2025: A Year in Gear (What You've Bought or Want to Buy in 2025)

[vurt]

I feel giddy. Time is out of joint. I’ve put something up for sale.
Surely my role in these things is just to consume, consume, consume?

Am I suffering from SAG?

wrong thread, unless you just forgot to add what you're buying with the money from the sale?

[vurt]

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wtf kvr?

[Bunny_boy]

You bought a gay test?

Gay Test sounds like the name of a radio announcer from the 50s

[vurt]

You bought a gay test?

Gay Test sounds like the name of a radio announcer from the 50s

you not seeing full page ads?

[foosnark]

wtf kvr?

If you have to take a test, the answer is probably not important.

[vurt]

wtf kvr?

If you have to take a test, the answer is probably not important.

it is an odd one isn't it?
is it not something you just know?

[cryophonik]

hmmmmm, if I get a Christmas gift from vurt this year, I think I'll just tell FedEx to ship it back...

[WatchTheGuitar]

You bought a gay test?

Gay Test sounds like the name of a radio announcer from the 50s

you not seeing full page ads?

Me neither, thought you were doing a hate crime on me for suggesting I might sell some gear.

[Bunny_boy]

You bought a gay test?

Gay Test sounds like the name of a radio announcer from the 50s

you not seeing full page ads?

I'm using Brave, so no ads at all.

[McLilith]

You bought a gay test?

Gay Test sounds like the name of a radio announcer from the 50s

I was thinking something along the lines of "East Beast, West Pest, Gay Test".
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[McLilith]

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wtf kvr?

That looks like the sort of online "test" that organizations like Cambridge Analytica used to spam social media with. It was all part of their nefarious research into manipulating public opinion through precisely targeted psyops campaigns to influence elections, destabilize governments, etc.

Thanks to Cambridge Analytica, any organization that publicly advertises any sort of online poll or test is someone I immediately don't trust. They're probably just trolling you for some of your personal information, and lord only knows what they're going to use it for, or who they will sell it to.

[McLilith]

It's Thanksgiving here in the United States, and I want to wish everyone in this thread a very Happy Thanksgiving!

And to bring things more on-topic, I hope you all find some nice gear bargains during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales!
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[cryophonik]

Yup, Happy Thanksgiving all! My BF has all been soft synths and effects, but I almost bought a new mic, if that counts!

[WatchTheGuitar]

Sorry for the curveball question but a guy just bought my Hydrasynth on Reverb and paid postage but can now pick it up in person. Happy doing it and trust him as I’ve actually dealt with him before and I didn’t relish posting a 15 kilo box but can’t see an obvious way to do this as the site now seems to expects tracking info before paying me the money.
Could pretend to ship it but not sure what happens then if it only expects a legit trackable shipping service.
Don’t want to have to refund then him buy again without postage as he wants to pick it up tomorrow so that’ll take days to sort. Their site FAQ doesn’t seem to cover this eventuality but must happen a lot.

Any ideas?

[WatchTheGuitar]

Actually I bit the bullet and created fake tracking fir a made up courier so hopefully it’ll work out fine.