marnold
January 17th, 2008, 09:58 PM
OK, here's my quandry. I would really prefer to buy the pickups I want to get for my Floyd from a certain local shop. Unlike a couple of the local stores, the owner seems to give a rats and has never treated me like I was wasting his time by browsing. I bought my AD30VT from him. His price was the same as MF's and his shop is a Vox authorized repair place. Seemed like a no-brainer.
My problem is that I'm not sure they can get the Lace pups in. He got prices on Dimarzio Area 61s for me (he doesn't normally stock Dimarzio--they do much more Duncan business). The price he quoted was $75 plus tax. With my 10% coupon from MF, I can get them for $63 sans tax or shipping. If I go through him the two pups will cost me $158.25. If I go through MF, they will be $126. $32.25 (20%) is nothing to sneeze at. The basic issue is this: do I support the local guy who has been good to me but pay through the nose when I don't have money to spare? Or do I go through MF, save the $$, but support a company that could care less?
I suppose I could "pretend" that I don't have the coupon. Then the difference would be $18.25 or $6 per pickup plus tax. Still, I could get the Lace Hot Gold SSD set with all three pickups for only about $15 more than that shipped. Sigh. Thoughts?
My problem is that I'm not sure they can get the Lace pups in. He got prices on Dimarzio Area 61s for me (he doesn't normally stock Dimarzio--they do much more Duncan business). The price he quoted was $75 plus tax. With my 10% coupon from MF, I can get them for $63 sans tax or shipping. If I go through him the two pups will cost me $158.25. If I go through MF, they will be $126. $32.25 (20%) is nothing to sneeze at. The basic issue is this: do I support the local guy who has been good to me but pay through the nose when I don't have money to spare? Or do I go through MF, save the $$, but support a company that could care less?
I suppose I could "pretend" that I don't have the coupon. Then the difference would be $18.25 or $6 per pickup plus tax. Still, I could get the Lace Hot Gold SSD set with all three pickups for only about $15 more than that shipped. Sigh. Thoughts?