3 different shops delivered by Amazon, and was wondering if anyone else is seeing the same. Not to get on a soapbox or whatever, but I don't buy from Amazon, and maybe naively, I thought that buying something on Reverb, I would avoid buying something from Amazon, since ya know, it's a different website.
Mom Tiger says you can't go to that Neighbor's house anymore, Daniel.
It has long been a subject of discussion in my household as to why the Man in the Yellow Hat is constantly taking a monkey places he has no business going and then leaving the monkey to his own devices once they get there. I was reading "Curious George Votes" (totally different can of worms going on there) with my kid, and he takes George to a school during the day on the thinnest pretense I have ever seen - he "needs to talk to the science teacher". Then it hit me.
The Man in the Yellow Hat is running game on women all over town.
The obnoxious get up and yellow hat? Bringing a MONKEY with him places? He is clearly deep in the pickup artist culture. Why else does he "need" to talk to Ms. Wolfe, a grade school science teacher? He has ZERO reason to visit a teacher at a school where he doesn't have a child enrolled, much less bring a monkey. Come on, be real. He and that woman are having a nooner on her lunch break.
Does anyone know what actually happens at the end of Resolutions? I am waiting to hear from them about a dispute I'm having with a buyer. When this is over, can I have this buyer blocked from buying from my shop? Will we be allowed to give each other feedback even if the 45 day period has lapsed? Can I ask them to change my good feedback? Basically, where should I set my expectations for having to deal with this person in the future or deal with their feedback?
Are other sellers regularly filming video of themselves packing up gear? Is this something I should've been doing and didn't know it? I had been taking photos as I packed things up, but not video, and when I needed to use the Safe Shipping policy I'd purchased, the AI help assistant said I needed video documentation.
Some context: I recently shipped a guitar to a customer, and the customer sent me photos saying the package had been damaged during shipping. I thought it was no problem because I'd bought Safe Shipping, but I couldn't place the claim because the robot wanted video of the pack up. I feel foolish for several reasons. 1st, I apparently didn't read the terms clearly and needed video. 2nd, I shouldn't have accepted this buyer's offer in the first place because they were waving a BUNCH of red flags about being a potential problem that I ignored. Now the buyer is claiming the guitar was damaged, when I can clearly tell in the photos that it was not damaged at all, even though the box looks like it took a hit. It was an As-Is, no returns purchase on an old, clearly described entry-level Squier that they waited to gripe about. They made a number of other (IMO BS) claims about the guitar that WOULD mean it was not "As-Is" if they were true, and I feel Reverb is likely to give them preference as a buyer, so I didn't want the hassle of fighting about it. Also, I don't want the bad review, so I bent over backwards to keep this customer happy, but they will probably give me a bad rating regardless. I am kicking myself for not taking this video when I feel like I shouldn't have to pay anything or accept a return. I feel like a jackass because I am doing all this for a $200 guitar.
I have learned two things from this episode: I guess I am going to have to buy a filming setup to record myself packing items, and I will not be accepting anymore offers from people asking a million questions that clearly indicate they think a 10-year-old Squier should come out of the box playing like a Custom Shop.
Does anyone know if there is somewhere to find the kind of 3 ply white/black/white celluloid that would've been used on 60's Fenders? I was looking to build a vintage style guitar with a guard that would naturally age into a true mint, rather than use the approximation most places make. I sort of figured that with all the interest in relic'ed intstruments it wouldn't be hard to find. But it seems to be pretty uncommon! Thanks
