wallythacker
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There's a decent looking 800 combo on the market for a reasonable price. . It's the '89 50w dual channel 4212. It's been on the market for a loooooong time, starting out at $1000 and now it's three months later and $650 OBO. I called the vendor on the phone and he seemed OK, not spaced out or anything and made an arrangement to see the amp the next day. Later that night the weirdness began. The first text was about his wife not wanting strangers in the house so we needed to be q uick doing the deal. Then the next text is can we find a place to meet other than his house? WTF? I'm from out of city. Where are we going to meet ?
I foolishly said my van has a 400w inverter wired in and we could set up in that in front of his house and use the van as a rehersal hall on wheels.
He texted back. Ok. An hour later I get a text saying we should meet in a plaza just off the highway instead of in front of his house. What? Seriously, what? I thought about it, I did want the amp, and meeting just of the highway was more convenient. So I OK, BUT, there's an element of weird that's crept in and my spider senses are on high alert. I could cut and run before the meet if I felt it was wrong. He said OK.
So, it's the next morning and we're an hour from the meet. He asks me if I'm still on, affirmative, and asks me what I'm driving and wearing so he can ID me. He won't tell me what he's driving or wearing. So my guts are rolling. Something is all wrong about this deal. I text back a few moments later saying I'm bailing. He texts why, cries he had to re-arrange his schedule, blah blah. I figure I need to talk with guy. I call him, I tell flat out my gut somethings wrong here. This is an amp that's being sold, not high-tech military weapons secrets so why all the hush hush?
He tells me it's all down to his wife not wanting strangers, in or even NEAR their house.
What do you guys think? Is this a hot amp? Some shop or maybe a studio has a lean on it? Maybe for a lot of cash, like $1000. Maybe this amp is someone connected to a bigger crime, like it might have DNA from people who are either killers or have been killed?
Has anyone ever faced weirdness like this when trying to buy gear?
tl;dr
I went to buy an amp and the seller wanted it to go down like a drug deal in a parking lot so I ran away.
I foolishly said my van has a 400w inverter wired in and we could set up in that in front of his house and use the van as a rehersal hall on wheels.
He texted back. Ok. An hour later I get a text saying we should meet in a plaza just off the highway instead of in front of his house. What? Seriously, what? I thought about it, I did want the amp, and meeting just of the highway was more convenient. So I OK, BUT, there's an element of weird that's crept in and my spider senses are on high alert. I could cut and run before the meet if I felt it was wrong. He said OK.
So, it's the next morning and we're an hour from the meet. He asks me if I'm still on, affirmative, and asks me what I'm driving and wearing so he can ID me. He won't tell me what he's driving or wearing. So my guts are rolling. Something is all wrong about this deal. I text back a few moments later saying I'm bailing. He texts why, cries he had to re-arrange his schedule, blah blah. I figure I need to talk with guy. I call him, I tell flat out my gut somethings wrong here. This is an amp that's being sold, not high-tech military weapons secrets so why all the hush hush?
He tells me it's all down to his wife not wanting strangers, in or even NEAR their house.
What do you guys think? Is this a hot amp? Some shop or maybe a studio has a lean on it? Maybe for a lot of cash, like $1000. Maybe this amp is someone connected to a bigger crime, like it might have DNA from people who are either killers or have been killed?
Has anyone ever faced weirdness like this when trying to buy gear?
tl;dr
I went to buy an amp and the seller wanted it to go down like a drug deal in a parking lot so I ran away.
