Fat Bottom Guitars

hassleham

I’m not sure of their exact address but i thought they were based near derby

GoldenEraGuitars

hassleham said:

I’m not sure of their exact address but i thought they were based near derby

<ADMIN EDIT: Removed this, because it actually contained a home address which has since been removed from their site>

joeW

If someone manages their cash flow so badly, I would suggest they are a good candidate not to be in business in a few years.  I very much hope that they have no cash owed to any tFB members should they eventually fail.

digitalscream

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It's possibly worth noting that they couldn't comment on this thread, because they (clarification: the owner of FBG, acting under the username theguitarmarketplace) were banned for spamming people by PM and then permanently banned for attempting to sign up additional accounts after that ban.

timmypix

digitalscream said:

ADMIN NOTICE TO ALL:

Fat Bottom Guitars don't like some of the things said in this thread, so they've submitted a Notice of Complaint under the Defamation Act 2013. The relevant members have been notified with appropriate instructions as to what happens next, as per Section 5 of that same Act.

It's possibly worth noting that they couldn't comment on this thread, because they were banned for spamming people by PM and then permanently banned for attempting to sign up additional accounts after that ban.

Well now I definitely won't consider using them or The Guitar Marketplace. 

RobG3294

digitalscream said:

ADMIN NOTICE TO ALL:

Fat Bottom Guitars don't like some of the things said in this thread, so they've submitted a Notice of Complaint under the Defamation Act 2013. The relevant members have been notified with appropriate instructions as to what happens next, as per Section 5 of that same Act.

It's possibly worth noting that they couldn't comment on this thread, because they were banned for spamming people by PM and then permanently banned for attempting to sign up additional accounts after that ban.

FBG Official statement:

Ohhh what are you up to tonight? 
Ohhh on the fretboard talking shite!
Ohh a defamation claim will make you stop
Fat bottom guitars we make the rocking world go round. 

hollywoodrox

Anybody sold them a guitar since ?  I was thinking of their deal to sell my Slash sig 
  It’s awful for selling in the present climate although I died sell a strat a week or two ago 

notsopro

Sold them something through the 'competition' offer back end of last year. Offer wasn't too terrible, dealing with them as people was fine right up until the day the payment was due to be made. Sent them an e-mail on the payment date asking if this had been sent, and when I could expected payment, heard nothing. Contacted them the day after the 'payment date'. Asked them if there had been any reasons for a delay, heard nothing. Sent them a message stating that 'by the terms in their contract the guitar is mine until I get paid, so unless they can prove that payment had been made at the time of my request (after payment date), I'd just take my guitar back. Strangely enough got a reply straight back saying the payment had been made the previous day, and should be with me that day. Got the funds a couple of hours later. Sent them a message just saying don't think it's a good way to deal with customers, whether its cash flow issues, holiday, or just human error, it's a bad look when they reply immediately all the time until it came to payment. At this point I was informed of their record year, and how they their turnover was over five million pounds.  At this point was tempted to inform them if that was the case they have to be VAT registered, and their VAT number has to be included within their company details on their website, but I was happy for them to think I was a clueless idiot. 

My take, did they do what they said, within reason yes. Are you likely to not get paid, highly unlikely. Do I have reservations about the longevity of their business given they seem to think cash flow, turnover and profit are all the same and directly linked. 100%.

But if you're happy with the price, and are ok chasing the funds, or take their 'payment date' with a pinch of salt. I'd go with it.

Boromedic

Sums up my experience too ^^

DrJazzTap

Reading through all of this, screams of a business which isn't going to be around this time next year.