OK, so I hear about the Behringer HellBabe tweakable wah & think, oooh! impulse purchase time.
Search web, find best price is on Amazon so away I go.
Sign in, search for item which shows up as in stock & available for Prime, so add it to basket, click on my default delivery address and go to checkout... only to be denied a purchase.
Tried again repeatedly, no joy. Bought an unrelated item to test things, no problem.
So it seems that for some reason I cannot buy this Behringer item.
Screen shot before going to checkout
Screen shot on attempting purchase
I should reiterate that my shipping address is fully verified and is the default address.
I'm baffled...
Anyone else had similar problems, or if you have UK Prime accounts, could you please try to reproduce this outcome (not actually committing to buying the pedal though).
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I'll try raising the issue with both parties. Cheers.
In the final analysis, the Behringer HB-01 is a rip off of the Morley Bad Horsie 2, made from less durable parts.
I had two Behringer pedals on backorder for about 6 months, finally got them mid October.
As to the pedal being a rip off of the Morley Bad Horsie 2.
Hmmm, let me think, £41 against £139, home use, never to be gigged... strokes chin, answer is no competition, I'll take the clone
I already have a Dunlop GCB95 and a Dunlop Cry Baby with Fasel inductor, so shelling out more than I paid for both of them plus a Behringer, for the Morley just isn't what I'd want to do.
They often use third party distributors, so state that items are in stock when actually they are wholly reliant on someone else’s information flow and timeline.
I got into an argument with them as they refused to admit their unreliability (I just wanted to know - should I shop elsewhere or not ??!!).
If you go to Amazon.de, you can buy it, but you have to pay €6 for delivery.
For what it's worth, I tried out of interest and got the same "can't be sent to your address" message. I also have Prime.
I'm starting to hate Amazon. Yes they are great for prompt delivery of in-stock items but their customer service, when you need to contact them, is nowhere near what it was and the website itself has become very poor in terms of product descriptions, filtered searches etc. Amazon Marketplace is like the Wild West. They're too big and don't have enough competition to keep them on their toes.
I ordered a webcam at the start of the lockdown in March - when demand for such things suddenly shot up. I think it was a Samsung, cost £75 and they took the payment although it wasn't in stock (I don't think they normally do that for out of stock items).
It sat there for months, with the price going up and up, close to £200, even though it was now listed as unavailable. I didn't want to cancel, because although they now had loads of webcams they were all no-name brands on Marketplace. Eventually I gave up - turned out I didn't really need a webcam for work - and cancelled. I thought they might claim I'd never paid, but to be fair the refund came though fine.
At £41, clearly its coming from abroad and therefore is not viable.
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Have had a few phone conversations with amazon who don’t have a clue.
I’ve got a Behringer Hell Babe Wah pedal and it’s terrific.