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| Signed into E-Bay and searched completed listings for ovation guitars.What a tour of great old O"s.Great deals and a passion for these guitars is building big time.The thing that stood out to me is the fact that alot of the guitars are 20+ years old,and still look like a no bullshit guitar.A tool.To play guitar.Thanks Mr. Kaman for your vision. |
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Location: SoCal | if you haven't checked out Jeromes OvationTribute.com or Dave's OvationGallery.com...
do it, great pics and info... |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | I have been scanning eBay, Craigslist and Kijiji everyday for over a year now, and I too am amazed at the numbers of great guitars that are making their way into circulation... But I am also disturbed by this trend!!
This is a indicator that a LOT (!!) of people are in serious trouble, in over their heads financially and are selling their guitars to try and get out from under. For many serious guitar players, selling their guitars is almost like selling their children.
I know a lot of people will say this is a result of the recession and that things are looking up again... Don't kid yourselves!! All we have done is move the financial burden from the banking system to government... and guess what?
THEY'RE BROKE TOO!!
The Canadian dollar dropped 2 1/2 cents today indicating a totally irrational view of the market. Canada has the most stable banking system in the world right now and if the people that control our economies were acting rationally in the face of the coming economic flood... they should be running to 'higher ground' (the stable, well backed currencies...), and they're NOT!!
I fear it's gonna get really ugly in the not too distant future... Stock up on guitar strings... at least we'll be able to amuse ourselves when the power goes off, lol. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Guitars have been one of the "Liquid" assets since the day they hit the Music Stores.
The other thing that strikes awe is when I get a guitar via an estate sale or such. To consider the history this instrument had long before I got it.
You gotta love em! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Avatar4550:
I have been scanning eBay, Craigslist and Kijiji everyday for over a year now, and I too am amazed at the numbers of great guitars that are making their way into circulation... But I am also disturbed by this trend!!
This is a indicator that a LOT (!!) of people are in serious trouble, in over their heads financially and are selling their guitars to try and get out from under. For many serious guitar players, selling their guitars is almost like selling their children. What is really scary is to look at the " Completed Listings " on FleaBay...
That lets you see all the amazingly good deals that Nobody could afford to Buy!
The recession is over? Maybe for the stock brokers and CEO's...
There aren't any jobs, and my unemployment will be REALLY done in a month!
Then it will be warm enough for me to sincerely go busking eight hours a day.
just stuff-in folding money! |
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Location: Okinawa Japan | I have been hitting the bay for a while searching for a 1778T or 1868T for a while now. Find em from time to time at a pretty low price and in good shape. But what is with the $100+ shipping rates?!?! I have shipped a guitar from Korea to the States insured at $700 for like 20 bucks, and it got there in less that 10 days. Is this peoples way to snake you into buying a lower priced guitar, but still make a little extra money out of it? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by load.toad:
But what is with the $100+ shipping rates?!?! Just open up your own UPS or FedEx account and ask sellers to direct bill the shipping to your account number. That way you only pay actual cost. I usually throw the seller some extra to make sure he packs it well and compensate him for his work.
If you're shipping to Japan for $20 that's pretty good. I recently shipped to the UK for $90. and Germany for $115. |
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Location: Okinawa Japan | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Originally posted by load.toad:
But what is with the $100+ shipping rates?!?! Just open up your own UPS or FedEx account and ask sellers to direct bill the shipping to your account number. That way you only pay actual cost. I usually throw the seller some extra to make sure he packs it well and compensate him for his work.
If you're shipping to Japan for $20 that's pretty good. I recently shipped to the UK for $90. and Germany for $115. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | The APO/FPO thing is why... I just shipped an amp to Afghanistan for about $29...
But I really only shipped it to New York... Then the Military took it.
And it took about 21 days to get there, going by how long it took me to get Feedback from the buyer.
BTW-- USPS Delivery Confirmation still does not confirm delivery. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | Yep. I've bought 5 O's and A's in the past 6 or 7 weeks, basket cases all. Purchase prices ranged from $9.99 to $40.99 and shipping was up to $40 a pop. Stuff is expensive to ship nowadays. I get a double whammy living in northern Maine.
I felt bad the other day, I sold a First Act on ebay for $70 to a guy in Spain and it was another $70 to ship. Not much I could have done about it. Even if I had removed the neck it wouldn't have made a big enough difference in the weight to save him any money.
As to delivery confirmation, I won't ship anything without it anymore. I sold a banjo resonator in March and shipped it by parcel post. The guy claimed it never arrived, his word against mine, and I took the high road and gave a him a full refund. He was abusive and threatening and after I refunded his money he disappeared; no thank you, no go to H---, nothing. My ebay rating is over 4000 with no negatives, ever. He claimed I only got that rating by feedback extortion and I was really a crook, etc. Wow. If I was so good as to pull that off I'd use my talents to embezzle or be a pimp, not selling yard sale junk on ebay.
Delivery confirmation may not be the best, but I had nothing. Nothing other than faith in human nature. Wow, was I wrong. |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | You guys should try things from this end...
I've had four guitars shipped to me recently and they were all in the 150-200 U$D range (not even that far away... northern MI, KS, OH, UT), but then I get killed at the door for $250-300+ CAD in taxes and brokerage fees.
I can't get guitar strings shipped here for $20... let alone a guitar (I wish...), lol. |
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Location: Up North | I had a U.S. Strat shipped from Hawaii to my door (northern Ontario Canada) for $50 just a couple months ago via USPS.
Go figure. |
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