Local gear store dissapointments

[DJPhaidon]

Im in the US (SoCal) and I stopped by Guitar Center today because Im planning on getting a VCI and wanted to see if they had one set up to demo. They didnt (not in stock). They did had a VCI 300 but it was set up for Itch naturally and for shit sake...on a MAC

Well ok, whatever ( I appreciate Traktor MUCH more now). The MAC had no ROM drive to slap my tracks in...or any port to upload.

Everytime I get the impulse to check out guitar center, I forget to stop myself before I walk into the DJ section for the same exact reason.

1) Faders are always broken on all the equipment.
2) No equipment is plugged in except the 2 in the middle that hooked up to monitors.
3) Nothing is in stock.
4) Employee's seem to sniff out those that might ask a slightly technical question and avoid them.

In fact the only thing they did right was hooked it to a Mac

[JesC]

Everytime I get the impulse to check out guitar center, I forget to stop myself before I walk into the DJ section for the same exact reason.

1) Faders are always broken on all the equipment.
2) No equipment is plugged in except the 2 in the middle that hooked up to monitors.
3) Nothing is in stock.
4) Employee's seem to sniff out those that might ask a slightly technical question and avoid them.

In fact the only thing they did right was hooked it to a Mac

I hope no GC employees are forum members on DJTT

[Foreverhex]

I hope no GC employees are forum members on DJTT

LOL. That would be amusing. But they would probably agree.

[JesC]

TBH I would rather get my gear @ GC than in Downtown L.A., my cousin was telling me that the last time he went to downtown l.a. to buy some speakers. There was some guy was returning a TT57 that he got for 1k. It comes out that the mixer was stripped, the outer casing was of the Rane, but all the internals were out of a numark. Do know if the story is true or not but there are a bunch of shady shops in L.A. that want to make a quick buck off of newbie dj's.

[Cliffm]

I actually bought my pair of Numark TTX's from downtown L.A. several years ago along with Final Scratch 1 when it came out. When I got home I noticed the F.S. had been opened and didn't have the serial number for the software. After some convincing and sending them a photocopy of the receipt and the disk, I was finally able to get a proper serial number from the manufacturer.

[JesC]

I actually bought my pair of Numark TTX's from downtown L.A. several years ago along with Final Scratch 1 when it came out. When I got home I noticed the F.S. had been opened and didn't have the serial number for the software. After some convincing and sending them a photocopy of the receipt and the disk, I was finally able to get a proper serial number from the manufacturer.

shady, i tell you!

[rvltion909]

I hope no GC employees are forum members on DJTT

yea, truth hurts. hopefully they pass the word along, take heed and make some improvements

[djhipnotikk]

hah, this has turned into a GC flame pit.

i've actually only had good experiences at my GC in atlanta. though the gear set up is worn from use, they people there were patient with me and my then-unknowledgeable self on any cables i needed to hook random gear up, they always knew what i was talking about. and when shopping for my first sound card, they helped a lot in the decision process with (later verified) accurate information. good people. and it's one of the only "dj" shops in atl with a good selection. even had a maschine setup last time i went.

[empolo]

Everytime I get the impulse to check out guitar center, I forget to stop myself before I walk into the DJ section for the same exact reason.

1) Faders are always broken on all the equipment.
2) No equipment is plugged in except the 2 in the middle that hooked up to monitors.
3) Nothing is in stock.
4) Employee's seem to sniff out those that might ask a slightly technical question and avoid them.

In fact the only thing they did right was hooked it to a Mac

I frequent two different GC stores out here in the Bay; one in downtown S.F. and the other in San Jose.

The SJ store is exactly as you describe. The crazy thing is that it's been at that location since Noah's Ark floated by. I wouldn't imagine that it's a low volume store but maybe it is. They had plenty of DVS systems sitting up high though. Seems to me that they are most interested in stocking high ticket gear.

Now, the SF store, at least the last time I went, had everything (except for an Audio 4 DJ but they did have the Kontrol). I'm talking about NS7, Maschine, SCS.3d, VCI, RMX - everything. I showed off just a bit on the Maschine (hah) and picked up my SCS.3d when I was done. The clerk told me that the SF store is the third largest by volume in the entire chain.

Between the SF GC and Robotspeak just a few minutes away and also a new spot named Maxum Media in Milpitas (across from the Great Mall), you're covered in the SF Bay Area.

[BANGERS]

Moog Audio, and Play De Record in Toronto r awesome.. great prices.. wicked staff and there always able to pricematch.