sixesandsevens Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Yesh. Sorry to hear that. I have a very dumb (did I say very dumb? I meant really, really f**king dumb), but somewhat related story to share. It's just a whole lot dumber. It's so dumb and I'm so dumb... ... My problem is having too much faith in other people, but there were also obvious warning signs I ignored. The three jackets sit in a wad in the back of my office closet. A constant reminder of my idiocy and a need to question everything! Don't feel bad. I once had a pair of those white-van speakers. They rocked enough for an 18 year old me. Dead on TBP: create a false sense of urgency - sells new cars every day! Dead on also on honesty being the best policy. The con knows the victim's Achilles' heel is found in allowing them to put one over on the con. If we're not looking to take advantage of someone, that weakness falls apart. Hence the saying "you can't cheat an honest man". On the sense of urgency... We got a call a few months back on like a Saturday or Sunday from a guy claiming to be the IRS saying that we were going to be brought up on criminal charges for blah blah blah in our business... My wife and I were like "WTF are you talking about?", but it was ultra-high-pressure the whole time, very little information but a lot of jargon, ultimately saying we needed to pay over the phone to resolve it before Monday. It was just plausible enough that we actually stopped to call our accountant who suggested we just follow up with the IRS on Monday. Sure enough, it was a scam and a week or so later and stories like this were news on CNN. I'm sure guys with high purity gold don't sell out of the back of their trunks for less than what they could have gotten for scrap weight... This made me chuckle because I figured if you can buy cheap guitars for pennies on craigslist, surely there's thousands of pounds of free weights out there that anyone would beg me to take off their hands for free. Nope. The price of scrap metal puts a remarkably high cap on the lowest prices you see on CL. Sorry you fell for it Kiz, but good on you for sharing the story. Thanks!
Ting Ho Dung Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Plus, we got to laugh at you for being a dumbass.Been entertaining you fucktards for over a decade.Why would I stop now?Yes, but the ultimate fuckover was when I was about 13 or 14 and my dad bought a plastic pyramid from the back of a magazine. This was around '76 when everyone was talking about Pyramid Power. My dad got one that was big enough to sit in. Basically a Tee-Pee. It came in a mailing tube and my dad eagerly set it up in his Man Cave. Get this. My dad paid $250 for this thing and it amounted to clear visqueen and one-by-one pine sticks. 4 sticks and one piece of visqueen you wrapped around the sticks leaving a flap to enter and leave. Now you know why I don't take my dad's advice on anything.
tobereeno Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Epiphone ran into this problem a few years back with their Korean factory. They were using the same assembly lines but instead made the bodies from truly garbage wood, then sold the otherwise genuine Epiphones on the local Korean market. These were technically counterfeits because they were not produced by order of Gibson/Epiphone.The factory got caught, and don't know what resulted between the factory and Gibson/Epiphone, but there was a police raid that seized the Epiphone stock from local Korean guitar shops.
bcsride Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Plus, we got to laugh at you for being a dumbass.Been entertaining you fucktards for over a decade.Why would I stop now?Yes, but the ultimate fuckover was when I was about 13 or 14 and my dad bought a plastic pyramid from the back of a magazine. This was around '76 when everyone was talking about Pyramid Power. My dad got one that was big enough to sit in. Basically a Tee-Pee. It came in a mailing tube and my dad eagerly set it up in his Man Cave. Get this. My dad paid $250 for this thing and it amounted to clear visqueen and one-by-one pine sticks. 4 sticks and one piece of visqueen you wrapped around the sticks leaving a flap to enter and leave. Now you know why I don't take my dad's advice on anything. But did it work? I mean, was there a gain in power? It was still a pyramid after all. They have that pyramid effect, no matter the construction.PS - dad's advice sucks - I know, I'm a dad.
RobB Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Been entertaining you fucktards for over a decade.10yrs, ya say? Seems longer.
Ting Ho Dung Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Plus, we got to laugh at you for being a dumbass.Been entertaining you fucktards for over a decade.Why would I stop now?Yes, but the ultimate fuckover was when I was about 13 or 14 and my dad bought a plastic pyramid from the back of a magazine. This was around '76 when everyone was talking about Pyramid Power. My dad got one that was big enough to sit in. Basically a Tee-Pee. It came in a mailing tube and my dad eagerly set it up in his Man Cave. Get this. My dad paid $250 for this thing and it amounted to clear visqueen and one-by-one pine sticks. 4 sticks and one piece of visqueen you wrapped around the sticks leaving a flap to enter and leave. Now you know why I don't take my dad's advice on anything. But did it work? I mean, was there a gain in power? It was still a pyramid after all. They have that pyramid effect, no matter the construction.PS - dad's advice sucks - I know, I'm a dad.Nope.
Biz Prof Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Yes, but the ultimate fuckover was when I was about 13 or 14 and my dad bought a plastic pyramid from the back of a magazine. This was around '76 when everyone was talking about Pyramid Power. My dad got one that was big enough to sit in. Basically a Tee-Pee. It came in a mailing tube and my dad eagerly set it up in his Man Cave. Get this. My dad paid $250 for this thing and it amounted to clear visqueen and one-by-one pine sticks. 4 sticks and one piece of visqueen you wrapped around the sticks leaving a flap to enter and leave. Now you know why I don't take my dad's advice on anything.I don't think anyone here will be able to top that one. Reminds me just a bit of a good friend's know-it-all old man (who really is quite intelligent) attributing some of his more suspect bullshit to "the book"; as in "It says to do it this way in 'the book'." He's done this crap for so many years that we've given this fictional book a name: The Ron Hardee Book of Irrefutable Knowledge and Previously Undocumented Facts. I will say that he never ordered a power pyramid.
hamerhead Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Plus, we got to laugh at you for being a dumbass.Been entertaining you fucktards for over a decade.Why would I stop now?Yes, but the ultimate fuckover was when I was about 13 or 14 and my dad bought a plastic pyramid from the back of a magazine. This was around '76 when everyone was talking about Pyramid Power. My dad got one that was big enough to sit in. Basically a Tee-Pee. It came in a mailing tube and my dad eagerly set it up in his Man Cave. Get this. My dad paid $250 for this thing and it amounted to clear visqueen and one-by-one pine sticks. 4 sticks and one piece of visqueen you wrapped around the sticks leaving a flap to enter and leave. Now you know why I don't take my dad's advice on anything. This really does explain a few things.......
Ting Ho Dung Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 Plus, we got to laugh at you for being a dumbass.Been entertaining you fucktards for over a decade.Why would I stop now?Yes, but the ultimate fuckover was when I was about 13 or 14 and my dad bought a plastic pyramid from the back of a magazine. This was around '76 when everyone was talking about Pyramid Power. My dad got one that was big enough to sit in. Basically a Tee-Pee. It came in a mailing tube and my dad eagerly set it up in his Man Cave. Get this. My dad paid $250 for this thing and it amounted to clear visqueen and one-by-one pine sticks. 4 sticks and one piece of visqueen you wrapped around the sticks leaving a flap to enter and leave. Now you know why I don't take my dad's advice on anything. This really does explain a few things.......Yeah, no fucktard.
Boldkharma Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 Sorry to hear about your troubles with that one. I absolutely love my 2013 USA Schecter CET. One of the nicest superstrats I have ever owned or played. I have never played the older ones but this one is outstanding in every way. I love it so much I sold some gear and my second USA Custom Shop Schecter will be here next week, ugly headstock and all : )
kizanski Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 Why do you feel you need a new anus? Couldn't everyone use a new anus at a certain age? But anyway, back to the subject at hand: All of this Schecter talk lately (there have been a few for sale, other than the Fugazy garbage in the OP) makes this relevant (I feel). Sometimes, after dealing with too many jerkoffs, you have to take matters into your own hands. Currently in progress... cmatthes suggested an alternate to copying the SCHECTER logo outright. The SCHARTER: another welcome addition to the FACKYO line of quality stringed instruments! I expect to be able to post some completed photos this weekend.
Tres Aardvarks Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 You guys ALMOST take the sting out of me getting ripped off on eBay trying to buy my first Cali. Almost.Glad you got your money back, Kiz!
it's me HHB Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 I'm gonna have to get a logo, please please please
kizanski Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 I'm gonna have to get a logo, please please pleaseAnything for HHB. PM me your address...
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