online purchasing

devolvecreator · 6th February 2007

would you recomend buying a guitar online, theres a limit of guitars avalable here, and allot of them really are a rip off, im looking at buying from www.thomann.de/. its in germany but it has good prices, a 30 day return policy and they bump the warenty of everything to 3 years. (excluding strings plectrums ect, obviosly). Has anyone had any good or bad experiences? im just entering unknown terriroty, iv never bought anything online,so id thought id ask first.
cheers

AlexLakis · 6th February 2007

Buying things online is fine, but I would never buy an instrument before I had a chance to play it. Period. My two cents.

The Byre · 6th February 2007

We have bought large amounts from both Thomann and Music Store in Cologne and both shops have been fantastic. But when I bought a guitar from Music Store, I got a guitar playing friend of mine who happened to work there to pick one for me. And that was for a real Fender. Cheap models vary a great deal in quality and you will just have to buy locally - or take a cheap flight to Cologne or Munich, which would be more fun!

dlmorley · 6th February 2007

+1

thomann or musicstorekoeln are both excellent. I have no problem with buying stuff off of them.

6th February 2007	#1
devolvecreator Gear interested Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3 Thread Starter	online purchasing would you recomend buying a guitar online, theres a limit of guitars avalable here, and allot of them really are a rip off, im looking at buying from www.thomann.de/. its in germany but it has good prices, a 30 day return policy and they bump the warenty of everything to 3 years. (excluding strings plectrums ect, obviosly). Has anyone had any good or bad experiences? im just entering unknown terriroty, iv never bought anything online,so id thought id ask first. cheers

6th February 2007	#3
The Byre Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2004 Location: Highlands of Scotland Posts: 2,019 1 Review written	We have bought large amounts from both Thomann and Music Store in Cologne and both shops have been fantastic. But when I bought a guitar from Music Store, I got a guitar playing friend of mine who happened to work there to pick one for me. And that was for a real Fender. Cheap models vary a great deal in quality and you will just have to buy locally - or take a cheap flight to Cologne or Munich, which would be more fun! __________________ http://www.the-byre.com

6th February 2007	#4
dlmorley Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 4,932 1 Review written	+1 thomann or musicstorekoeln are both excellent. I have no problem with buying stuff off of them. __________________ New-ish CD "Ghosts" Ursa Major Studios

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6th February 2007	#2
AlexLakis Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD/Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,631	Buying things online is fine, but I would never buy an instrument before I had a chance to play it. Period. My two cents.