Shane_B. Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Melda is selling their vst's through Sweetwater now. I don't know if that's a good or bad sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclarry Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Just now, Shane_B. said: Melda is selling their vst's through Sweetwater now. I don't know if that's a good or bad sign. Sweetwater is highly reputable...so I'm sure it's a good thing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 PluginBoutique has been selling Melda stuff for years FWIW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, cclarry said: Sweetwater is highly reputable...so I'm sure it's a good thing! Except they are not known as a cost leader. Will see if they run anyting other than the standard 50% off Melda discounts. But they are one of the largest and most reputable music suppliers in the US. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclarry Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Brian Walton said: Except they are not known as a cost leader. Will see if they run anyting other than the standard 50% off Melda discounts. But they are one of the largest and most reputable music suppliers in the US. Very true...they are a "Retailer", not a "discounter"...so unless there's a sale, there's really no savings. To their credit, for hardware, you get an extra year warranty when purchasing there. I used to live 15 minutes from Sweetwater, and was in there all the time, as it was right on my way to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 The difference is you can finance them from Sweetwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Paul Young said: The difference is you can finance them from Sweetwater. Which can be a bad thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Just now, InstrEd said: Which can be a bad thing Paypal credit is worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Paul Young said: Paypal credit is worse. I have managed to resist that so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibby Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Brian Walton said: Except they are not known as a cost leader. Will see if they run anyting other than the standard 50% off Melda discounts. If you go to the trouble, they may price match... Now if they started throwing in a FREEBIE each month. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Just now, mibby said: If you go to the trouble, they may price match... Now if they started throwing in a FREEBIE each month. 🤔 I've never attempted for software but I did that for Hardware many times until the point where I realized the 3 sales reps I've been through didn't have the power to play ball well enough. They would always provide some additinoal discount but never got to teh same price I was getting somewhere else, so it turned into what is the point? They would tout the extra support, etc. To which I'd reply with I'm incapable of seeing a situation where your team would actually have to exercise that support with me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin H Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 53 minutes ago, Brian Walton said: so it turned into what is the point? They would tout the extra support, etc. Umm you are forgetting the most important part…the three pieces of hard candy in every shipment…hellooo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Sweetwater was bought out and things seem to be changing already. I just had a really bad experience with them and that's why I'm a bit leery of this. I bought a Fender modeling guitar from the a few months ago. They did go the extra mile for me. They let me return some very expensive software that was over a year old that never worked and I couldn't get any tech support from the seller. But, they never did the "55 Point Inspection" and sent me a broken guitar. I live out in the country and can't sign for packages most of the time. They had very clear instructions to deliver without a signature. They screwed it up twice. So basically a guitar showed up here 3 times. Once broken, and twice the delivery guy turned around and left with it according to my Ring camera because I wasn't here to sign after they reassured me twice I wouldn't have to sign. I had enough and told them to just cancel the order but they did let me keep the refund for the software that never worked. I felt really bad for the sales guy but in the end it was their fault. I'm right handed but play guitar left handed and it's incredibly hard to find good left handed guitars. This one was a special guitar that is really hard to get lefty. I even wrote to Fender bitching that they didn't make a lefty and about a year later they came out with one. I saved for a couple years and sold some stuff to get it and then that happened. I couldn't believe it. So yeah, I've had some bad luck with them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, kevin H said: Umm you are forgetting the most important part…the three pieces of hard candy in every shipment…hellooo They stopped doing that, at least with the defective $2000 dollar guitar they sent me. LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Shane_B. said: They stopped doing that, at least with the defective $2000 dollar guitar they sent me. LOL WIthout the inspection, makes me wonder if they shipped out of a different warehouse under the new management for that one... I haven't bought anything from them for a few years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Symmetry Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 hour ago, kevin H said: Umm you are forgetting the most important part…the three pieces of hard candy in every shipment…hellooo Yeah, got some the other day with my order. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 18 hours ago, Hidden Symmetry said: Yeah, got some the other day with my order. Great. They double screwed me. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude77 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 22 hours ago, Shane_B. said: Sweetwater was bought out and things seem to be changing already. I just had a really bad experience with them and that's why I'm a bit leery of this. I bought a Fender modeling guitar from the a few months ago. They did go the extra mile for me. They let me return some very expensive software that was over a year old that never worked and I couldn't get any tech support from the seller. But, they never did the "55 Point Inspection" I've used Sweetwater for years, and would gladly buy hardware from them, but the two guitars they sold me clearly had not been through the 55 Point Inspection either. Neither had a serious problem that I couldn't fix, but I would say don't claim to do a detailed inspection if you don't actually do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 I like the candy but have never trusted this company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smith Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 I like Melda plugins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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