New giveaway at JacksonGuitars.com

[Brad Traweek - Fender]

Greetings, gang -- hop on over to JacksonGuitars.com and enter to win an RR5 Rhoads! Aside from the potential to win a cool guitar, in the months ahead we're going to start sending some interesting product features out to the Jackson E-mail News list as well -- so you'll want to make sure your're subscribed.

[hollow08]

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The Jackson RR5 Rhoads Giveaway is only open to U.S. residents.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Could I ask why? I'm sure the winner would pay for shipping, or is there some other reason?

[Hotrodder]

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Every country has different rules for contests. Basically it's too much of a pain in the a$$ to meet the requirements of every country on the planet.

[diablomozart]

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i'm in... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ...d.m.

[guitar geek]

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pretty lame. We europeans are pretty much screwed concearning guitars (US made ones, so the better guitars). All good guitars are simply too expensive over here and there is no secondhanded market for Jackson guitars (demandside is huge, offerside is ZERO). where in the US a soloist can be obtained from ebay for something like USD 800-1000, ok not mint or special ones, we have to pay at least 1500 for em. and abay is for us no option, because mostly they only ship to the continental US and now this... [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] .

harrald

[llexileon]

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ADMIN EDIT: sorry llexi, but if you're offering this service, you're a dealer. while you're offering a valuable service, dealer posts like that aren't allowed on the board.

sully

[ September 23, 2003, 08:42 AM: Message edited by: jsullysix ]

[lerxstcat]

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Originally posted by guitar geek:
pretty lame. We europeans are pretty much screwed concearning guitars (US made ones, so the better guitars). All good guitars are simply too expensive over here and there is no secondhanded market for Jackson guitars (demandside is huge, offerside is ZERO). where in the US a soloist can be obtained from ebay for something like USD 800-1000, ok not mint or special ones, we have to pay at least 1500 for em. and abay is for us no option, because mostly they only ship to the continental US and now this... [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] .

harrald

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, the RR5 is Japanese-made, so you're not being kept from a USA model in this case, at least.

It's a drag for you of course, but the problem is EU taxes and import duties, as well as more costly shipping and yes, the rules that vary from country to country. You can't really blame Jackson for that.
Here in the USA they ship to the winner for probably $10 at their cost, and send him or her a tax form. The winner will probably have to pay sales tax and income tax on the value of the guitar; that's the way our contests work.

Ebay international shipping is a pain
because it's MUCH more costly and the
taxes add even more. Payment protection isn't available for the seller with Paypal or credit cards, and would you just do that on trust?
Some do, but it's not prudent.

You should find out the names of all the Euro distributors and start an email campaign to get them to band together and have their own contest. Maybe if several thousand people emailed them, they might consider the cost as useful promotion of the fact that a new distribution network
for Jackson is now in place there, since the collapse of the old network is well-known. It's worth getting some email addies and getting your friends to spread the word. If people are confident they can get Jacksons now over there, more
will be ordered and sold. The distros need to spread the word and this is a good way.

Try that, and let's give credit to FMIC for trying to promote Jacksons more than they have been in quite awhile.

And yes, I'm in too! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[ September 23, 2003, 07:54 AM: Message edited by: lerxstcat ]

[lerxstcat]

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Also just wanted to thank Brad for posting! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[ September 23, 2003, 07:58 AM: Message edited by: lerxstcat ]

[guitar geek]

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@ Llexi: I will keep that in mind. in the time to come I won't be able to do something like that (college student [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ), but that kind of things are the way to go I imagine!!

@lerxstcat: it is just an expression of irritation, because it is always the same story with guitars, hell, even the japanese import Jackson stuff like a RR5 are way more expensive over here than in the US (like € 150 or even more). the only good thing about europe are the ENGL amps, but unfortunately, I prefer MESA over all european brands, so I am screwed again (although I have what I wanted for an amp [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] )

Harrald

[P I K A]

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Thanks for the contest Brad

[shreddermon]

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Thanks for the head's-up, Brad. Very much looking forward to the new product info., hopefully earlier than later. (Chanting to myself: "USA Charvels, USA Charvels". [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] )

[monk]

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Originally posted by lerxstcat:
Payment protection isn't available for the seller with Paypal or credit cards, and would you just do that on trust?
Some do, but it's not prudent.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This has nothing to do with this thread, but I have to ask since I have not yet understood how it works. Does that mean that you can actually pay someone with paypal, get the stuff and then take the money back? Or is the problem when you pay with a credit-card without covering or what?

And, dont you have anything like "wire-transfer" in the us? I mean, everytime I have made deals with american people the either want me to send them checks (which I think belongs in the 20th century) or by using paypal. Isnt it possibly to just do a tranfser from my bank account to his/hers?

[jgcable]

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Thanks Brad... I hope I win! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Morgan Ringwald FMIC]

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Just to clarify, shipping prizes to non-US residents really has nothing to do with shipping costs or duties. It's been mentioned that it has more to do with the laws of every individual country outside of the US, and that's the case.

All countries have their own laws regarding contests, and each one has its own set of guidelines, rules and restrictions. It would be literally impossible for us to conform to each country's expectations (Canada, for example, makes winners take a math test!), so we limit these giveaways to the US.

If we could let the world enter, we would in a heartbeat, and we'd pick up the shipping costs and duties ... if it were only that easy.

M-

[charvel750]

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Note to non USA Americans: quit your whining about it. The USA is the best country in the world, not an opinion, a fact. If you want the benefits of an American, like easy access to our guitars, then seek citizenship and join us. (Actually, don't do that right now) I'm tired of hearing how "all you other guys" can't get in on the American action. Uh, did it occur to you that you're not HERE?! Take it as you want, I'm just saying that the USA has its privileges, and after the recent world conflicts many of you who want our guitars don't want our lifestyle, so go $%@# yourselves. [img]graemlins/evilimages/icons/tongue.gif[/img]