Opinion on this buy
nikon4004
Posted 2009-05-12 7:03 PM (#415917)
Subject: Opinion on this buy


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On the Bay....

http://cgi.ebay.com/1977-Ovation-Balladeer-1111-4-Acoustic-Guitar_W0QQitemZ120417706081QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item1c09746061&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1% 7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A3%7C294%3A50

What do you think.... Other than teh posed shipping charges. I hav a UPS account and would haev it shipped on that.

Steve
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Von Face
Posted 2009-05-12 7:11 PM (#415918 - in reply to #415917)
Subject: Re: Opinion on this buy


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Location: Millville, NJ
Nice looking guitar!
The shipping fee is way too high.
I've shipped guitars from NJ to CA...
Coast to coast is less that $70...
That's UPS with full insurance.
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Patch
Posted 2009-05-12 7:13 PM (#415919 - in reply to #415917)
Subject: Re: Opinion on this buy



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That's Waskel's. Buy it. He won't charge you that much for shipping. That's that stupid shipping calculator of eBay's messing with people's heads and screwing their sales over in the process.

More than one OFC'er has seen this instrument and attests to its good condition and sound.

Here's a link to the same guitar for sale on this forum.

1111-4 for sale, among other things
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nikon4004
Posted 2009-05-12 7:13 PM (#415920 - in reply to #415917)
Subject: Re: Opinion on this buy


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I know.....

I shipped a Matrix 12 string int eh blow moded case from Ohio to Tx and it was 48.00

Steve
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Patch
Posted 2009-05-12 7:27 PM (#415921 - in reply to #415917)
Subject: Re: Opinion on this buy



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Like I said before, he doesn't really charge that amount for shipping. Here's another link to a thread on this forum where he states that he charges actual shipping.

Good Deal?
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Waskel
Posted 2009-05-12 10:30 PM (#415922 - in reply to #415917)
Subject: Re: Opinion on this buy



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Thanks, Patch!
As I said earlier, I charge actual shipping. I just figured it on USPS website and it's about $25 from here to S. Florida.
I listed it while at work and overstated the box dimensions by an inch each way, and the weight by 5 lbs (guitar is lighter than I thought!) so I was wrong, it's not ebay's fault, it's mine.

Unfortunately there have been bids on it and ebay won't allow me to change the values.

Here's my statement: I charge exact shipping!
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Waskel
Posted 2009-05-12 10:40 PM (#415923 - in reply to #415917)
Subject: Re: Opinion on this buy



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Here\'s the revised listing.
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Patch
Posted 2009-05-13 12:35 AM (#415924 - in reply to #415917)
Subject: Re: Opinion on this buy



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Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
it's not ebay's fault, it's mine.
Can I blame eBay anyway? It's kind of like chicken soup for the scrounger's/trader's/bottom-feeder's soul, know what I mean?
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kotadawg
Posted 2009-05-13 8:13 AM (#415925 - in reply to #415917)
Subject: Re: Opinion on this buy


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That's a very nice guitar. Plus how many people can say they bought a guitar from a Wabbit?
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