On my way to settling my UAS!

Rick · Sep 23, 2009

So I've been having UAS for some time, and now, I'm going to quench its thirst.. eventually. But a lot sooner than expected.

I recently sold my marimba that I had lying around for about $550

. I posted a thread earlier asking how much users would pay, but I recieved no replies :/ oh well! aha I'm only 1 or 2 hundred away from finally getting my sought after ukulele.

As soon as I have atleast $800 I can pay for a brand spankin' new KoAloha Concert Sceptre:drool:.

It shall be mine!
Even though I made a dramatic break through in my quest, I'm still open to donations :]

Does anyone have experience ordering from KoAloha? I need info on tax and shipping.

Kanaka916 · Sep 23, 2009

Give them a call; Toll Free in the USA: 866-840-4911. They'll be able to answer any questions you may have. Uh,don't forget the time difference.

Sarkrates · Sep 23, 2009

I just received a uke from them a couple weeks back. Shipping was around 60 bucks I beleive(seattle). Remeber you can get a factory second direct from them for less cash. I bought a Tenor that is a second and love it, it absolutly sings. The blem is tiny, took me awhile to find it actually. I think if you ask they will tell you what the blem is before hand. My mom got a concert sceptre recently too, it is awesome. Regardless I don'y think you can go wrong with any koaloha. :drool:

Sark

Rick · Sep 23, 2009

Factory second direct? Blem?! what do you mean Sarkrates?

sukie · Sep 23, 2009

Don't forget to check in with MGM too. He's good and free shipping.

Kanaka916 · Sep 23, 2009

Rick said:
Factory second direct? Blem?! what do you mean Sarkrates?

Sometimes, there are slight defects on the instrument like blemishes in the finish. These instruments aren't shipped/sold to dealers or to the consumers. Instead, they are sold as seconds and can be picked up for less than what one would pay for. You can only get them at the factory.

dnewton2 · Sep 23, 2009

I played a concert sceptre a week or two ago. Nice instrument pho sho. I might have got it if I wasn't on the first day of a week long trip to AZ, nut there were alot of nice ukes at that shop.

The volume was booming and it sounded amazing. It was a little smaller then I imagined but still very cool. Enjoy it whenever you get it.

Rick · Sep 24, 2009

Kanaka916 said:
Sometimes, there are slight defects on the instrument like blemishes in the finish. These instruments aren't shipped/sold to dealers or to the consumers. Instead, they are sold as seconds and can be picked up for less than what one would pay for. You can only get them at the factory.

So there's no chance for having them ship it or work out some kind of shipping? I can't afford to go to hawaii just for an ukulele aha

Rick · Sep 24, 2009

sukie said:
Don't forget to check in with MGM too. He's good and free shipping.

I checked his stuff and I haven't seen a sceptre in a long while. I'll inquire about it

MGM · Sep 24, 2009

Rick I have had 5 sceptres in the last month most lasted less than a day on ebay

Kanaka916 · Sep 24, 2009

Rick said:
So there's no chance for having them ship it or work out some kind of shipping? I can't afford to go to hawaii just for an ukulele aha

Oops, sorry for the confusion. I should have used "distributed" instead of "shipped" in that post. I don't know whether or not KoAloha will perform a transaction over the phone for "seconds".

Rick · Sep 24, 2009

MGM said:
Rick I have had 5 sceptres in the last month most lasted less than a day on ebay

dang! do you know when you will get more? in concert size?

haolejohn · Sep 24, 2009

Kanaka916 said:
Oops, sorry for the confusion. I should have used "distributed" instead of "shipped" in that post. I don't know whether or not KoAloha will perform a transaction over the phone for "seconds".

They will. I called b/c I'm wanting one as well. Said the next batch isn't coming out yet.

Rick · Sep 24, 2009

HaoleJohn: where are you getting yours from? are you gonna get a "seconds" or get a brand new one which I want to get.

Uke-lahoma · Sep 24, 2009

Rick said:
HaoleJohn: where are you getting yours from? are you gonna get a "seconds" or get a brand new one which I want to get.

"seconds" are new ukes, they just have some type of blemish. MGM sometimes has them; I just ordered a "seconds" Koaloha Pineapple Sunday from him; it has a couple of small blems but it saved me big bucks.

Rick · Sep 24, 2009

Uke-lahoma said:
"seconds" are new ukes, they just have some type of blemish. MGM sometimes has them; I just ordered a "seconds" Koaloha Pineapple Sunday from him; it has a couple of small blems but it saved me big bucks.

Oh I knew what seconds meant. What kind of blemishes are we talking about. And how much did you save on it because of it?

Uke-lahoma · Sep 24, 2009

Rick said:
Oh I knew what seconds meant. What kind of blemishes are we talking about. And how much did you save on it because of it?

It has a slight sander mark on one of the bouts, a small dent at one spot on the back of the neck, and the 12th fret dot is on the 13th fret instead. For a savings of about $500 (about 1/3) off of the MSRP, I can put up with the blems.

Here's are a couple of pics of the PS (which should arrive tomorrow).

Rick · Sep 24, 2009

Uke-lahoma said:
It has a slight sander mark on one of the bouts, a small dent at one spot on the back of the neck, and the 12th fret dot is on the 13th fret instead. For a savings of about $500 (about 1/3) off of the MSRP, I can put up with the blems.

Here's are a couple of pics of the PS (which should arrive tomorrow).

I could deal with a sander mark or two and random fret markers. If anything I stopped using the fret markers aha.

I guess a blemish means nothing if I can knock off a few hundred. Maybe I can get one for $600 or $550 aha

veep · Sep 24, 2009

Rick said:
So I've been having UAS for some time, and now, I'm going to quench its thirst.. eventually. But a lot sooner than expected.

I recently sold my marimba that I had lying around for about $550. I posted a thread earlier asking how much users would pay, but I recieved no replies :/ oh well! aha I'm only 1 or 2 hundred away from finally getting my sought after ukulele.

As soon as I have atleast $800 I can pay for a brand spankin' new KoAloha Concert Sceptre:drool:.

It shall be mine!
Even though I made a dramatic break through in my quest, I'm still open to donations :]

Does anyone have experience ordering from KoAloha? I need info on tax and shipping.

cool ................

Rick · Sep 24, 2009

okvolleyball said:
cool ................

thanks .................

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