I HATE it when stuff like this happens

[Drum Phil]

As most of you know i finally ordered my Flying Dragons. I ordered the Direct drive double pedal. All well and good. Well on monday i got an e-mail saying the pedal was out of stock and wouldnt be shipped for a few days. Tuesday i got an e-mail saying it had been shipped. Suspicious but fair enough. It arrived TODAY after only 3 days and i got all excited and opened it up.#

Its here in our story that i discover, to my horror, that theres something amiss. I looked at the box and thought, hold on, thats pretty small. On opening it up i discover that they have in fact sent me the single version. So now i have to wait another week while they dick around picking it up and sending a new one out.

Sorry i needed to rant.

[Bonham#1!]

Haha. They should let you keep the single pedal as a gift because they f*cked up. At least your still gonna get the double anyway.

[SkaRabbit]

Unlucky man.

[Drum Phil]

On the upside, i had a sneaky test run of it. Its the smoothest thing thats ever graced my foot. Now im too excited about the double arriving :D

[Chrysler]

Thats one of the reasons I always go and try out the stuff and buy it from the shop i'm in, there and then. This happened to some computer hardware I got once.

[Ming-a-Ling]

Aw man, that sucks! They should let you keep the single too, for the inconvenience.

[Drum Phil]

Yeah but nowhere up here stocks them. They're sendin some poor bastard 350 miles to get it

[Chrysler]

Lol, unlucky.

EDIT: Most shops will order stuff in for you. Just incase you dident know.

[Drum Phil]

Aye, at a cost. It made sense to pay the lowest internet price with free delivery.

[CasB]

Why unlucky? I'd be honored to get something 350 miles away...cruising around and stuff :p

[Drum Phil]

If you'd seen my city you'd think otherwise. Its an industrial city and was voted like 6th worst place in england to live. It redefines the word "shithole"

[ringworm]

Your local shops wont price match?

Around here they will honor prices with any retailer

[Drum Phil]

Aye but i didnt think of that. The whole point was i'd prefer not to wait for them to order it in, doesnt look like i have a choice now

[Corkofski]

Middlesborough is sh<b>i</b>te. ive never even been there and i know it...

and phil, this will teach you to trust the germans!!

/annoyed cause my town is full of exchange students.

[Drum Phil]

I didnt order it from germany. I decided to order it from wembley drum centre instead in case it got dicked around in customs

[Corkofski]

ahh, mmkay

im going to france on friday, blatently not going drum shopping...

[dumbassdrummer]

Wow, my local shop will order just about anything, and depending on the price and how often you shop, the drum guy there will order stuff for the store if you are interested in trying out without any obligation to buy it.

[ringworm]

Wow, my local shop will order just about anything, and depending on the price and how often you shop, the drum guy there will order stuff for the store if you are interested in trying out without any obligation to buy it.
Wow, now thats pretty rare, but nice, especially if you are a regular customer

[Drum Phil]

Ah well. Least they're sending it anyway.

[Pleaseme]

And when they do get around to it....review plzkthx

[SkaRabbit]

Enngland sucks

[pitchfork]

If you'd seen my city you'd think otherwise. Its an industrial city and was voted like 6th worst place in england to live. It redefines the word "shithole"
Was brixton number 1 worst place to live?

To ska rabbit - Lately england sucks, this govenrment doesn't have a clue and it won't risk being politically incorrect to save this country. No one cares about political incorrectness, its racism people care about.
It was a different story ages back, no one got violently killed by a gang of kids on a weekly bassis. Baring this in mind i can still think of worse places to live.

Sorry about that, hope the pedal works out phil.

[spirit]

Hmm, smooth you say? I'll see if Drum Central have any, even the single version, to try out.

Sorry to hear about the **** up there Phil.

[Vannaroth]

Was brixton number 1 worst place to live?

To ska rabbit - Lately england sucks, this govenrment doesn't have a clue and it won't risk being politically incorrect to save this country. No one cares about political incorrectness, its racism people care about.
It was a different story ages back, no one got violently killed by a gang of kids on a weekly bassis. Baring this in mind i can still think of worse places to live.

Sorry about that, hope the pedal works out phil.

quoted for truth, our government needs to start cracking a few heads and stop ignoring all its problems

[Jody LeCompte]

I once had a friend who got a fere bass from a shipping feck-up. He bought a pretty expensive bass, and when he went to order the case someone messed up somewhere along the road and he ended up with a bass shippde inside the case.

Point of the story being: Don't hate all mistakes.

[Drum Phil]

Hmm, smooth you say? I'll see if Drum Central have any, even the single version, to try out.

Sorry to hear about the **** up there Phil.

It offers little resistance. Its like sex for my feet.

[Drum Monkey]

Yeah... I finally got my AAXtreme china on the 24th (Friday). I brought in the cracked one on December 12th... Almost four months later and only two provinces away it comes... At least I got it replaced :D

-DM

[Drum Phil]

Those chinas rule

[White]

ouch. Not as bad as what just happened to my friend though. He used my Ebay acount to buy a guitar, well ya, we sent the money out 3 days after he won the auction. And that day the guy sends an email saying "Its been a week sincethe auction ended so I am forced to relist it" well ya the guy had his info wrong and relisted the guitar. And sold it to a local guy and that day my friends money arrived and he sent the moeny back. That would suick, having your guiatr sold to someone else because the guy is a retard.

[Dextrous]

Every ones country right now is getting raped. Especially USA, England and australia.

[Siamese Dreams]

Texas is the best country:p

[Drum Monkey]

Those chinas rule
Yes, yes they do. When I opened the box, I was like (in my head) "This looks SO MUCH sexier than I remembered it to look like" ;)

I'm glad I have it now. I feel like that little hole in my kit has been filled :)

-DM

[Quinto]

i live in the 20th best city in the promise land, the U.S. i like it here we have good delivery too.

[moogoogaipan]

I live in the #1 most polluted place in the U.S.

[Drum Phil]

i live in the 20th best city in the promise land, the U.S. i like it here we have good delivery too.

I'd rather live in this dump than the US

[Double Bass Jim]

Canada

The place to be

[Drum Monkey]

Canada

The place to be
:chug: :) :D :wave:

-DM

[dontblink182]

I'd rather live in this dump than the US
Why? I don't really understand, maybe because I'm viewing it from an Americans perspective....:confused:

[Drum Phil]

Because, as much as i hate the actions taken by my country, i hate the actions taken by yours more. The only way to truly escape this problem is to own my own island but, due to living on the bottom of the social ladder, this is unlikely. Sure we raced into war, but who started the war? I aint placing blame on america for our actions. We didnt have to get involved, but had it not been for america, we would not have had anywhere to get involved with.

[Trev]

I'd rather live in this dump than the US
123, definately.

[Corkofski]

i think that england should be run by complete public vote, via the internet

like a giant forum, anyone can propose stuff and its voted on

[Drum Phil]

No coz then the scum of society who greatly outnumber everyone else would undoubtedly overpower the country and pass the most retarded laws.

[White Riot!]

No coz then the scum of society who greatly outnumber everyone else would undoubtedly overpower the country and pass the most retarded laws.

Yes I agree with you Phil.

mind you I would love the australian flag to change back to the union jack

[Drum Phil]

Alright lets take this down an interesting route.

Nuclear arms. Good, bad, neutral? Discuss

[Chippy569]

loser :)

[Drum Phil]

Me? Be nice.

[Panopticon]

so this has nothing to do with the current topic of the thread...

[Drum Phil]

Ok ok, on topic.

The nasty man from the drum shop came to steal my pedal today :(

[We_Love_Lime]

Blah America sucks.

If there was no such thing as religion, the Middle East would be the best place to live seriously. Lol.


ON TOPIC: What pedal did you get. What type of Flying Dragon? Might decide to pose of you sometime later if you like it.

[Drum Phil]

Well i ORDERED the direct drive flying dragon double. What they sent me was the single version. Which was enough to convince me i'll probably do some serious damage to the courier gettin my package off him when it arrives.

[We_Love_Lime]

Well i ORDERED the direct drive flying dragon double. What they sent me was the single version. Which was enough to convince me i'll probably do some serious damage to the courier gettin my package off him when it arrives.

Don't hate on the Delivery Man.

Just like hating on the waiters because the foods bad.

Direct Drive eh? Thanks.

[Drum Phil]

I think you misunderstood. I meant in my eagerness to get my greasy paws on that object of beauty from his grip.

I HATE those lil computer things they make you sign

[We_Love_Lime]

Oh I see . Makes sence now.

Lol..Those. Sometimes I have to sign em if my parents arn't home, I just scribble. Go up and down and up and down. Very little effort and makes me go back to whatever the **** I was doing previously in very little time.

[Drum Phil]

Anyway, in the quick run i gave the pedal this is what i found.

Without lookin at it i set it up and adjusted it in under 5 minutes. Its a VERY simple pedal. On playing around with it a bit i discovered it didnt even try to resist my foot. It was a mere extension of my leg and i went weak at the knees with excitement. It comes with a lil tool that adjusts almost EVERYTHING on the pedal.

In short, im in love. It even glows in the dark. AWESOME

[We_Love_Lime]

Glows in the dark eh? Brilliant.

[Drum Phil]

Indeed. Its pointless but cool.

[Drum Monkey]

Indeed. Its pointless but cool.
It's for those dark stage moments...

-DM

[Zildjian]

Lucky I wish my pedals would glow in the dark...Thats one hell of a pedal though, I tried one out a few days ago, they are so smooth

[drummer_mp3]

And the Yamaha whore comes in and says I told you so!

Don't you feel glad you listened to us Yamaha whores.

Me and Ludvista are proud of you I can assure you that!

[Drum Phil]

The only thing that ever held me back from the dragons was the price. Everyone always says you pay for what you get. So i assume with it being cheaper than any other Direct Drive system on the market, it'd be crap

[White Riot!]

Alright lets take this down an interesting route.

Nuclear arms. Good, bad, neutral? Discuss


Good for empty threats ............Bad for rogue states & terrorists

[White Riot!]

Was brixton number 1 worst place to live?


Brixtons pretty cool man :thumb:

Speaking of Brixton............

"When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton

The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
As in heaven, as in hell

You see, he feels like Ivan
Born under the Brixton sun
His game is called survivin'
At the end of the harder they come

You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Maria
Goodbye to the Brixton sun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
Yes, even shoot us
But oh-the guns of Brixton

When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
Yes, even shoot us
But oh-the guns of Brixton

Shot down on the pavement
Waiting in death row
His game is called survivin'
As in heaven as in hell

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton...........!"

[Drum Phil]

Good for empty threats ............Bad for rogue states & terrorists

I disagree. I dont beleive any country should have ever been allowed to build them because now we cant dispose of them. It only takes one wrong move to obliterate a large number of people and destroy that area of the planet for hundreds of years.

[Sep]

That sucks man...

I had almost the EXACT same thing when I got my Yamaha Stage Customs..

Opened the box, there were no mounted toms in the box. I was so angry. I ended up getting the (used) toms from the store kit.

[ludvista29]

Phil I LOVE YOU! you got the pedal I wanted you to get :lol:

[Drum Phil]

Yeah and im glad i did

[Chippy569]

hey phil, did it have the stupid collapsable tower? the yammie i tried had that and i was playing and it collapsed on my foot. ow?

[Drum Phil]

Dont think so. The bit that holds the cam locks into the footboard though

[Chippy569]

mmm, wonder what i was testing then.


p.s. do you ever sleep?

for reference,
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/Images/Drums/Product/Enlarged/FP-9410.jpg



DAMN does that cam look clunky.

[pitchfork]

Brixtons pretty cool man :thumb:

Speaking of Brixton............

"When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton

The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
As in heaven, as in hell

You see, he feels like Ivan
Born under the Brixton sun
His game is called survivin'
At the end of the harder they come

You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Maria
Goodbye to the Brixton sun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
Yes, even shoot us
But oh-the guns of Brixton

When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
Yes, even shoot us
But oh-the guns of Brixton

Shot down on the pavement
Waiting in death row
His game is called survivin'
As in heaven as in hell

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton...........!"

Clash fan eh? same here.

And i'll add austraila looks pretty clean at the moment, england is basically america today. Look at the amount of mc donalds there are in this country.

Nuclear weapons are bad end of story. Get rid of all nuclear weapons and go back to normal bombs i say.

[Drum Phil]

mmm, wonder what i was testing then.


p.s. do you ever sleep?

for reference,
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/Images/Drums/Product/Enlarged/FP-9410.jpg



DAMN does that cam look clunky.

Chippy its like, 4 in the afternoon.

The cam does look a bit big but it doesnt get in the way at all.

[Chippy569]

you must be on late at night then, since you were on when it was night here.

[Drum Phil]

I sometimes dont get tired till like 3am so yeah.

[drummer_mp3]

Yummmmmmmm! Dragons!

[thenewguy515]

The only thing that ever held me back from the dragons was the price. Everyone always says you pay for what you get. So i assume with it being cheaper than any other Direct Drive system on the market, it'd be crap
not always true, but i told you, you bastard!.....i have the chain drive yammies, direct drive feels incredibly weird to me. DRAGONS FTW!

/propaganda

[AdultSwim815]

Ahhh, all I can say is I'm glad that happened to you and not me. The week I've had with starting lessons and stuff, I would have taken the pedal, and thrown it though my tv, then taken the tv and thrown it at a baby...

[Panopticon]

but then what would you do with the baby?

*gets garbage bag*?

[Berk]

*Puts garbage in it and burries baby*

[Drum Phil]

I do NOT approve of the dead baby jokes and FYI, they are a bannable offense.


Pedal shipment Take II:

The consignment identified with the reference number ***** has been despatched on 03/04/2006 to the delivery address below by the shipper WEMBLEY MUSIC CENTRE by PARCELFORCE WORLDWIDE using the service Parcelforce 24.


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