Re: SDUGF Special Offer - Custom Shop Phat Staple at an Amazing Discount
Even when I think I do not stand a chance, I'll try to explain my behaviour here. I am not a native speaker, so be prepared for some crummy English.
I heard the Phat Staples in this video:
http://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/gretsch-g5120-video-demo-260109
I absolutely do not like the relicing looks but I sure love the sweet Phat Staple tone.
When I visited the Seymour Duncan site, I soon found out that they are difficult to create and therefore more expensive. I searched on Ebay etc. but the Phat Staples are rare.
I dug a bit deeper and found I completely missed out on the special offer of this forum. I was not a member and never ordered a set.
Then I read Europeans can't have these pickups due to ridiculous European over-regulation. You can't blame me for evading these regulations; any law that says these pickups are a health or safety risk, is completely silly and I won't be stopped by that kind of nonsense in any way whatsoever. You can call that stubborn.
True, Evan mentioned resale is not intended; only to other SDUGF members.
But then again, I see the flow of events like this:
- The offer is closed, only SDUGF members bought these pickups.
- I think it was not preferred that during this offer, members would act as sub-dealers.
- It's about a year later now: you either like your pickups or you may have second thoughts.
- How bad is it, for me to ask if there are first owners who would like to part with their pickups?
- There is no truckload of special offer Phat Staples available for unintented resale, but some may want to sell them.
- Evan did not say SD won't sale to Europeans because they specifically choose not to; they just can't due to regulations.
- So I did not montion at once that I am European. It never crossed my mind it is that big of a deal to the members here. That was not intended but apparently very stupid not to do so. I apologize for that.
- I did become a forum member as soon as I wanted these pickups. I can't deny that. But I have been lurking at Seymour Duncan pickups for a long time. The filtertrons and dynasonic replacements. And I have been reading the forum about wiring pickups and so on. The wish to buy these pickups is at least some proof of love for the product.
- If I had become a member two years ago, just to ask something, there would never have been the question if I am trying to scam a set of staples on the cheap.
- How big is the scam, if I am willing to pay about the same price as other SDUGF members did, for a product they owned over a year that is no longer needed? I am not some con artist trying to hit an innocent mark.
- If you stay at the Gretsch forum for a while, you can buy cheap used TV Jones pickups if you want to. Is that evil? What is the use of unwanted pickups in a musician's desk drawer or on his shelf?
You can regard my actions as a cheapskate scam,
or
as a win-win situation for the buyer, the seller and Seymour Duncan; the Phat Staples would be further introduced at the Gretsch Pages for the tone hungry G5120 owners.
I am sorry if I offend or offended anyone, but I will keep asking if anyone is prepared to sell me their Phat Staple pickup set, he or she no longer wants to keep.
I was saving every dime for my house, even eating I was doing on the cheap so this much for a pair of pickups for a guitar I don't even own wasn't going to happen. But man, I should have done it!
