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Location: Bellevue, Washington | Not mine... but found this odd:
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/msg/1731766894.html
83 collector prototype? This guitar certainly has been beat to hell and back, but I don't believe I've ever seen that and the price is quite low... |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | Interesting guitar... would be nice to see it rehabilitated.
Tough job, but some of the craftsmen here have done more with less... |
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Location: Caribou, ME | I really want this guitar. Really.
I emailed him back when this post first appeared and asked if he'd ship. He said sure, it will be pro packed at a cost of $95 plus the cost of actual shipping. I replied that I would still be interested if he could find a more reasonable alternative. No response. Emailed him again a few days ago saying I was still interested. No response.
Sad. I'd love to have it, warts and all, but the logistics and lack of flexibilty keep it from happening. |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | I thought a lot of the sellers on eBay were dickheads. They have nothing on the ones using Craigslist and Kijiji.
I see this ALL the time!! Low price (usually too good to be true...), then the shipping (or handling, whatever that entails... putting it in a box, lol) is astronomical!!
Then they screw you around and don't reply to emails... |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Avatar4550:
I thought a lot of the sellers on eBay were dickheads. Try being a seller and having to deal with buyers with your attitude. Then you'll know the definition of dickhead. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | KSDaddy, if you ever do get that guitar and fix it up, let me know when you decide to sell it. I know with the shallow bowl they don't sound as good as others, but they are so pretty! |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Avatar4550:
I thought a lot of the sellers on eBay were dickheads. They have nothing on the ones using Craigslist and Kijiji.
I see this ALL the time!! Low price (usually too good to be true...), then the shipping (or handling, whatever that entails... putting it in a box, lol) is astronomical!!
Then they screw you around and don't reply to emails... You let this stuff bug you way too much. Accept ebay and craigslist for what they are, not what you wish they were. Your ulcer will stop bothering you as much.
Is this "ALL the time" like everybody knows about George Bush and Elixir strings? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I bought an 83 for my daughter. Really pretty and sound as good as any supershallow bowl that I've heard. I also got a local guy to set it up as well as any of mine have played.
There was another on ebay recently and it might still be on there. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | My big attraction to it is the fact it's a prototype. I know that doesn't mean much, I just think it's cool. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Is this "ALL the time" like everybody knows about George Bush and Elixir strings? Oh hell, Paul... EVERYBODY knows about Elixirs... |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | OK, 'ALL the time' is just a common expression (you just won't let it go will you...).
And as far as "my attitude..." goes, ask ANYBODY (and I mean ANYBODY (full stop)... ALL (THIS time not used as an expression... meaning 100%, completely) that I have EVER dealt with on eBAY and they will tell you... to A MAN (!!) that I have never been ANYTHING but polite, I pay within minutes of close (EVERY time...) and the one time I did have a problem as as seller (which wasn't my fault in any case...), I gave the buyer a refund!!.
Is this a problem with ANYBODY using generalizations, or is it just me. If you insist on making/taking the comments personally ALL the time, please PM me and we can discuss it like gentlemen.
Now back to discussing guitars... |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | Before I get another PM telling me to cool it...
I would like to apologize to Waskul and Moody for getting my feathers ruffled (again...).
You are correct Waskel... there are a lot of dickhead sellers and buyers on eBay... and to Moody, you are also correct... making generalizations is never a good idea.
I woke up this morning to find water in my studio (as I predicted in another thread...) and right now am typing from a room with all the carpets pulled up and fans and dehudifiers droning away...
It's MY crap day and I shouldn't get 'pissy' about it with you...
Sorry :( |
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Location: closely held secret | No worries. If you didn't get "pissy" it wouldn't be any fun...
Sorry to hear about your water problems. |
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Location: SoCal | What the rabbit said. Good luck getting the studio back together..... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | If you think a seller is gouging you on packing or shipping costs then just don't do business with him. YOU the buyer have the last word. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | I know... but I waaaannntt it.
You've all been there.
(Actually I'm "there" about once a week...) |
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Location: Munich, Germany | With me still thinking this here is about guitars, let me show you this - somebody in the factory named it 1129:
A Custom Legend with an Artist Bowl, acoustic only, with the barnboard finish of 83's Collectors model. Maybe this was one of the "ideas" for the 83C:
Best regards,
Kurt |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | That is SO PRETTY!! |
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Location: Milford, MI | That is a really nice looking guitar. |
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83 Collector Prototype?