Monday, May 27, 2013

Buying a Guitar Online

There are a number of ways to buy a guitar online, your options are not limited to eBay and Amazon. You can purchase a guitar from an online guitar store, an online auction, a forum, and even a blog. You can get a guitar for less than MSRP from many online vendors and it will be shipped to your door within a week or two most of the times. Not every vendor will give the best price for a guitar though; the prices might get
jacked up due to an online guitar stores recognized brand name. Make sure you research guitar prices in many online guitar stores before committing to one.

Here are some factors you should look out for before buying from an online guitar store:

Detail is an important factor to have on your side when it comes to buying a guitar online. The online guitar store should provide you with the most information possible in their content. How detailed are the descriptions of the inventory? With all the features a guitar has, the description should name each and every one. It should include if the guitar is new or used, refurbished, or damaged. The more pictures the description has the better; now you have visual evidence of the condition the guitar should arrive in. Used guitar descriptions should provide detail on the damaged or defected areas. 

Shipping and handling charges and times should always be considered before purchasing from an online guitar store. Some stores might be international and may take up to a month to deliver the guitar. Many times, the guitars that come from abroad can provide as good of a quality as U.S. made guitars but with a smaller price tag. Return shipping should also be considered when buying from abroad; at times it might take more than $100usd to return a guitar and this is money that is not refundable.

Reviews and feedback are always valuable metrics to look over before purchasing from an online guitar store. Since you're not going to visit the store personally, then go by what previous customers experience with the online guitar store. Testimonials may also be a good credible source to go by, but just be cautious of false testimonials, they're usually pretty obvious when read. Googling an online guitar store can give you any negative review that the store might have earned. Negative reviews usually appear on the top of Google search result pages and are there for the visitor to be aware.Credible review sources would be sites such as Yelp, Manta, and bizrate.com.

Make sure that others know about your experience with the online guitar store. Give your testimonial, review, and feedback so that others may know if you had a good experience or not. If you had a really good experience, then share it with everyone so that the online guitar store that treated you well can receive more customers. If you had a terrible experience, then make sure to share it to the world so that everyone (just like you) can beware of the shady online guitar store. Remember that there are many options online, take some time to research so you can find the best deal.