That is an amazing steal! I can't believe you got that Ddrum set for that price especially, that is insane. Hope you and your friend enjoy all of your purchases.
I don't post much here, but I have to share with you this amazing story.
On saturday, my friend and I drove to ... I don't know if I'm allowed to say the name, let's just say it's the clearance center / warehouse for a popular musical instrument site ... to see if he could talk them down on an Roland set. When we walk in, we are greeted by a sign that says "60% off all blemished items." That's practically the whole store! They were doing inventory that night and wanted everything gone. So we find a section of various shell packs, and after about 30 minutes of digging through them, a worker walks up and says "I can tell you two look serious about purchasing something. I'll give you 75% off any shell pack."
I found a Ddrum AMX 4-piece with a 24" bass drum. It was missing one lug on the floor tom, and the bass drum had a crack in it. Easily fixable. Otherwise it was like new, even had (stock) heads and all mounting hardware (except the one lug). After discounts, before taxes: $57.
My friend, who wanted an electronic set, walked out with a 6 piece, double bass Pearl Export and a Mapex Black Panther snare for $450. Never been played! It was a display model, up on a shelf. Pearl is discontinuing that line. But wait, there's more.
We were standing around, just absorbing the great deals we were getting, when the same saleslady who gave me 75% off the Ddrum wheels out a pallet with what looks like a marching bass drum case, quads case, electric guitar case, and a cardboard box. She tells another salesperson that they're full of misc. returned items, and the manager wants it all gone to the first person who will pay $100 for it. They open the bass case, and the first thing we see is a pile of drum heads, at least 20 just from one peek. They open the quads case, and pull out Digidesign Pro Tools 7, new in the box. We split the cost 50/50 and took it. We had to go back home and get an SUV and a truck to haul it all!
TL:DR - Ddrum AMX 4 piece for $57, Pearl 6 piece export for $350, Black Panther snare for $100 bucks, a whole lot of misc stuff for $100 bucks.
PS- Inside the cardboard box was Ludwig Accent hardware - snare stand, hi hat stand, etc.
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That is an amazing steal! I can't believe you got that Ddrum set for that price especially, that is insane. Hope you and your friend enjoy all of your purchases.
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Yeah RP is right that's just insane lol! $57 for a brand new Ddrum except for a missing lug and crack! Wow. Is this place in California? If it is I'm gonna have to go to it and get some stuff.
Matt
No, its in Kansas City, Missouri. If I can find out when they're doing inventory again, I'll let you know. The funniest thing is that we were going to go on Wednesday, but his car broke down on the way there. If we had made it, we wouldn't have got these amazing deals. It was a one-day-only sale.
wowww.... better than 5 dollars per head at the drum dealer I go to.
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There was probably close to 50 heads total, but in all fairness, they were either Pulse, Ludwig, or blank stock heads. There was one Attack, but that's it. If you pay $5 for quality heads, that's a heck of a bargain.
Sounds like a result expecially $100 for a black panther snare!
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Wow, that's some insane deals you got there! Congrats!
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Sounds like you fell into an amazing day BakkuShan! Congrats!
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ah, i'm quite familiar with this place...minstrels companion warehouse? i have scored many great deals from there. last time i almost bought a 6pc yammy oak custom for 600 bux.
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You're offically on my "I hate you because you got a really good deal and/or you have a really nice drumset that I want but know I'll never have list"
Congrats on the killer deals !! And I am sooooooo glad that store is not by me...cause I'd be in divorce court after I got home with the semi loaded ! LOL By the way shoot me a PM with the name and addy of that store !
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Awesome find Bakku. If you can find out when that next inventory is, let us all know. I'll drive to KC for an awesome deal.
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damn, i want a black panther snare with hi energy aquarian batter head on it. chris adler style baby! lol i love the sond of his snare
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congrats on a great deal man.
Holy man, thats more than a steal. You're gonna have a lot of fun with all of your new stuff, I can tell. I'm honestly jealous, The best deal I ever got was on my kit it was the last in the store so the guy just gave me an extra tom and an extra cymbal because it was the display. He even replaced the used drum skins. You lucky son of a white bengal tiger. Haha, Have fun rocking out man.
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WOW, you guys got an amazing deal.
Congratulations.
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