I ordered a used Ibanez WT80 Wholetone jazz amp from the GC website. The amp came from a store in Indiana. It was advertised as being in "great" condition. When it arrived I took it out of the box ... cosmetically it was a "10" - pretty much looked like new. Then I got my guitar, plugged it in, turned the amp on, started playing ... I got static, crackling, the chorus effect would not turn off, and distortion (not the good kind - and this amp should not have ANY). I thought maybe it was the cable. Tried other cables - same result. Figured it was damaged by UPS. So I returned it to the Mays Landing, NJ store, no questions asked, got the full refund. But what I found disturbing, was that the next day the same amp was up for sale online from the Mays Landing (Atlantic City) store (where I returned it), listed as being in "great" condition. Clearly no one bothered to check it. In reality it was unusable! So now some other poor customer will order it, receive it ... and find that it's damaged junk. Couldn't tell you if just that particular store is dishonest ... or all of them. But this is just plain wrong, and certainly destroys MY trust in the company. No wonder they have been on the brink of bankruptcy several times!
