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Location: johnston RI | http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3711523258&category=2384
2,400 for a breadwinner that needs work? |
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Location: SoCal | That is one optimistic seller! Like a canary holding on to one end of a 20 foot worm!
"I will not lower my price". Hope he likes that guitar then. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Newbie guitar seller...if you look at his items he has bought and sold, he normally deals in photography stuff. He probably hasn't a clue about the actual value, has a idea of what HE thinks it's worth, and is going to live or die on that value(guess which?).....
Yep, Paul M., hope he likes that guitar.....
Roger
1976 Applause AA14-4 6-String
1981 Ovation 1118-1 Glen Campbell 12-string
2001 Adamas 1598-MERB Melissa Etheridge 12-String
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Location: Central Oregon | You never know, he might get it. He's not the only clueless person out there. I know a very rich clueless person who might very well buy something like that. He bought a $9K Harley shovelhead for $16K once, had another guy ride it to his garage, let it sit there for three years while he thought about riding it, then sold it without ever riding it an inch. Sold it cheap too. He could buy that guitar that needs work & think about playing it for three years & sell it for $300 & think he'd gotten his money's worth :)
Heheheheheh.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | ambitious to say the least |
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Location: Las Vegas | Is this the same guy who tried to getr $2000 for the Deacon 12-string?
This is how a virus spreads. One idiot sees another and bases his valuation on the idiocy of another.
Good news, is only the idiots lose. Such ridiculousness never manages to raise prices significantly IN THE REAL WORLD.
Les
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | On eBay, anything can happen -- and does. The market usually corrects itself on common items, but an auction is unpredictable. That is part of what makes eBay so interesting. There are good buys to be had as well as plenty of opportunities to divest fools of their money. |
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Location: Canada | It looks like it might be a scam to me, he only wants the money through western union, thats just as bad a sending cash through the mail. I could be wrong, and if i am then he's just crazy!! |
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Location: Converse, Texas | I got scammed on eBay on DVDs once. I'm VERY weary of eBay now. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | "This is how a virus spreads. One idiot sees another and bases his valuation on the idiocy of another.
Good news, is only the idiots lose. Such ridiculousness never manages to raise prices significantly IN THE REAL WORLD."
I sure wish it did. Would significantly justify the +/- 100 guitars I have.
Call me crazy, but if someome can get $2400 for a breadwinner, I'm all for it. eBay is not the only source for finding bargains, and I'd just have to work harder at it. If he can sell a butchered one for $2400 I suspect my mint ones, would probably do a few pennies better when the time comes.
But, ultimately, as was stated above, the eBay market corrects itself. As far as scams, this has possibilities because of the Western Union thing. Could be legit, but why risk it. I have been disappointed a couple of times from an eBay transaction where something wasn't exactly as stated, or one persons "mint" is another persons "really good" but the prices always made up for the difference. I guess I've been lucky. I also don't bid without completly checking out all of the fine print and all of the info on the seller. If anything seems wonky... I just don't bid. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I shudder to imagine his listing fee(for something that is not likely to sell).....
Roger
1976 Applause AA14-4 6-String
1981 Ovation 1118-1 Glen Campbell 12-string
2001 Adamas 1598-MERB Melissa Etheridge 12-String
2003 Ovation 1777-NAT Legend 6-string |
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by Old Applause Owner:
I shudder to imagine his listing fee(for something that is not likely to sell).....
I don't. It'll be a cheaper lesson than a parking ticket :)
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Miles
$2400 seems pretty optimistic, but I have to admit that I've always wanted a Breadwinner. Hang on to those ones you have, cause if I ever can afford one, I'd sure want one of yours. I just like looking at them and thinking about it.
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Location: south east Michigan | Bailey,
My Balladeer gets played much more than my Breadwinner. But everytime I do pick it up, I know it is not going anywhere.
I hope there is a Breadwinner in your future....as long as it's not mine.
Have you ever played one? The neck feels like it is about about a mile long.
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what the hell is this guy thinking