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I'm sure you can explain why they're responsible for manufacturers slipping dates...
They’re clearly not responsible for manufacturers shipping dates yet they seem to always have an initial date that’s way outside what others have quoted.
Ol’ Mr Anderton sat at his desk pulling dates out of a top hat
Many others have agreed with me on this point on this very forum along with sales items that they don’t even have in stock. Once again with bullshit lead times that are misleading and damn right unfair to potential buyers.
Especially as they charge the customer upfront in full for preorder items unlike GG etc who only want £50
So call it bashing or whatever but people need to me made aware about how this particular shop does business
Now have a nice day you grumpy sod
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Rift, 20w head or combo ?
And I think they do have an agenda. Making product releases look imminent or in the very near future in order to give them the edge over other stores with people laying down their money in full thinking that they have some particular arrangement with said company in that they will be receiving first shipments etc
Would the OP have paid in full for the item with them if they’d printed an honest ‘in stock’ date of May?
If you had gone elsewhere like GG then you would have only paid £50 to secure the amp. I specifically remember most stores just stated ‘Available to preorder’ but with no date or lead time given at all
At least they were honest in that they didn’t have any sort of arrival date info at that time. And what’s £50 down compared to the £459 he’s been screwed out of by deliberate misleading statements on the premise that there was an advantage to the customer if you buy with them
I put the first one down to bad luck and then learned my lesson when EXACTLY the same thing happened the next time around. You can dress it up however you like but it's clearly a tactic and it's actually just a bit shit.
Ironically, on one of his NAMM videos about these new Marshall amps, Lee said "so these are actually available, in production..." as a half-joke. He puts out the dates he gets told no doubt, he can't really put on his website when he is so cosy with them "will be delivered when Marshall get their ass-elbow diagram printed out".
Side question, is it just because they are a new range from Marshall people are stoked about these? What is the big selling point for everyone?