When OP says anything goes, he means it. I bought my most recent guitar from GC and I made sure to haggle my guitar down and got a few things for free/discounted.
Basically I spent half a day playing and feeling out what guitar I'd like, and this gentleman (store manager) felt he'd like to be my salesman. Collectively he stayed with me for 50% of that time. It was enjoyable and we talked music, guitars, etc., but he had banked on me buying this guitar and spent so much time helping me that he effectively cut himself off from other deals and therefore needed me to walk out with that guitar in hand to make his day worthwhile.
Get to the register and he rings it up, with a gigbag. I ask him to grab me a case and he rings that up instead of the gigbag. At this point I inform him I'm not paying for the case, he offers to discount it 15%, I offer my rebuttal that I'll just walk from the deal spending a nice day playing beautiful guitars. He continues to discount until I walk away with the case for free. Then I let him know I need some nice strings. I don't know who's touched my new guitar and how old the strings are. He agrees and throws me a pair of elixers also. Rinse repeat with the capo and I got it for a small discount. He throws in some picks for the heck of it, and I'm happy with the deal.
After I pay, I apologize profusely for being so difficult; he says "It's okay man, I'd do the same thing. You know what you're doing, so here's my card. Anytime you need anything just look for me and you won't have to fight to get stuff cheap."
So maybe I just got lucky, but regardless I have been back to the same gentleman and he has maintained his offer of cheaper prices when he see me.
fumancu15 karma
When OP says anything goes, he means it. I bought my most recent guitar from GC and I made sure to haggle my guitar down and got a few things for free/discounted.
Basically I spent half a day playing and feeling out what guitar I'd like, and this gentleman (store manager) felt he'd like to be my salesman. Collectively he stayed with me for 50% of that time. It was enjoyable and we talked music, guitars, etc., but he had banked on me buying this guitar and spent so much time helping me that he effectively cut himself off from other deals and therefore needed me to walk out with that guitar in hand to make his day worthwhile.
Get to the register and he rings it up, with a gigbag. I ask him to grab me a case and he rings that up instead of the gigbag. At this point I inform him I'm not paying for the case, he offers to discount it 15%, I offer my rebuttal that I'll just walk from the deal spending a nice day playing beautiful guitars. He continues to discount until I walk away with the case for free. Then I let him know I need some nice strings. I don't know who's touched my new guitar and how old the strings are. He agrees and throws me a pair of elixers also. Rinse repeat with the capo and I got it for a small discount. He throws in some picks for the heck of it, and I'm happy with the deal.
After I pay, I apologize profusely for being so difficult; he says "It's okay man, I'd do the same thing. You know what you're doing, so here's my card. Anytime you need anything just look for me and you won't have to fight to get stuff cheap."
So maybe I just got lucky, but regardless I have been back to the same gentleman and he has maintained his offer of cheaper prices when he see me.
View HistoryShare Link