tom1
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I Love Guitar Center
I received a 15% coupon from Guitar Center.
The discount was good only on list prices and non-sale items. Well that sucks.
Anyway, I thought maybe I'll use it to buy an item that's seldom discounted such as Neumann microphones, Omnisphere, something like that.
Every item I mentioned to the sales clerk was exempt from this coupon; I mentionmed about ten companies and the coupon was not accepted by any of them.
Finally, I found one item where I could use the coupon. Guitar strings.
My price (list price) with my discount $12
The same guitar strings are on sale right now for $4
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/12 13:57:02
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2015/01/12 15:12:09
So, irony is alive and well in the USA too?
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Rain
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2015/01/12 15:37:05
$12 for strings?!
I think I'll stick to good old Ernie Ball Slinkies for $3 or $4.
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bapu
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/12 15:12:41
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Rain
I think I'll stick to good old Ernie Ball Slinkies for $3 or $4.
But are those on sale? 
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2015/01/12 15:37:25
Coupons are not designed to save you money, they are designed to lure you into buying something you otherwise would not. Justice and fairness are concepts as alien to retailing as honesty is to politics.
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/13 02:01:02
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The only thing I was able to buy with my coupon was another coupon...
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/14 09:04:18
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Yeah... some other stores do the same thing.... coupon good for 20% off... then you read the exceptions and reality hits.... this is really not a valuable coupon like you first thought it might be.
Buy Ernie Ball string... they are good and don't cost nearly as much as some other brands. I've been using them since they first came out in the early 70's... (at least that's when I first heard about them and tried them) I try others from time to time when they're on sale, but always end up coming back to EB super slinkies.
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/14 15:47:59
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Guitarhacker
always end up coming back to EB super slinkies.
Heh..me too...for over 30 years now. Old habits...
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bapu
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/14 15:50:21
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jamesg1213
Guitarhacker
always end up coming back to EB super slinkies.
Heh..me too...for over 30 years now. Old habits...
You might want to consider changing them. They must be duller than me by now.
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/14 15:53:19
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jamesg1213
Guitarhacker
always end up coming back to EB super slinkies.
Heh..me too...for over 30 years now. Old habits...
You might want to consider changing them. They must be duller than me by now.
You just heard 'em. Did they sound dull?
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bapu
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/14 15:55:00
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jamesg1213
bapu
jamesg1213
Guitarhacker
always end up coming back to EB super slinkies.
Heh..me too...for over 30 years now. Old habits...
You might want to consider changing them. They must be duller than me by now.
You just heard 'em. Did they sound dull?
No, they did sound pretty gud. I dinnit know they were 30 year old strings.
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jamesg1213
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/14 15:57:30
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bapu
jamesg1213
bapu
jamesg1213
Guitarhacker
always end up coming back to EB super slinkies.
Heh..me too...for over 30 years now. Old habits...
You might want to consider changing them. They must be duller than me by now.
You just heard 'em. Did they sound dull?
No, they did sound pretty gud. I dinnit know they were 30 year old strings.
It's the rust that gives 'em that zing.
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Dave Modisette
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/14 16:11:29
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☄ Helpfulby craigb 2015/01/15 02:18:35
Rain
$12 for strings?!
I think I'll stick to good old Ernie Ball Slinkies for $3 or $4.
Well, these strings already know all the songs. That's why they're $12.00.
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/15 09:58:23
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Just don't try using a coupon from this place. 
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/15 11:01:19
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I lurves me orange vuvuzela.
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Re: I Love Guitar Center
2015/01/16 05:14:27
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bapu
I lurves me orange vuvuzela.
 We know... 
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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