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Location: Central Oregon | I asked the guys at Central Oregon Music about selling their overstock of Elixir 12 string sets to the people here at the OFC a few weeks ago after we talked about it here. They said they'd think it over & let me know what they decided.
Well, I talked to Joe at Central Oregon Music today. They've talked it over & decided that I can buy as many sets as I want of their overstock of Elixir 12 string sets for cost plus 5%. I think they have 7 or 8 sets left but I'm not sure. I want at least one more set, so there should be 6 or so more sets available. Joe said he'll look up their cost & have a price for me the next time I go over there (probably Thursday). They're the Nanoweb-12 String Lights /.010-.047. If any of you want some, email me & I'll sell 'em for whatever they cost me plus shipping. You can wait until I get a price or email me right away, it makes no difference to me, but it's first come (email) first served. Shipping in the USA should be pretty cheap, I have no clue what it will cost to ship overseas. I would like as many people as possible to get a chance at them so one set each please. If there are more strings than there are people that want them I'll sell more sets per person if they want more. I will sell them to the first six people that email me, or however many sets of strings there are, minus one set for me. After I get a price quote you can pay me via PayPal (however, I CANNOT accept PayPal from a credit card based account), money order or personal check, as long as the money is in USD. I won't do that on ebay but I don't expect to get stiffed by anyone here, (be assured however that if I DO get stiffed EVERYBODY here will know about it! :) ) You folks on this board have helped me out a lot & I'd like to give something back. Please remember that I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY WILL BE YET, but I'll sell 'em for whatever they cost me plus shipping.
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Location: Central Oregon | I talked to the guys at C.O.Music again today. The strings will be $15/set plus shipping. That's a little more than half retail. There are 8 sets available total & at least 2 sets are spoken for (4 sets are spoken for if nobody else wants them). If you want some EMAIL ME BY NOON THURSDSAY NOV 6! This is a limited time deal. I'm not making any money on these to people in the OFC.
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Location: So. Cal. | Nils,
I'll take 4 sets or whatever is left. Thanks! |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | If someone decides to back out, let me know Nils, I would love to buy a set.
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Location: Central Oregon | You're not too late. Email me your mailing address Norseman. I'm using my email to keep track of requests in order.
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Location: NJ | $15 a set?!
. . . and that's a little more than HALF retail?!?!?!
jeez!, I'm in the wrong friggin' bid'ness!!! :D |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Thanks Nils, I sent you an email.
Cliff, in Brainerd, a 6 string set of Elixirs sell for $15.00, and a 12 string set sells for $30.00.Ridiculous prices, but hey, they want $18.00 for a set of Adamas 12's.
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Location: NJ | I GUESS it's worth it if they "last" as long as touted. The way I flail/break strings, it wouldn't be worth it to me. Besides, I never really cared for the feel/sound of 'em.
Maybe Al needs to become an Elixer dealer. ;) |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | I mainly fingerpick, I can't remember the last time I broke one, so it works out well for me. Have you tried the "nano-web" strings Cliff? They have a much better feel than the original polywebs, and they do have a nice tone.
With the high action I have on my CS255, the Elixirs will help with friction and barring.
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Location: NJ | Yeah, tried the poly, nano, mondo-boffo, EXP, STP, all of 'em and keep going back to my D'AddPhosBronze's. Guess I'm too much of a purist stuck in his ways. :rolleyes: |
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Location: NJ | I am rather sure I can beat that price but I have to buy the strings a box at a time. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Al,
What would your price be for 2 sets of medium Elixir acoustics (6 string sets)?
Norse(shipping to Brainerd Minnesota included)man1 |
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Location: NJ | Norse
unless I order a box I can't do it.
it is just not worth the effort for me. I need to sell off the entire box |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | How many sets in a box? |
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Location: Central Oregon | OK, here the list of who gets what-
Scott Lytle - 1 set
Chuck Badger - 2 sets
Tony Calman - 2 sets
Michael Wong - 3 sets
Me - the other two sets :)
I will pick them up tonight & try to get them in the mail tomorrow. I will contact each of you with total cost including shipping after I get them sent off.
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Location: San Francisco, CA | Damn good price for 12-string set.
Best price for 6-string is around $11, with free shipping (over $35 order) at some Internet stores. |
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Location: Central Oregon | I picked up the Elixirs tonight. It turns out they only had 9 sets, so Michael I'm afraid you only get two sets instead of three. Sorry about the mixup but I was only repeating what they told me. (I'm still keeping two sets for me :) )
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Location: So. Cal. | Nils,
No problem. Two sets are fine. Thanks for all your effort! |
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Location: Central Oregon | Strings are on the way to Tony Calman, Michael Wong & Scott Lytle. I need a mailing address for Chuck Badger. I emailed everyone I've sent strings to with shipping prices. Hope you guys like 'em as much as I do :)
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Location: Waterloo, IL | Nils,
Address on its way!
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | The closest tale of this kind of distribution of goods that I have seen was when Scrooge "saw" the division of his goods by the people "cleaning" out his bedroom after his demise. Enjoy your Elixers, Marley will come and visit you in the night with much groaning and rattling of chains.
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by Bailey:
The closest tale of this kind of distribution of goods that I have seen was when Scrooge "saw" the division of his goods by the people "cleaning" out his bedroom after his demise. Enjoy your Elixers, Marley will come and visit you in the night with much groaning and rattling of chains.
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Come & visit WHO exactly? I don't need any ghosts in this thing, I'm having enugh trouble with it already! I got my Norton Firewall to come back online after beating my head against the wall this morning. First time that ever worked.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Nils
I kinda see you as the Ghost of Christmas's Future with your generous offers to the members. Their squabbling over the spoils will attract Morley and his chains unless they wake up like Scrooge on Christmas Morning and start giving away their hoarded spoils (i. e. send Bailey a 12 string Adamas)!! |
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Location: Central Oregon | Ohhh, so I gotta be the ghost? Hells bells I ain't dead, I ain't even sick! (Well, phsically anyway.) There really was no squabbling involved, everyone was quite pleasant. Only 4 people took me up on the offer & one of them only wanted one set, so the other 3 guys got two sets each. I sent out the last two sets to Chuck today. Mission accomplished :)
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Location: SoCal | no one said the strings were haunted :} |
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