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Location: Utah | Nope, not my fault. All yours, collectively. We're talking a fifteen year old innocent little girl.
So, a friend of hers was promised a new guitar for Christmas by her mom. The friend decides she wants an Ovation, having heard my daughter's 1778T Red Flame, and drags my daughter along to the Guitar Center to go shopping. After playing several guitars and plugging them in, she has fallen in love with a 1778LX with only the bass side eppis, gloss black. (Actually, it carries a GC number, GC17?).
So the friend asks how much it costs and the salesman quotes her a number. Then he says that she really should also buy the case for an additional $100. At which point my fifteen year old speaks up and says that the factory ships a case with the guitar, so the case should be included in the price he quoted. The salesman says that the case costs extra. My girl grabs her friend by the arm and pulls her towards the door, saying "Come on, there are other places that sell Ovations".
At which point she hears the salesman call after them "Wait. Please..."
Dang, not only did she chalk up an intervention, she out negotiated the salesman. (Who ended up OK on his commission since she also got an amp, some computer recording stuff, and misc doodads).
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| You've raised her well, proud poppa. With that moxie no one's ever gonna take advantage of her. Great story! |
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Location: closely held secret | Good for her. Can't wait to hear about her negotiations with you for a car. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Can't speak for myself but Cliff is proud to have helped put some cojones on your daughter. Good on her. (and you) |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Allways Glad to help...about the car that WABB. mentioned , try keep it domestic , something as simple as a CORVETTE would be good enough for a young thing like her... :)
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I hope she can apply the same lesson to many other areas of her life. I used to really enjoy doing that to car salesmen, but I've grown soft in my old age. I hope she gets to the point where she can use the line, "well the last thing I need is another guitar." |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by Solid Top aka Enfant Terrible:
Allways Glad to help...about the car that WABB. mentioned , try keep it domestic , something as simple as a CORVETTE would be good enough for a young thing like her... :)
Vic Ha! For a couple of years now she has been saying that the car she wants is a Corvette with flames painted on the side. It sounds like you and she are in some kind of conspiracy against me. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | You know what ... I'm proud of your daughter! Good kid. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Ha! For a couple of years now she has been saying that the car she wants is a Corvette with flames painted on the side. It sounds like you and she are in some kind of conspiracy against me
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Ha! Who was it again that is cruising with 600 MPH...just askin`.. :)
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Location: Boise, Idaho | No way she should have anything lower than a parking lot curb. No matter how cool the car is, it will be the inanimate object's fault when she hits the curb or speed bump or dip in the road. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Great story...but dad, I assure you your daughter is not as innocent as you would like to think! |
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | I just love the title to this thread.... It's a pretty safe bet that "everyone" is going to read it... |
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Location: Utah | Great story...but dad, I assure you your daughter is not as innocent as you would like to think! [fingers stuck in ears] lalalalalalalala I can't hear you lalalalalalalal [/fingers stuck in ears] |
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| Would she consider being my manager? |
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Location: closely held secret | He said she was corrupted, not subhuman. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Enjoy it while you can. They think dads are pretty useless except to teach them how to drive and keep the car running. At least you also have the guitar connection. |
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Location: GA USA | Great story, sig. I played some of your daughter's music for my son last night and he thought it was great. But rather than Phoebe from friends, it reminds me of Marzipan .
Good for you and her! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | ....so, what color corvette are you gettin her? |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | ..probably OFC blue , with a carbon top and the exhaust tuned to G....
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I will pass on for your use, if you so choose, a story my friend told his two daughter.
He told both girls they would have to save up and buy their own cars, then Mom & Dad would buy the insurance. That way, if their is any misbehaviour with the car, the insurance is pulled and the car is parked.
"One more thing," He said. "Make sure you get a car with a BIG back seat."
As the girls looked at him in shock and Mother started turning pre-rage colours he continued.
"Oh yes. I want to be comfortable." |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Speaking about Corvettes, is anybody else turned on by the new ZR1? Supercharged, 600+ HP, as delivered from the factory? I've got to stop watching those Barret-Jackson auctions on the Speed channel. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Prof, does it run on propane? Could get a little expensive feeding that thing if you have your foot in it.
And FlySig, that was a great story. I can't wait till my son gets a little older and wants a car.....(right) |
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Location: Nashville TN. | I wonder how many get sc@#wed on the case is extra on USA Ovations???
Good for your daughter. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | When I bought my daughter's Ovation from GC, they tried to sell the case separately. I think it was their policy or something, but he sold me the case for $40, but knocked $50 off the price of the guitar that I had already negotiated. |
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Location: Atlanta GA | My son's friend is planning to buy a Celebrity this weekend at GC. I tried to steer him to the US but $ is an issue. Should I understand from the above that the price is negotiable and the case should be included? This would be big to him if he can get a discount. He has seen and heard mine for a long time and just has enough $ for the Celebrity and not an extra $100 for the case. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Mine was a used one. I don't know if they have as much room to negotiate with a new one. |
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Location: Utah | There is definitely negotiating room at GC. At least in the $900 range they are willing to throw in the case, so that's a 5% or 10% discount off of the tagged price.
Do a search online and get an idea what the going prices are. GC, and any brick-and-mortar store, will be a bit higher than the discount internet price. But it gives you a target price anyhow.
For my daughter's guitar they quoted a really low price but then charged about $100 for the case, bringing it up to about the typical internet price all together. |
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You all have corrupted my daughter.