What Guitar Center calls "Good Condition"

[PowerTube44]

Here's the reason I'll NEVER buy anything used off the GC website if it doesn't have a picture.

 

[Eric'45]

Not being honest about the condition sadly is to be expected nowadays, but why include pics that show the opposite? I don't get it.

 

[marshalled]

899 $ is a gift ahahahaha

Other 899 $ for fix the tolex... Grill cloth and logo ahahah

 

[chocol8]

I think they use a 51% rule. If 51% or more of the parts are there or at least replaceable with some form of substitute, that qualifies as "good" condition.

 

[PowerTube44]

I think they use a 51% rule. If 51% or more of the parts are there or at least replaceable with some form of substitute, that qualifies as "good" condition.

According to their website, "Good" means that it works, basically. But come on. The grille cloth isn't there just for decoration. Neither is the Tolex. Personally, I would list this one as a level below "Poor," if they had such a level.

 

[Sunflake]

Wow mine was listed as excellent condition with no picture. Showed up packed extremely well. Not a scratch on it anywhere. Glad I didn’t see this before it arrived.

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

That pic is in poor taste/shape, same as the cab

 

[KidBlast]

yep.. whenever I'm driving near a guitar center, I just keep driving. true story..

 

[Tincup]

You can just call and have someone take actual pictures for you. My ”representative“ was on top of it , texting pictures right away. Packing is a crapshoot, I got a 1960a tossed in a kick drum box loose, and a 1965a that was packed exceptionally well double boxed with a cardboard cover on the front of the grill wrapped in bubble wrap.

 

[PowerTube44]

You can just call and have someone take actual pictures for you. My ”representative“ was on top of it , texting pictures right away.

I somehow don't think that a different picture is going to help the one above.

 

[Tincup]

I somehow don't think that a different picture is going to help the one above.

It’s vintage bro. Lol

 

[saxon68]

Gotta keep in mind that each store is an island, and people are people.

There’s good ones, bad ones, assholes and outstanding people.

Then there’s work ethic. Companies have to take what they can get these days, and some have a crappy work ethic.

 

[mark123]

I think good means "it works and nothing more". You only want to look at "excellent" and "very good" items.

Their official definition of "good condition" is "This product is completely functional and shows some signs of use. It may have surface scratches and/or dings and dents." Yeah, there are definitely some surface scratches and dings and dents.

 

[JJB79]

Well, good they they got a decent return policy, lol But I just ordered a 1960a from there. It had one small picture. Looks a bit used but not unreasonable. I could probably at least clean up a tolex on it and make it look nice and shiny. However, these things arent super easy to come by. Won't exist probably for years on market place, reverb all the nice prices are local pickup only, or the shipping is astronomical whereas GC will ship it for just under $30

 

[musiquedereve]

WHOA! I'd expect to find that in a dumpster dive

 

[Matthews Guitars]

It's in one piece (anything that fell off is not keeping it from being usable) and it's functional. For GC, that IS good condition.

 

[Wildeman]

Come on man, that thing rocks like torn spandex and a codpiece....

 

[Torren61]

Not enough information to decide if the ad is accurate or not. How old is the cab? 1970? 1975? 1979? Are the speakers original? Is the cab formerly owned by The Dead Kennedys' guitarist? Is the "damage" limited to the Tolex and grill? If that is a pre-1975 cab with everything original, I'd pay that price in a minute. The Tolex is torn and the grill cloth is ripped. So what? That's "Good" condition.

 

[Leonard Neemoil]

Man, I gotta count my blessings. I've only bought about 4 items from them and they were all listed as good or fair. 3 of them were as mint as it gets without actually being considered mint. Made me a happy camper. The fourth was just as good cosmetically but had some electrical problems so it went back.

My biggest gripe with any of the items is that they pack them like shit and I'm surprised they ended up at my place in one piece.

I tried to find the listing but couldn't. A few days ago there was a 4x12 with the left side mashed in, obviously scrap. I think it was listed in good or fair condition and priced too high for a parts cab. I'd be surprised if there were 2 speakers without warped cages in it. Lol

 

[Wildeman]

I just bought 8 sets of Martin acoustic strings from them for $43.00........ they have their uses.