Customer Reviews

Fender 351 Premium Celluloid Guitar Picks, 12 Pack, Abalone, Medium

5 star:		(95)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(27)

 

 

Based on multiple reviews here about loose picks being "lost in transit", I ordered TWO packages of 12 guitar picks. At such a great price, I figured if I received only eight or ten I would be happy. Package came today... the picks are NOT loose in the box, but instead contained in a hinged plastic shell which snaps closed. I have all 24 (yay!). As some noted, I did NOT receive a variety of colors as shown above -- they were all the multicolor blue/green/brown abalone shell mixture which you see in the display picture right next to the red pick. This happened to be my favorite of the bunch, so not at all disappointed. Now, if they can just help this newbie with practice so that my playing improves quickly... but that's up to me!

The packaging is a big problem here. The plastic shell the picks come in opens during transit and the picks scatter, as pointed out in other reviews. I got seven out of the dozen I ordered, which puts me in the upper-tier of success with this product and this vendor. But beare of the probabilities of not getting your money's worth...

There's nothing wrong with the picks; they're fine. Like so many others, though, I did not receive 12 picks. Hey, Amazon, why is this so hard for you? I've bought hundreds of things over the years and have never had a problem with the condition of the product on arrival. I just bought a guitar, for pete's sake, and it arrived in perfect condition. The 12 picks come in a little plastic clamshell. The clamshell was in a (much) larger box which was all crushed and the tape was coming off, leaving big gaps. Two picks were in the clamshell, while six were scattered around the inside of the box - two of the six were sticking out of the box. I'm going to take the advice of an earlier reviewer and look in the grass and on my sidewalk tomorrow morning when it's light out. Maybe I'll find some of them there. Of course, I have only myself to blame since I read the reviews and knew there might be a problem with receiving the full dozen. Buyer beware! You have been warned!!

Update 07/31/10 - Today I received my replacement order (a day late after UPS delivered it to the wrong address). It was packaged exactly the same way as the first set, which I really don't get. Anyway, this time there were NO picks in the clamshell, but there were twelve loose in the box. Yay!

Ordered these for my hubby. He said he received 8 in the package. So I quickly contacted Amazon and complained. They PROMPTLY responded and shipped another package free of charge, and apologized for the troubles. The second time he received 11 out of 12. At least we did eventually get our money's worth. So a little bit of trouble, but Amazon was super quick to fix and give more!

The picks are beautiful and they sound good on the attack...

However, I ended getting 5 out of 12, a huge box for a finger size pick container, come-one Amazon it would have been cheaper for you just to drop these in the other package that I ordered with them (which was sealed better).

Five stars for the product, zero for Amazon packing and shipping

We ordered these picks for my son who is actually very pleased with the product. However, when they arrived in the big box by themselves, instead of being sealed in a zip lock bag or sealed smaller box and included with my other orders, most of them had fallen out. We discovered this by finding a pick out in the yard where the delivery man had walked up to the door. We got only about 5 of the 12 we had ordered and they were identical in color and design... no variation at all. We were VERY disappointed that they were not packaged better for shipping, and we were VERY disappointed that our order was not fulfilled. It is doubtful that we'll order picks or small items from Amazon again.

This was a christmas gift for my son. I like quality of the picks and the number for the price is excellent. Other than the pack being the same color, its an excellent deal!

I received only 4 out of 12 picks. Amazon sent this in a shoebox size box. Along with the tuner I ordered, it filled up about 10% of the box. The pick packaging came open and 8 of them slipped out. I would have been much better off going to a local shop.

NOT a "multi-pack" as described. NOT a 12 pack as Im sure the mail man shook his 5 picks worth out of the box (Horribly packaged). Just look at how many people are having the same issues!

So here is what you SHOULD do: NOT BUY THESE PICKS!

Don't do it! So many people report the same problem. Sounds like a good deal up front. The reality is, I got 6 out of 12 picks in the box. Like many many other reviewers report, the picks come out of their package and then I guess they slip out of the box. Might as well just go to your local store and buy them.