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people have been piling things on credit as a stop gap until things picked up.
now it is becoming apparent things may get much worse, that debt is keeping a lot of people up at night. hammond one for sure.
i suspect BF will be seen by many retailers as their last chance to shed anything that is not guaranteed bread and butter sales, before dust and rust gets to it.
I wish the whole country had pulled over at a restaurant before the Brexit vote, because I like a nice meal before I get f**ked...
Last year I picked up a Gibson Thunderbird Bass for £800 down from £2200.
The year before I picked up an Epi thunderbird Pro with the Gibson pups for £250 down from £400
Year before that I got my Dad an Epi Dot studio for £110! (Amazing guitar for his 50th) and I picked up a Tom Delonge Epi for £200.
Saying that hat though if you know what your looking for deals can be had any time on Amazon. Just ordered a Dan Donegan schecter for under half the RRP
I think it can be a good time if you are open minded.
By this I mean you have a bit of spare cash and are looking for something "nice". You can just lok at the offers until something grabs your attention.
The down side ide is if you are after a specific item you can be swayed to get something that is not exactly what you wanted, but is cheap.
Amazon are just price-matching Thomann on the Ventura Vibe.
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The main issue for MI retailers is that margins on most gear are pretty slim as it is, especially when compared with other industries, eg fashion, so Black Friday is not particularly welcome many smaller retailers, especially as they have to compete on price with the usual suspects online.
It seems to be that people are holding off buying gear at the moment in hope of getting some Black Friday bargains, maybe not even a guitar, but other consumer items.
As ever these "innovations" very much favour the larger operations at the expense of smaller retailers.