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Ah I see now. Sorry I'm a bit of a dummy when it comes to these things
The input jack socket is now temperamental and the presence knob no longer works at all so i'm pretty naffed off.
More to the point it's secondhand from Mansons and i've got 14 days money back guarantee and i'm now on day 19 so just my bloody luck as to be fair i don't want it back if its done all this this soon and as its secondhand i'm now assuming its possibly been abused
They're closed today as it's sunday so i'll have to see what they say tomorrow but as its only 5 days outside the 14 day money back period i'm hoping they'll be sensible and just give me the refund. should they dig their heels in do i have any rights to push it further i.e getting my credit card company involved
Probably jumping the gun but some of these shops can be right arseholes so want to be prepared
Edit: just read online that the law states i'm entitled to a full refund should an item develop a fault within 30 days. Bet they still make me pay for return shipping though.
Thanks for the heads up buddy. Should be ok as it's definitely knackered
A friend of mine had a used cornford carrera from a store years ago that had issues on arrival and when he sent it back they opened it up and said that it had been tampered with inside and accused him of doing it, the bastards. That's one of the problems when they obviously can't test every aspect of every amp that they take in.
Hoping it will be an easy process as i want a full refund but prepared to get the CC company involved should i get any shit at all from them
It's not just to make sure it's working correctly - it's absolutely necessary, to make sure no-one has tampered with anything and made it potentially dangerous (including changing fuse values etc). Any shop which doesn't carry out a full internal inspection and test on *every* amp they take in second hand, or even returned under online sales rules, is leaving itself wide open to problems sooner or later.
Every single amp, no matter how new, which comes into the shop I work for will be fully tested before it goes out. Just once, a long time ago, they didn't - an amp had come in while I was on holiday, and another customer came in looking for one so they sold it to him. Unfortunately, it then cost them quite a lot in warranty repair work when it turned out that it wasn't in a fit state to have been sold and blew up… so they won't do that again.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Now that I know my rights I'm confident it'll get sorted swiftly
If not I'm already prepared to let the CC deal with it as it's cut and dry in their eyes
Sure it will be fine but I've had problems in the past with GG and Andertons
Speaking of guitar shops not testing amps - the JVM410H I P/X'd for my 2525h wasn't checked at all - I'd modded it a lot, and showed the guy all of them, even offered to show him the work inside, but they declined. Thought that was a bit odd.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The mods were only splicing one of the wires, and adding a switch etc., but even so - you'd hope that all stores would be checking every amp (and guitar) fully before selling.
I would be expecting a PAT test on all second hand amplifiers at the very least, i know that by law they don't have to do anything, but most places that deal in used white goods have some sort of electrical safety test in place.
It's a pretty poor show that's for sure. Probably happy to deal with all the weekend orders but leave out all the complaint emails
When I traded in my Laney they just took it. About an hour later it was on sale, untouched - definitely didn't peek inside.
I was a bit surprised, especially as the charity shop I volunteered in couldn't take in electrical as they didn't have someone to test them.