OMFG American Music has fucking amazing service!

I drove around earlier today to look at amps for my new guitar, and this awesome girl (with cute shoes) helped me out. I ended up leaving with a nice $100 used Fender amp a $25 audio cable and a $5 adaptor. She gave me all of it for ~$90 after tax.

I went home and cranked the amp up. Turns out it had a problem with cutting out at higher volumes. Bummer.

So I took it back. The guy I originally bought my Ibanez Gio electric guitar from tested the amp, determined it wasn't something they could easily fix, and so gave me this beast of an amp that was $150 used instead. It's way fancier than the Fender and sounds great.

The girl from earlier also apologized a bunch and ended up chatting with my girlfriend and I for a bit before we left.

So, this is one of those "they earned a customer for life" stories. Every time I've gone there, they've been great and I've left with used gear for like half the sticker price.

It's at 4450 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 if anyone is interested.

#BuyUsed #SupportLocalBusinesses

Buy used things. #BuyUsed

This is one of the biggest things the average consumer can do to reduce waste and exploitation.

Your phone contains rare minerals that were stolen from African people at gunpoint. But you can't go without a phone, so what can you do? Next time you need to buy one, get a used phone. It's still bad but it's much less bad.

People are getting awfully bold these days with the prices for used tractors and machinery on the Topeka craigslist. Also saw about 13 different scam ads for buying used shipping containers, which is extremely disappointing because I went on craigslist specifically to look for a 20 foot shipping container.

#onlineshopping #buyused #craigslist

One thing that has kept me puzzled for years: #Tesla does not mention ONCE on their website (that I could find) that their vehicles are environmentally friendly. People apparently just filled in this by themselves.

Keep in mind: studies showed that if you buy a new #ev it will take 2-5 years driving on #greenergy alone for you to break even with the environmental cost of production of an ICE-powered car. (!) Reason why I drive a 2009 Honda Insight.

#tessla #boycottMusk #buyused

Charity shop finds today! All worked perfectly! Been wanting to listen to more Johnny Cash for the last fifteen years (!), since my nephew, Austin Cash, was born but never got round to it.

Having been given a record player for Christmas has me exploring much more of a range of music than what streaming algorithms push at me.

#vinyl #buyused #dontbuynewstuff #johnnycash #vivaldi #bolero #ravel

In today's episode of USED IS BETTER THAN NEW

2014 Specialized Sirrus Comp ($100) vs. Walmart Crappy Bike ($319.99)

(the Specialized had an original MSRP of $1100 back in 2014 -- likely you'll want to invest in new tires/tubes/tuneup).

#BuyUsed #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #bicycle #BikeTooter #cycling