Elektron-Users

GEEK wrote:
Was it Soundcontrol themselves who said electron stuff goes straight to them? Because they will tell you that their sole distributors of anything if it will make you buy it from them. (cos it sounds good) :

Funnily enough yeah they did. I was actually explaining to them what happened at rubadub to a guy that worked there face to face and he gave me this puzzled luck and said to me that they've probably pulled some kind of trick on me because SC should be the only place in the UK where you can buy Elektron gear.

I thought, that's strange having seen that rubadub are licensed resellers on Elektrons own website. I'm not liking the sound of SC now to be honest, selling damaged/on display stock/lying about who can sell what/stock missing power supplies! Is just plain bolloks man.

Why big companies (SC/DV/Rubadub) pull cheap tricks on people like this just for a tiny bit more money is beyond me, all it's actually gonna do in the end is give them a bad reputation. Fookin bastards!

HA HA
FOOKIN RIGHT.

Just remember that their sales people and as long as you dont have any faith in them what so ever you will be fine!! No offence to my girlfriend mind.

Geez, you guys have some shitty dealers over there!

Anyways, I would be surprised if they came to do a demonstration and didn't bring any stock with them to sell. That would be very shortsighted, imo. You come to show off the gear, get everyone all lathered up, and then having nothing to sell?!? Surely not.

It's because the UK's shit. I'm really getting to hate this place. Any space over there in the US?

Woah, be careful with ur words there! I agree the UK is gettin shit but don't wish yourself to be over in the US. The main reason that England is getting worse and worse is to do with the "Americanisation" of everything over here.

The grass may seem greener on the other side, I've been over there they've got some really nice places but I bet if you lived there it'd be a different matter. Just remember that America is the king of commercialization and advertising etc, it's due to this nature why the people at soundcontrol wanna rob your money so much so just imagine the state of affairs over there where literally almost everyone is just tryin to brainwash you for your cash.

England hasn't quite got to that state yet

obeast wrote:
Woah, be careful with ur words there! I agree the UK is gettin shit but don't wish yourself to be over in the US. The main reason that England is getting worse and worse is to do with the "Americanisation" of everything over here.

The grass may seem greener on the other side, I've been over there they've got some really nice places but I bet if you lived there it'd be a different matter. Just remember that America is the king of commercialization and advertising etc, it's due to this nature why the people at soundcontrol wanna rob your money so much so just imagine the state of affairs over there where literally almost everyone is just tryin to brainwash you for your cash.

England hasn't quite got to that state yet

So, the 'commercialization and advertising' of America are the reason for SoundControl wanting to ripoff people in the UK. Give me a break! I have bought tons of gear for the better part of my life from dealers far and wide all over this country and have never had the problems that have been discussed in this thread.

I actually discussed this with some people from the UK over at VSE a couple of weeks ago. The UK seems to be rife with con artists, especially where musical instrument deals go. I'm not sure why that is, but it seems to be a problem. I had someone in London try to rip me off for about $3k for a synth a couple of years back. Luckily, I caught on to it just in time. Strangely, I also had some fraudulent company rip me off for some football tickets when I was there a few years ago.

That being said, I wouldn't go so far as to damn the entire UK and its culture. I love London. One of my favorite cities in the world, there's probably only two cities in this country that can even come close to it when it comes to culture (LA is not one of them!). But ya got some shysters over there. Every place in the world has its pros and cons.

I have a Mono and a Machinedrum on order at Turnkey. 24th to 27th is the latest news on when they are expecting delivery from elektron. They had a few Monos unallocated when i ordered - i think they were expecting 24. Same for the Machinedrums.


Amanita

Wahey, social/political debate in a music forum haha great.

Anyway, at least the americans have more:
1. Synth shops
2. Diversity of musical tastes
3. Music universities/colleges
4. Synth DIYers

But I guess you do have George Bush....

Whilst the US of A is indeed the primary exponent of the practice and ideology of capitalism and the free market, a system that arguably encourages profit at the expense of everything else including a fair deal, you can get ripped off anywhere in the world by anybody of any shape or size. It's people who are mean not necessarily places or ideas. I've travelled the US extensively, often by public transport (train, Greyhound) and for every negative expectation that I had confirmed I had one shattered and replaced with something positive and unexpected. It's a fascinating country and I'd recommend anybody to discover it for themselves. As for Bush, well yeah that's a damn shame. Just keep out of his way would be my advice.
:-D

But I guess you do have George Bush....


Thank God it's almost over!!