I wonder if it's worth considering something similar to tariffs to equalize the playing field between brick-and-mortar stores, and online stores who have a tremendous advantage by not having the expensive overhead.
There was a Sam Ash just down the street from me when I was living in Atlanta, GA during my internship/postdoc year. This was where I fell in love with a Washburn Idol that I played there, but I couldn't afford to buy it. Several years later, I managed to find and buy a used version of a very similar Washburn Idol from the Sam Ash website within the past year.
@@Justin_black_leviathan I started shopping at Sam Ash in Brooklyn in 1967, when I was 11. When I moved to South Florida in 1994, I was lucky to have one in Margate, just a few miles from where I live. I went there Friday, and besides a few crap little accessories under $20 here and there that were at 10% off, everything was just 5% off. Big deal: When you add sales tax that you don’t have to pay online, it’s still cheaper to buy online elsewhere. And why would you buy anything online from them now anyway? What if you never get the package? Or damaged? Or wrong?
I bought a 2011 Gibson SG 12-string from them. It was the only one I could find. They were listed at other stores, but Sam Ashe was the only store that had one. I'm sorry to see them go.
Sam Ash’s methodical liquidation of very minimal discounts and small increases every two weeks is slow and glacial and frustrating, but it appears to work. The Liquidation sales drag in more foot traffic beyond just the basic bargain hunters; including the very small segment of shoppers who might think that 10% off a certain item is a good deal. By the time that the discounts go down to 20 to 30% off, the store is basically 90% cleared out! By the time discounts go to 50%, there’s only maybe about 50 unsellable or broken items left & the store is ready to be locked up for good. Yeah, the liquidation sales are dumb that you can’t get the best discounts immediately - and by the time the discounts matter, there is no good selection left. But it is kinda poetic really. Sam Ash has been frustrating customers for at least a decade - so it is fitting and poetic that Sam Ash frustrates them to the very end.
toys r us had better deal across all their stores during the liquidation. San Antonio lactioan is a terrrible mess with 5% off , poorly kept guitars. I can go get a new American fender for 10% off plau rewards on my card. I really dont know what Sam Ash is thinking.
I wonder if it's worth considering something similar to tariffs to equalize the playing field between brick-and-mortar stores, and online stores who have a tremendous advantage by not having the expensive overhead.
There was a Sam Ash just down the street from me when I was living in Atlanta, GA during my internship/postdoc year. This was where I fell in love with a Washburn Idol that I played there, but I couldn't afford to buy it. Several years later, I managed to find and buy a used version of a very similar Washburn Idol from the Sam Ash website within the past year.
cool
Mid July is everything must be gone date. I spoke with the manager local here Sunday.
Cool so hopefully better deals real soon
Gone to a liquidator.
I’m surprised it’s that long.
I expect every store to be shuttered by June 15th.
@Ira88881 it maybe June, I could have misheard him.
@@Justin_black_leviathan I started shopping at Sam Ash in Brooklyn in 1967, when I was 11. When I moved to South Florida in 1994, I was lucky to have one in Margate, just a few miles from where I live.
I went there Friday, and besides a few crap little accessories under $20 here and there that were at 10% off, everything was just 5% off. Big deal:
When you add sales tax that you don’t have to pay online, it’s still cheaper to buy online elsewhere. And why would you buy anything online from them now anyway? What if you never get the package? Or damaged? Or wrong?
I bought a 2011 Gibson SG 12-string from them. It was the only one I could find. They were listed at other stores, but Sam Ashe was the only store that had one. I'm sorry to see them go.
Cool guitar
Sam Ash’s methodical liquidation of very minimal discounts and small increases every two weeks is slow and glacial and frustrating, but it appears to work.
The Liquidation sales drag in more foot traffic beyond just the basic bargain hunters; including the very small segment of shoppers who might think that 10% off a certain item is a good deal. By the time that the discounts go down to 20 to 30% off, the store is basically 90% cleared out! By the time discounts go to 50%, there’s only maybe about 50 unsellable or broken items left & the store is ready to be locked up for good.
Yeah, the liquidation sales are dumb that you can’t get the best discounts immediately - and by the time the discounts matter, there is no good selection left. But it is kinda poetic really.
Sam Ash has been frustrating customers for at least a decade - so it is fitting and poetic that Sam Ash frustrates them to the very end.
Fair enough and yeah I haven't seen a good enough deal to bother with anything
Sam Ash stopped being Sam Ash a long time ago when they became basically a Guitar Center
who needs 2
@@graysguitars5113 who needs one in my opinion. Now a Sam Ash and Manny's as they once were..yes we need
toys r us had better deal across all their stores during the liquidation. San Antonio lactioan is a terrrible mess with 5% off , poorly kept guitars. I can go get a new American fender for 10% off plau rewards on my card. I really dont know what Sam Ash is thinking.
They are probably hoping someone will buy them out before they have to give real deals
They will be completely shut down within a few months not a year or more. Vendors will get stiffed
Will have to wait and see right now the deals are meh