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Location: Canton,GA | The guy sent me an email saying the screws were too short?? and the black plastic cover wont stay on .....so experts on here HELP ME !!! it said all sales were final and as far as I know the screws have never been cut ....I took it off and replaced it with a chrome Shaller one ...so help me guys ...I am afraid the guy just wants to get my bridge and then swap saddles or screws with me and then send me whats left after I have paid him his money back ....I did take the black cover off I had to best as I remember to take the bridge off of the guitar ...Am I wrong in saying it is what it is ....thanks for your input ... |
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Location: Scotland | Which screws are too short? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Is he installing it into an Ovation?
If you accept the return don't send funds until the item is verified complete. |
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Location: NW Washington State | You got a good price for it. The screws for the saddles all look plenty long, except for the low E which isn't visible and is probably long enough. Since the two big studs/screws for mounting the bridge weren't in the auction, he can't complain about those. It seems pretty obvious that the plastic piece wasn't attached.
I'd follow MWoody's advice. Require the guy to send it back so you can verify its condition before you make a refund.
If payment was by PayPal, there are a number of loopholes that will allow a buyer to screw you if they feel like it. If you didn't ship it with a tracking/confirmation number, he can claim that he never received it and you're out of luck. Or he can try a chargeback if he used a credit card. Tread lightly- it's probably better to refund the $99 than to have PayPal take it and lose the bridge too.
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Paul asked Which screws are too short? The one last night? |
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Location: Canton,GA | THE ONE LAST NIGHT YEAH BUDDY .....THATS A GOOD ONE ...WHAT TIME DO YOU GO ON AT THE HOLIDAY INN??LOL ....THANKS NUMB FINGERS ...FOR THE ADVICE IT WAS A ALL SALES FINAL DEAL....He threatened me with negative feedback and I told him that worked both ways....You did have to take it apart to take it off as best I remember ..and the cover should stay on fine once you thread the screws thru it ....I think he needed a saddle or maybe some screws he told me some of the screws were different colors....couldnt be that is the only screws It came with and that is the only one of those I have ever had ....I have never owned another Ovation of any type ...I want a slot head 12 string like Dave Mason used to play but I have heard to get a non slot head due to putting on strings is a real tough chore ...What is youze guys opinions ... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Difficulty of string changes on O's from easy to hardest:
Six String Steel, Wood Bridge, flat peghead
Twelve String steel, flat peghead
Six String Old Style solidbody
Nylon Bridge
Six String Slothead
Twelve String Slothead
Six String One Piece Shaller Solidbody
Twelve string One piece Schaller Bridge
I did the 12 String Limited last night in about 20 minutes including cleaning, etc.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I'd love to help, bit I have no idea what you guys are talking about. Is there a picture someplace? |
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Location: NW Washington State | Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
I'd love to help, bit I have no idea what you guys are talking about. Is there a picture someplace? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270003887006
and the earlier thread, when it was listed for $129: http://www.ovationfanclub.com/cgi-bin/ubb/non-cgi/ultimatebb.php?ub...
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Location: GA USA | Easy. Have him measure the screws and get Mr.Ovationwoodycwk2 or somebody to verify that they're right. If they're not, somebody will have the right ones, and bail you out, right? |
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Location: Scotland | AS far as I can tell there's nothing wrong with that bridge, and if he has a problem it's nothing that can't be fixed by a trip to a hardware store. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | What Paul T. said. Just needs the rear mount screw that goes through the body then a little testors plastic model cement to re-attach the cover by it's tangs only. I prefer testers to super-glue as you can usually break the testors free if needed in the future. |
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Location: Scotland | Oh shit, well spotted Miles, I was looking at the saddle screws. It's pretty useless without the centre bolt and rear nut, but then again neccesity is the brother of contention.....or something, which I guess means a trip to the hardware store, or a call to KK/JB |
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Location: Canton,GA | Thankyou guys....I cant even get this guy to tell me if it is going on a Ovation Guitar or not...It is an original bridge ...I did not cut the screws they were like they were when I took them off...he sounds like a foreigner the way he emails me ... maybe Russian ...I am sorry it also said plainly on the listing ...ALL SALES FINAL...because you know how some guys are they will buy parts from you take out or off what they need and them send them back to you and want their money back ....and all they have to say is well thats how I got it ...wrong....I have had to learn the hard way on EBay on somethings and I think it is this guys time ...I have done nearly 300 deals on Ebay without one hitch and I always represent my items as derogatory as I can ....And if you look at my feedback it is spotless so if he leaves me derogatory feedback oh well I am sorry ...I repped that item as good as anyone could have except maybe some of you guys ..I did not say it was mint ...mint means no scratches no dents ..but it is in great shape if I had to I would have put it back on my guitar should I lose my chrome Shaller ....but I was mainly selling it for the saddles as all of you know that is what goes bad on those things ..thats why I put on the schallers on mine ...by the way thanks Samova .(STAR WARS QUOTE...Oh SAVE US OBIE WON SAMOVA YOU'RE OUR ONLY HOPE ...OKAY DREAM SEQUENCE OVER ..WHERE IS PRINCESS LEIA ) ..I may refer that guy here ...so if Boris comes on complaining about me to yall.....well I think you know .... |
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Location: New Hampsha | Deaconstrat - If you took payment via Paypal you can say "All sales final" until you are blue in the face, but if the buyer complains to Paypal that it was misrepresented he gets his money back with no questions asked. Be careful, like Steve said or you could wind up out of the money and lose the part as well. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | YOu mean, if he reasonably says, in the add, all sales final, and then says, send it back and let me evaluate it, pay-pal can get this turds money back? I never got to that stage, the turd went away. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | an4340...yes the turd can get his money back and possibly keep the parts. Read the recent thread on Paypal and shudder over some of the gory details. |
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