Re: Horror stories from people for whom you built pedals

Posted by Marbles on Dec 08, 2017; 12:13pm
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Horror-stories-from-people-for-whom-you-built-pedals-tp40786p40871.html

All true. And I totally understand it too.

That's why I think you have to play to your strenghts. Times they are achanging, and that means shops should have changed to. All ethical issues aside: if no one in the process gets shafted (bad work environment, underpaid etc), and you could buy the exact same thing for a lower price, well, why wouldn't people :)

You could want the advice of a shop owner (or google it), Compare items (or google it) but there isn't really any other reason I feel why I wouldn't buy something online if shipping is free, and it's delivered the next day or same evening. I like the romantic idea, but to keep supporting those shops for their sake, well, I'm sorry, but not having a car personally makes my choice simple :) Same thing for buying overseas. I'm not paying more so I can support my government that won't invest that good economy in me.

Shops should offer something I cannot have online, cause pricewise they will always lose.

Mooer and Yoyo, if they do not have underpayed employees in terrible condition, well, why would anyone pay more to have the exact pedal soundwise?

If you can offer a nicer enclosure, better parts and overall a more reliable product than a higher price is justified ofcourse.

If a buyer says: "I can get the same pedal for less" he is right, and he should buy the cheaper one. Ofcourse I come back with: Do you know how much hours it costs ME etc. But why would the customer care? If he's looking for a sound and he could get it for cheap, he should. Why would he care about how many hours that cost? Unless I can offer something better and he has no other option than me that becomes important.

Or ofcourse create a hype that makes guitarist think that my boutique build sounds so much better than the factory one.