As someone whom is new to the sales of ukes.. But, my #1 rule in any business is honesty. I know there are some things that a customer don't need to know, and this is probably one of them. But, I only tell this tale publicly in hopes it might give a little comfort that as I progress in this business, I do have my ukes, and buyers interests at heart.
Again on the subject as to why some of my for sale ukes aren't ready to ship so quickly. Mainly it is because they go under the microscope with me. Sure, I agree that I shouldn't even mention they are available, until they are truly available. I heard that feedback, and have to agree. Point and case. There is one, that I actually could have sold twice. But, I didn't. I called the sale off, and made it not available when I could have. Why? Because I was working with it because I noticed a small detail I wanted to investigate further before I was ok with putting it in a player's hands. Good thing I did, because it turns out that this specific uke had a major flaw. This flaw resulted in a crack developing as I put pressure on it checking it out closer. Sure, you can crack any uke, but this one, I felt it should not have cracked under the pressure I put on it. It cracked way too easy in this specific spot.
At any rate, it is one of the 10%-20% I mentioned before that the builder ships out that he shouldn't. I know he builds a really nice uke, but his QA really isn't as good as it should be, so he does let more bad ones out than he should. I expect to get a few of those as I buy them in batches, but want to minimize the risk of a end player getting one of that 10-20%.
I uncovered a flaw in this uke, held it back, and now took it off the market. In fact, I plan to keep this one myself so I can monitor it for long term. Not that it won't be right to sell when I repair it, but so I can use it as a benchmark not only for this particular issue I found with it, but for my repair of it. It all will make me more comfortable in knowing I will be offering the best uke for the money I can to players.
I worked out a deal with the builder, to get refunded for this uke, but in lue of sending it back, agreed on a "buy back". I bought the damaged uke from him, at a greatly discounted price. It gives me the bad uke, to work with, repair, and study that will ultimately help me provide you good foke with great ukes at affordable pricing, and getting to know more about his ukes, and what to look out for to weed out the bad ones. If ya'll would like, I will even post the repair and refinish of this uke. The repair is done, and now in strip mode. It is going to end up an awesome uke, because it sounded awesome, even with the damage. But, now going to end up with a high end Nitrocelulous Lacquer gloss finish. It is looking nice right now, and I think Im gonna love it more after the repair and refinish then I did before the defect was noticed.. Win wIn..
Again on the subject as to why some of my for sale ukes aren't ready to ship so quickly. Mainly it is because they go under the microscope with me. Sure, I agree that I shouldn't even mention they are available, until they are truly available. I heard that feedback, and have to agree. Point and case. There is one, that I actually could have sold twice. But, I didn't. I called the sale off, and made it not available when I could have. Why? Because I was working with it because I noticed a small detail I wanted to investigate further before I was ok with putting it in a player's hands. Good thing I did, because it turns out that this specific uke had a major flaw. This flaw resulted in a crack developing as I put pressure on it checking it out closer. Sure, you can crack any uke, but this one, I felt it should not have cracked under the pressure I put on it. It cracked way too easy in this specific spot.
At any rate, it is one of the 10%-20% I mentioned before that the builder ships out that he shouldn't. I know he builds a really nice uke, but his QA really isn't as good as it should be, so he does let more bad ones out than he should. I expect to get a few of those as I buy them in batches, but want to minimize the risk of a end player getting one of that 10-20%.
I uncovered a flaw in this uke, held it back, and now took it off the market. In fact, I plan to keep this one myself so I can monitor it for long term. Not that it won't be right to sell when I repair it, but so I can use it as a benchmark not only for this particular issue I found with it, but for my repair of it. It all will make me more comfortable in knowing I will be offering the best uke for the money I can to players.
I worked out a deal with the builder, to get refunded for this uke, but in lue of sending it back, agreed on a "buy back". I bought the damaged uke from him, at a greatly discounted price. It gives me the bad uke, to work with, repair, and study that will ultimately help me provide you good foke with great ukes at affordable pricing, and getting to know more about his ukes, and what to look out for to weed out the bad ones. If ya'll would like, I will even post the repair and refinish of this uke. The repair is done, and now in strip mode. It is going to end up an awesome uke, because it sounded awesome, even with the damage. But, now going to end up with a high end Nitrocelulous Lacquer gloss finish. It is looking nice right now, and I think Im gonna love it more after the repair and refinish then I did before the defect was noticed.. Win wIn..
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