rct Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 You online buyers. Who gives good price match? Like, yeah, we'll match that and come down another 50 bucks or whatever. Does anyone do that? Thanks! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 You online buyers. Who gives good price match? Like, yeah, we'll match that and come down another 50 bucks or whatever. Does anyone do that? Thanks! rct Last week I bought a LP Standard that way from MF. I tried to deal with Sam Ash but they came up with some lame excuse why they could not do it. Early last year I bought a HB from Sam Ash at a good price but it guess it depends when and who you deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 GC didn't price match on one particular item I wanted (a sample pad). I wanted to buy something else too (forgot what it was). I asked them if they had a coupon code for the second one and they gave me one. So I asked if I could apply the code to the sample pad too but they said no. It was kinda strange. I recently bought an On-Stage Stands WS8700 Professional Workstation, which actually was delivered today. For that I went to Amazon and got the best deal there. It went very smoothly; well, I still need to open all the boxes but it arrived right on time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarusvt84 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 GC didn't price match on one particular item I wanted (a sample pad). I wanted to buy something else too (forgot what it was). I asked them if they had a coupon code for the second one and they gave me one. So I asked if I could apply the code to the sample pad too but they said no. It was kinda strange. I recently bought an On-Stage Stands WS8700 Professional Workstation, which actually was delivered today. For that I went to Amazon and got the best deal there. It went very smoothly; well, I still need to open all the boxes but it arrived right on time. A couple of years ago I was looking for a lefty LP Trad (most places going for $2600)...Sweetwater had it for $2200 for a righty. Amazon also had it for $2200 for a lefty. I had my doubts about getting a lefty for the price of a righty and so I emailed Amazon. The guy didn't read my email correctly, thought I was asking for a price match...and simply offered me the guitar for $2000. Amazon...who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 The local music store in Pa would match any "on line" price you brought in. They always double checked it with their bank of computers, but would honor any price if they were over it. I got my first LP from them in 2004...so ten years ago they were price matching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I've had Sweetwater match other online prices on guitars and amps in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRIDER Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 zZounds say they will beat any price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 GC here where I live did it for me, I printed out a price I found on-line and they matched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Generally most of the big chain stores will do that on standard model guitars that they all sell... What you have to lookout for is that most of the big internet/warehouse/chain stores now have their own "exclusive" models that aren't available thru other retailers. This allows them to make a misleading statement of price-matching, but it should be noted that these big sellers have the pull to have the major manufacturers make specific model designations only sold thru the different sellers, so technically they can say it's not the same axe so you're comparing "apples & oranges" so they don't have to match price of another seller... Having said that, generally the boots-on-the ground either in stores or like Sweetwater where you get a dedicated sales agent assigned to you as a customer, they will make such concessions without much opposition or effort... They all sell at about the same price anyway so it takes the bargaining-chip out of the equation anyway... I get it though, you get emails every day for 10, 15, or 20% off sale prices from the big sellers and usually the next guy will match it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Sweetwater generally does price match. If you call them, they go right on the internet with you and find the cheapest price offered and go from there. They will always "work with you" and give you something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Thanks folks! I tend to move quickly on buying guitars, like molasses in Canada, so whatever price I'm eyeing will expire before I do anything anyway! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I never had the "guts" to buy a guitar online. But fortunately with the HOG only about an hour away I never have to worry about it. They always give me the best deals (helps to know the owners' accountant too). One time Bruce, one of the owners, told me that the Gibson rep was going to be there on a particular Saturday. He said that I could squeeze an extra $100 from the rep on my ES-339. Sure enough I did. Great store. Gibson did make my black cherry LP as a special run for GC. They didn't budge on the price. My parents came from the "old country" where you negotiate on everything. So I learned how to make deals. But this is one I lost. Because HOG couldn't get it, I ended up paying the GC price. I didn't mind because I love the look of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTD Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 When I got my ES 359 a year and a half ago, The Music Zoo beat the price on the only other one I had found on the web. They beat it by several hundred dollars, so I was very happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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