ok it's more of a psychological thriller. you can say tldr but any GC shopper will relate. -picking up a new bass. would've shopped local but they had an exclusive color for a 60's p bass that i wanted. -called ahead and had them set it aside -show up and they can't find where they set it aside, question if i actually called them -realized it was on the wall, they never set it aside lol -bring it up front, this guy making a return says i can go in front of him, he's mid transaction, why would i do that, employee is confused too -trading in an old epiphone les paul that i don't play, GC employee grabs its, "oh this is definitely chambered". uh okay dude. -he goes to test it out in the back room. hear terrible shredding noises. he doesn't test any knobs, the intonation, etc, just brings it back and says "it works!" -he looking at the serial number to pull the typical offer price, looks to the girl that works there "hey look the serial number starts with EE, *makes annoying EEEEEEEEEE noise*". -GC employee looks to another employee "wanna take over? i wanna go on break" ???? -now the three of them are joking about how one of their moms brought them ice cream -i finally look at the new guy and go "sooooooooo where were we" -he's high. -doesnt realize im buying a guitar so he loads up the money for the trade in to a visa debit card because theres not enough cash in the drawer. -it took 5 "no's" for him to stop peddling the protection plan to me. -he cuts the price tag off the bass and hands it to me. realizes he meant to hand me the guitar. i hope i never have to go back there

-bring it up front, this guy making a return says i can go in front of him, he's mid transaction, why would i do that, employee is confused too Lol

one time i was a part of a team stole a really nice ibanez from a big guitar center... not the guitar center... but a big music store. went in and asked if i could play a guitar, then peppered the salesman with like 100 questions, swearing i was buying it because i had graduation money my friend walked in with an empty bass case saying he wanted to try out the amps. i kept salesman occupied and he put the RG in the case and walked out. we ate krispy kreme donuts in the shop, 2 blocks from where we stole the guitar. thats how u do concise.

this wasnt a horror story. it wasnt even close. maybe awkward at most

xander can you get me an eric johnson strat that same way

im more into smash and grab these days but sure why not

"ok it's more of a psychological thriller"

You can order stuff from GC and have it shipped to your house...

i had a trade in

i worked for gc for 7 years and yeah…don't go there.

ej 12 minutes ago i had a trade in LOL

lol

I, too, like getting 2% of the capital I spent on a guitar back while giving it to a corporation who'll sell it at a 90% profit.

i got 230 for a 10+ year old epiphone, sweetwater has a brand new one at 650. they also offered an additional 10 percent off the new bass with trade in. so i got a $520 bass for $230 by getting rid of a guitar i dont play, and is probably more f*cked up then the employee knew

shut the f*ck up, ej