Buy guitar from musicianfriend

its not possible to do it yourself. they require both your credit card billing and address and your shipping address to be the same. ive also tried to ship my uncles place in the US, but rejected.

unless you use the vpost vconciege service where they pay for your stuff first so you can buy from websites such as that.
 
Sad ... I always thought it was a ship to the Vpost address then you pay by credit card to musiciansfriend then they ship here then you pay for shipping ...
 
fixit - mattleesc has answered your question (indirectly). You need your credit card address to be the same as vPost address. (which is impossible unless you register for the card in that address and somehow collect the card at your home address.)
 
thor666 said:
fixit - mattleesc has answered your question (indirectly). You need your credit card address to be the same as vPost address. (which is impossible unless you register for the card in that address and somehow collect the card at your home address.)
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maybe they should change the name to americanmusicianfriend.com
 
thor666 said:
fixit - mattleesc has answered your question (indirectly). You need your credit card address to be the same as vPost address. (which is impossible unless you register for the card in that address and somehow collect the card at your home address.)
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LMAO... I think you all got it wrong!!! your mailing address has to be your home address OF COS since it's YOUR credit card, not VPOST's credit card. :lol: :lol: :lol: when you sign up for an account in musciansfriend.com, they will ask you to fill up both billing and shipping address (they DON'T have to be the same)

billing address = your house
shipping address = vpost's u.s address.

one of the reason why vpost is useful is because they help us to purchase stuff that don't ship to singapore. i read a little about vpost.com, they say you can save 20% of usual shipment. BUT keep in mind that you have to pay for the shipping from musiciansfriend's warehouse to vpost's u.s address, UNLESS the items you are buying provide free shipping in u.s.


**one important point to take note**

vpost charges the shipping cost by the package's dimension and weight, if suay suay (bad luck) musiciansfriend packed your purchased item in an oversized box, then lots of luck lah. vpost will only tell you how much you have to pay for the shipping after they have received and measured your package. so after you clear your shipping fee with vpost, then they will take 2 weeks to send your stuff to your house. if musiciansfriend happen to take hell long of a time to ship your stuff to vpost's address, then you have to wait ............slowly loh.

**another important point to buy things from overseas**

if the guitar or other stuff you bought are faulty and you want refund or exchange, you have to pay your own shipping to musiciansfriend's warehouse i think!! which means you have to pay for the shipping from singapore to u.s!!
damn...i used vpost before :D :D cheers. i hope i don't confuse you all 8)

regards,
james
 
you cant. because the vpost address is a USA address and your card address is SG based with no apparent linkage, they might be wary of a possible fraud. many us websites do the same. music123, samash various apparel shops etc etc..

my attempt to ship stuff to my uncle's US address ala vpost got rejected and MF called my uncle to void the order. NO INTERNATIONAL CARDS ALLOWED FOR PLACES THEY WONT SHIP.

thats what vpost's conceige service is for, pay for you using their US credit card, pay them a fee+ 2% invoice tax.

but ive heard that a few years back it was still possible to ship stuff back via MF, but certainly not now

the only way to seek help of a second party living in the us to pay for you and ship it to the vpost address.
 
thats the risk you have to take if you wish to accquire stuff not sold in our local shops. you need to know what you want and do some research since u cant test. stuff like pedals, straps, pickups all those should be fine. guitar-wise, should be okay, they wont ship some C grade spoilt shit heh..
 
mattleesc said:
thats the risk you have to take if you wish to accquire stuff not sold in our local shops. you need to know what you want and do some research since u cant test. stuff like pedals, straps, pickups all those should be fine. guitar-wise, should be okay, they wont ship some C grade spoilt shit heh..
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but isnt some mass-produced stuff inconsistent sometimes?

btw,darknessfury,is ur guitar intonated?the saddles look neat tho...
 
mattleesc said:
you cant. because the vpost address is a USA address and your card address is SG based with no apparent linkage, they might be wary of a possible fraud. many us websites do the same. music123, samash various apparel shops etc etc..

my attempt to ship stuff to my uncle's US address ala vpost got rejected and MF called my uncle to void the order. NO INTERNATIONAL CARDS ALLOWED FOR PLACES THEY WONT SHIP.
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I have not purchase anything from MD yet, but i did it with another website using vpost and it went well. the website that i went to, is a small drum store in nj, which i forgot what is their website. i have some free time to research on MD, this shipping process is getting confusing :D :D :D

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i went to MD and look under this FAQ:

Question -
Can I have my order shipped to an address other than the billing address?


Answer -
YES, in most cases. When an order is shipping to a different address than the billing address, we require that all the credit card information be verified with the issuing bank. This policy protects all parties from unauthorized card use. Contact your credit card company and let them know that you would like to add an alternate or authorized address. If your credit card company does not allow this, simply have them list the address in your account notes or memo area. This will help avoid unnecessary delays in processing your order. (Please note that orders purchased with the Musician's Friend Platinum Card can only be shipped to the billing address.)

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therefore it is STILL possible to purchase things from MD, but might be more troublesome than other u.s merchant websites. it's true that what mattleesc said. they do not want fraud!!

I have emailed MD a question about this shipping process just now, i'll tell everyone what they say about sending orders to a different address when they replied. i am really free these few weeks :lol: :lol: :lol: cheers

regards,
james
 
struggling_newbie: i have never bought from MF, but I have enquired on another 2nd hand guitar website before. Not every american website does shipping to SG via vPost. The main reason is because they want a -VERIFIED- address, so that in the event of failure to ship to the address, they do not have to abandon the item. (Returning the item means that the company has to pay extra.)

boss, obviously i know the credit card has to be your home address. read the impossibility part.

again, you can check and verify. it'll be interesting to know.

Cheers
Raymond
 
well they simply told me that the credit card and shipping address dont match, and they cant process the order and just voided it like that . they say this and that but i dont think they want to go through so much trouble to go out of they way like this :(
 
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