I hate Squeebay idiots

[Chris Pile]

I'll bet most of us here know the diff between a wound string and a plain string....

 

[Chistopher]

Did they send you the wrong g string again?

 

[solspirit]

Is it ebay or the seller?

 

[NegativeEase]

Ive never really had any issue with Ebay except buyers returning a few things. Ive sold about 1000+ things.

Ive had more trouble on Reverb.

Are you selling strings online?

 

[devastone]

Once you wind them around the tuner thingy they are all wound strings, right?

 

[Chris Pile]

Seller stated they were wound strings - they were plain strings. She's supposed to refund my money.

 

[jeremy]

she better, thats a significant difference. are they even the right gauge?

 

[Chris Pile]

Yes, correct gauge. Apparently, she knows very little about guitars. I already have my refund.

 

[Blille]

So you… wound up with the wrong string?

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Insert G-string joke here...

 

[Blille]

Insert G-string joke here...

Did they send you the wrong g string again?

Done!

 

[Securb]

A lot of eBay sellers win abandoned pallets at auction and have no clue what they are selling, the same with Mom & Pop discount stores.

 

[Mincer]

A lot of eBay sellers win abandoned pallets at auction and have no clue what they are selling, the same with Mom & Pop discount stores.

This is common. They have terrible or non-existent descriptions and can't answer questions.

 

[NegativeEase]

Seller stated they were wound strings - they were plain strings. She's supposed to refund my money.

You bought strings from a rando on Ebay? how much money were you saving?

Ive never thought to do that -are there great deals to be had?

 

[devastone]

Good point, can't imagine that is a huge savings unless you are buying by the box.

 

[Chris Pile]

You bought strings from a rando on Ebay? how much money were you saving?

Ive never thought to do that -are there great deals to be had?

I dare you to find a wound .013 in any of your local stores. The sellers photo was so fuzzy, all I could discern was the string gauge printed on the clear envelope. Couldn't tell if it was wound. For less than $2 I thought I'd take a chance. I needed it to finish a clients guitar because he insisted on using wound 3rd strings. He claims plain strings break too easily when bending. I think he should use heavier strings, but whatever. In the meantime, he found a box of them from a seller on Reverb. I wasn't gonna pop for a box of 'em.

 

[Securb]

Anyone who drops off a guitar for repair without a fresh pack of strings in the case is an idiot, especially if you are using something like a wound G string. How the hell is the tech supposed to set up the guitar correctly without the correct stings? Chris, I am sure you have to deal with this stupidity all the time.

 

[Chris Pile]

I have about $3000 worth of strings in stock. Just don't have the weird stuff like a wound .013....But I usually request that they bring new strings. Some don't, and that's okay.

 

[Blille]

Anyone who drops off a guitar for repair without a fresh pack of strings in the case is an idiot, especially if you are using something like a wound G string. How the hell is the tech supposed to set up the guitar correctly without the correct stings? Chris, I am sure you have to deal with this stupidity all the time.

A lot of people just use standard 9 or 10s and would rather pay the markup than go through the hassle of buying the strings cheaper. Cos lazy.

 

[NegativeEase]

I dare you to find a wound .013 in any of your local stores. The sellers photo was so fuzzy, all I could discern was the string gauge printed on the clear envelope. Couldn't tell if it was wound. For less than $2 I thought I'd take a chance. I needed it to finish a clients guitar because he insisted on using wound 3rd strings. He claims plain strings break too easily when bending. I think he should use heavier strings, but whatever. In the meantime, he found a box of them from a seller on Reverb. I wasn't gonna pop for a box of 'em.

Haha, yeah .13 Wound is not that easy -agreed.

Makes sense