Someone go buy one of these and tell me if they're terrible or not

[HUGH JAYNUS]

Holy shit I think this guy's come in my restaurant, a few times.

Anyway, cash on collection WYSIWYG these don't look bad, I don't think the guy's shady as such but he at the very least appears to be a terrible businessman.

If any of you guys actually wanna buy his stuff, I'd be happy to mediate - tell him I'm gunna come, I'll check it out, pay me, I pay him, I ship to you.

Not for a couple weeks though, swamped.

is the guy taking any orders now? that is if you are still communicating with him.
id like a Caparison knock off if the dude isnt too terribly unreliable......

please PM me if possible about this. im weary of not having a middle man with this guy

 

[Evil Weasel]

is the guy taking any orders now? that is if you are still communicating with him.
id like a Caparison knock off if the dude isnt too terribly unreliable......

please PM me if possible about this. im weary of not having a middle man with this guy

One of the guys waiting for a guitar messaged him through ebay asking about orders and was told he was very far behind, so I am not sure he is taking custom orders on for now. In any case - I would advise you NOT to do this until this issue is fully resolved. It is not acceptable to leave customers in the dark for so long and if I was you I wouldn't trust him because of it.

The guitars on ebay are different though - they are completed and if Rook does act as an intermediate then he will have a chance to inspect them for flaws before paying. So buying a completed guitar I'd have a bit more faith with a middle man. But be wary - someone bought a completed guitar from him off ebay and paid - then still received no communication or instrument. At least he had the paypal dispute to give him his money back. With a direct bank transfer or cash payment you don't have that guarantee.

 

[HUGH JAYNUS]

as far as wait, im fine with a few months of waiting. im still trying to save some cash (my job blows).

and i definitely wont buy anything from this guy without paypal, and a middleman.

and on the note of those Caparison look a likes, anyone here see these Caparison like 8 strings ?http://guitarcore.cafe24.com/web/product/extra/big/guitarcore_218_4.jpg

 

[L1ght]

Idk, I think those Krakens look fugly.

 

[stratjacket]

Holy shit I think this guy's come in my restaurant, a few times.

Anyway, cash on collection WYSIWYG these don't look bad, I don't think the guy's shady as such but he at the very least appears to be a terrible businessman.

If any of you guys actually wanna buy his stuff, I'd be happy to mediate - tell him I'm gunna come, I'll check it out, pay me, I pay him, I ship to you.

Not for a couple weeks though, swamped.

I'm not interested in buying one of these, but just wanted to say that is really cool of you to offer up your time to do this for people on here. Very cool. Some damn good people on here.

 

[blanco]

I'm definitely keeping my eyes on these i'm only in Portsmouth or South London so not to far away. Might be able to get a bargain. I do get the feeling i'm going to be bidding against people on this forum though

 

[Larrikin666]

I'm not interested in buying one of these, but just wanted to say that is really cool of you to offer up your time to do this for people on here. Very cool. Some damn good people on here.

Yup. Nick is awesome.....period.

 

[BusinessMan]

Those look cool.

 

[skeels]

I'm not interested in buying one of these, but just wanted to say that is really cool of you to offer up your time to do this for people on here. Very cool. Some damn good people on here.

I agree but dammit- flowers need water!!!

 

[stratjacket]

^^ haha, maybe it's supposed to be an evil pic and I missed the boat.

 

[downburst82]

I was just rechecking his feedback on ebay and it appears the negative complaint has been removed?..also it says he CAN ACCEPT pay pal now. If it was closer I might take a wack at one but with the shipping at import fees/taxes etc..naaa. They look pretty solid though

 

[Evil Weasel]

The negative feedback was on his other ebay account http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/arifmcbadhi/

For the record I have now emailed him on both accounts and on both his personal email accounts with no reply. Wookie606 and I got advice from an impartial legal advice service who told us to send him a letter by recorded delivery so we know he gets it and then give a sensible deadline for him to reply by.

He is still completely ignoring us. He doesn't even owe me anything. My guitar is complete and i have played it etc. I just want it posted back which will cost £12 and i have even offered to pay. It's simply unacceptable in my opinion for him to continue to ignore us, especially when on my case I was a loyal repeat customer and to resolve the situation takes 5 minutes booking a courier.

 

[arcadia fades]

he's using a different account to hide the shitstain reminder of the negative feedback I left him on his old account so he can hide how much of a bad business guy he is.

 

[downburst82]

AHH ok I was confused, didnt realise he was using two accounts. I thought maybe there had been some sort of resolution. Ya if there are still these issue's hanging over the sellers head people should definately be weary.

 

[SkullCrusher]

What an arsehole

 

[Darren James]

Kind of a shame really. You would think that he'd be on the up and up as there is the potential to make some nice money here. The guitars seem like really nice builds for the most part, not to mention at great prices. I'm sure he'd get a lot of business if he kept honest sales. I hope those who have been having issues with him get things sorted and it works out for you in the end.

Darren.

 

[engage757]

I saw these, they don't look too bad, but knowing it's a Mercer is enough for me to back off! Thanks for the warning.

 

[pylyo]

2-3 years ago I ordered a guitar from him, and payed 1/2 in advance but he screwed the scale length so we had to cancel the deal as I wasn't going for 27" like the build turned out. He was very kind all the time and very responsive, let me choose the woods and all... I believe I saw that guitar here on the forums (it was a B7 copy with really nice burl maple top) but can't speak of built quality as I never layed hands on it.

Oh and he refunded me money right away and was really, really kind and all...

 

[Lorcan Ward]

Auctions ended today.

Caparison Clone with Aftermaths went for £600/€715
Caparison Clone with D Activators went for £600/€715
Rico Clone went for £520/€620

 

[Evil Weasel]

Anyone buy one? The one I was interested in was the 6 string with the lace pickups (probably because it's very similar to my 6 string that Steve currently has...). It went for £290. Absolute steal. Wish I wasn't utterly broke at the moment or it would have been mine, maybe I could have hassled him to send the other one with it too.

If anyone did get one, keep us updated on communication etc. Or if you can ask him about his outstanding orders and where he is with them that would be good too!