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Online international gear stores
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:21 pm
by Jakob BC
Long ago I noticed that Denmark isn't the place for the best prices on music gear. I have earlier bought stuff from thomann.de and turnkey.co.uk
I have only good things to say about the service at Thomann, however their prices are not always competitive enough with the easyness of visiting a local store. TurnKey are sometimes better on the price, probably due to the current low currency of the UK £ compared to the DKK. However I experienced some annoying problems with the shipping company last times I ordered there. Besides that Im also annoyed by the poor information on their website regarding the whole buying and shipping process. The shoppingcart is even controlled by some google sh*t.
Im looking for some alternatives, but are there any good ones?
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:27 pm
by Jarp2600
Music Store Köln (musicstore.com) is a big one, with a very large selection of products, although Thomann is often cheaper, and has better service, from my experience.
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:12 am
by Jakob BC
Yes I think it's hard to find something that really beats Thomann, but thanks for the help anyway. I'll check it out.
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:27 pm
by Jon
Turnkey did go into administration and was taken over by another company about a year ago. They still trade under the name of Turnkey.
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:50 pm
by jp8000
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:26 pm
by GeeJee
Can't help you on this one, but I heard terrible stories about turnkey...
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:24 pm
by Jakob BC
GeeJee wrote:Can't help you on this one, but I heard terrible stories about turnkey...
Somehow it doesn't surprise me, eventhough I actually visited their store in London a couple of years ago, just after my bad experience with DPD. It turned out that æ and ø which appears in my adress were fucked up and replaced by dollarsigns etc.
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:33 pm
by Nico_Noyau
eBay
Yeah, sounds stupid, but there are plenty of stores selling brand new material on there, with a nice warranty
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:21 pm
by Jon
I can thnk of 2 UK stores selling new music gear on ebay . . . . 'Dolphin Music' and 'Absolute Music Solutions'.
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:41 pm
by JPQ
Actually packed sended to thomann to repair is poor story. i send all and getted new machine (actually demo machine form studio section) but only photocopies of manual becouse my orginal packet is missing actually about 2 week later when this is happened i heared my orginal packed is found.
and but now i only buy stuff form my home contry some cheap stores often even cheaper than Thomann and also good service but some years ago i think i cannot get good service but in last few years i can get it. Basic reason is easier buy shop where all talk same language than you talk and i want keep some shops in here.
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:16 pm
by Jarp2600
JPQ wrote:Actually packed sended to thomann to repair is poor story. i send all and getted new machine (actually demo machine form studio section) but only photocopies of manual becouse my orginal packet is missing actually about 2 week later when this is happened i heared my orginal packed is found.
and but now i only buy stuff form my home contry some cheap stores often even cheaper than Thomann and also good service but some years ago i think i cannot get good service but in last few years i can get it. Basic reason is easier buy shop where all talk same language than you talk and i want keep some shops in here.
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Would you please, please try to use some punctuation in your sentences? Thank you!
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:25 pm
by JPQ
Jarp2600 wrote:JPQ wrote:Actually packed sended to thomann to repair is poor story. i send all and getted new machine (actually demo machine form studio section) but only photocopies of manual becouse my orginal packet is missing actually about 2 week later when this is happened i heared my orginal packed is found.
and but now i only buy stuff form my home contry some cheap stores often even cheaper than Thomann and also good service but some years ago i think i cannot get good service but in last few years i can get it. Basic reason is easier buy shop where all talk same language than you talk and i want keep some shops in here.
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Would you please, please try to use some punctuation in your sentences? Thank you!
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I trying but i so poor, and more poor when i write non native language.