NPD - Not Incoming!

I don’t even care what it sounds like. I need one.
It might not even get plugged in. I need one.
His signature Jacksons are too little for me. I don’t need one.
Randy Rhoads is eternal to me.
(Some quick thoughts:p:D)
 
I don’t even care what it sounds like. I need one.
It might not even get plugged in. I need one.
His signature Jacksons are too little for me. I don’t need one.
Randy Rhoads is eternal to me.
(Some quick thoughts:p:D)

If you see one, grab it. CME is showing sold out. My local updated their web site and they had one, but it sold as well.
 
So, here's the deal. I got an e-mail from CME Tuesday evening. Seems they had an "error in their system" which "MAY" have caused them to oversell, so they don't have a pedal for my order. MAY HAVE???? No, sounds like what is supposed to be a successful music business either couldn't handle a simple inventory process, or I just got screwed. I know a lot of folks here have had good dealings w/them, which is why I wasn't hesitant to deal with them, and never say never, but I can't see ever dealing w/them again. Needless to say, I'm thoroughly pissed w/them, and w/the Rhoads family and Dunlop for making this such a limited thing. My local dealer had one in stock that I could have snagged, but I already had my order (or so I thought), so now I'm empty-handed.

And I will not overpay - gouge somebody else. @DISTORT6 and I had a brief conversation off-board because he wanted one, and I'd seen one but it had a $30 markup, and we both had the same opinion, not overpaying.

So screw these people. Right now, I don't want to deal w/anything Rhoads-related, a statement I never ever thought I'd make. I know I'm probably having an emotional overreaction right now, but it is what it is. I still have a couple places to check, and there's always the possibility that they'll make more, but I'm pissed.

And when I get like this, it's time to take a break. Don't know for how long, but I need to be away from this sh!t for a while. So, for now, I bid you adieu.

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I could pick you one up here in the UK, several outlets are reporting stock, but looking at prices it's already got the YUK premium applied, like all the good stuff, so you'd not be any better off.
 
So, here's the deal. I got an e-mail from CME Tuesday evening. Seems they had an "error in their system" which "MAY" have caused them to oversell, so they don't have a pedal for my order. MAY HAVE???? No, sounds like what is supposed to be a successful music business either couldn't handle a simple inventory process, or I just got screwed. I know a lot of folks here have had good dealings w/them, which is why I wasn't hesitant to deal with them, and never say never, but I can't see ever dealing w/them again. Needless to say, I'm thoroughly pissed w/them, and w/the Rhoads family and Dunlop for making this such a limited thing. My local dealer had one in stock that I could have snagged, but I already had my order (or so I thought), so now I'm empty-handed.

And I will not overpay - gouge somebody else. @DISTORT6 and I had a brief conversation off-board because he wanted one, and I'd seen one but it had a $30 markup, and we both had the same opinion, not overpaying.

So screw these people. Right now, I don't want to deal w/anything Rhoads-related, a statement I never ever thought I'd make. I know I'm probably having an emotional overreaction right now, but it is what it is. I still have a couple places to check, and there's always the possibility that they'll make more, but I'm pissed.

And when I get like this, it's time to take a break. Don't know for how long, but I need to be away from this sh!t for a while. So, for now, I bid you adieu.

y020GG.gif
This really sucks. They definitely didn’t gauge the demand for this pedal correctly.😡🤬
No way will I pay some “market adjustment” premium on anything.
 
So, here's the deal. I got an e-mail from CME Tuesday evening. Seems they had an "error in their system" which "MAY" have caused them to oversell, so they don't have a pedal for my order. MAY HAVE???? No, sounds like what is supposed to be a successful music business either couldn't handle a simple inventory process, or I just got screwed. I know a lot of folks here have had good dealings w/them, which is why I wasn't hesitant to deal with them, and never say never, but I can't see ever dealing w/them again. Needless to say, I'm thoroughly pissed w/them, and w/the Rhoads family and Dunlop for making this such a limited thing. My local dealer had one in stock that I could have snagged, but I already had my order (or so I thought), so now I'm empty-handed.

And I will not overpay - gouge somebody else. @DISTORT6 and I had a brief conversation off-board because he wanted one, and I'd seen one but it had a $30 markup, and we both had the same opinion, not overpaying.

So screw these people. Right now, I don't want to deal w/anything Rhoads-related, a statement I never ever thought I'd make. I know I'm probably having an emotional overreaction right now, but it is what it is. I still have a couple places to check, and there's always the possibility that they'll make more, but I'm pissed.

And when I get like this, it's time to take a break. Don't know for how long, but I need to be away from this sh!t for a while. So, for now, I bid you adieu.

y020GG.gif
This really blows! Don’t stay away long. Miss ya already
 
Sorry to hear...sounds like you had your heart set.

Why not a vintage Distortion+ and eq, or a hotrodded clone like a Finch? Try to make some lemonade...:)
 
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