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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2009-08-16 9:47 PM (#403666 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
Trader Jim sez:
...it's only worth a certain amount, and only to VERY few people. (read, us nuts here)
Oh! You mean 'Fanatic' in the dysfunctional sense of the word?
Then you go talk to 'Normal People' about your guitars and say things like;
"It has a real CWK signature." or
"It is Number 6 outta maybe 40 made. :eek: " or
"It was a special order, they only made 24 of them!" or
"They only made this model for less than a year."

And the Normal People are saying "And you paid What for that?" :confused:
[Don't worry, I can send it back to the factory, and for $600 it'll be good as New! :cool: ]
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2ifbyC
Posted 2009-08-16 9:56 PM (#403667 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay
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Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
And the Normal People are saying "And you paid What for that?" :confused:
While the rest of us here are or ...

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jstout
Posted 2009-08-16 10:53 PM (#403668 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay


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Location: Texas		Its over again.................good luck
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stephent28
Posted 2009-08-16 10:54 PM (#403669 - in reply to #403616)
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066		Pulled again.
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2ifbyC
Posted 2009-08-16 11:08 PM (#403670 - in reply to #403616)
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stephent28
Posted 2009-08-16 11:33 PM (#403671 - in reply to #403616)
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066		Sweet deal with Henry , eh?
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lanaki
Posted 2009-08-16 11:33 PM (#403672 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay


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Location: big island		it weren't me. shucky darn!
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2ifbyC
Posted 2009-08-17 12:07 AM (#403673 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast		By luck I saw Henry's second CL ad 15 minutes after he posted it. Fortunately I kept his phone number from his first CL listing.
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Trader Jim
Posted 2009-08-17 5:46 AM (#403674 - in reply to #403616)
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Location: South of most, North of few		........
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Tim in Tidewater
Posted 2009-08-17 7:13 AM (#403675 - in reply to #403616)
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia		It would figure, I had the high bid too...
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MusicMishka
Posted 2009-08-17 10:06 AM (#403676 - in reply to #403616)
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jstout
Posted 2009-08-17 10:43 AM (#403677 - in reply to #403616)
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Originally posted by MusicMishka:
Details?
It sold for $1200...............good luck
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BluesSailor
Posted 2009-08-17 11:12 AM (#403678 - in reply to #403616)
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Location: Parrish, FL		Fantastic, it will be local.

Now I'll have the opportunity to torture myself for hesitating and talking myself out of it when I saw the BIN on EBay at $1200.00.

He who hesitates......

Great catch Iffy!

Blues
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jstout
Posted 2009-08-17 11:26 AM (#403679 - in reply to #403616)
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Location: Texas		2ifbyC, my apology for posting the sale price,I didnt realize you bought it,I guess you had him on the phone while I was emailing him........good luck
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2ifbyC
Posted 2009-08-17 11:46 AM (#403680 - in reply to #403616)
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I called Henry on his first CL ad and made an offer. By that time he had put it on eBay and wouldn't deal. This was before he changed his description. I wrote if off at that point.

But when I saw the second CL listing, posted yesterday @ 4:30 PM, I called again. After he checked eBay and saw that a bid had erased the BIN, he contacted me and sold me the git later last night.

Tim,
Did you contact him also? He did say someone else wanted to buy it. He said since I called first it was mine if I wanted it?

jstout,
Hey, no prob! It's still on CL, so any one could have found it. Besides, one thing to remember about CL sales, normally only two people know what the final selling price was... So ya might have been the 'other guy'!
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WillaMuse
Posted 2009-08-17 12:11 PM (#403681 - in reply to #403616)
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Location: Right now?		C O N G R A T S, Iffy!

;)
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MusicMishka
Posted 2009-08-17 12:35 PM (#403682 - in reply to #403616)
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains		Alrighty then, this case is closed...well, almost...
Congrats Johnny!
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AlanM
Posted 2009-08-17 1:02 PM (#403683 - in reply to #403616)
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Location: Newington, CT		Why do I get the feeling that there was some HIGH-stakes gackground activity in all this?!?!?

A little bit of bluffing...a little bit of legerdemain... a little bit of misdirection. I'm guessing that Iffy ended up with a GREAT guitar for a song! Congrats, Iffy!

Are those canary feathers in the corner of your mouth?
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2ifbyC
Posted 2009-08-17 1:39 PM (#403684 - in reply to #403616)
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Originally posted by AlanM:
Are those canary feathers in the corner of your mouth?
<chuckle> Sure does appear like I'm guilty of all the above... But if ya check the time line, I had given up on it twix the two CL listings. After Moody, Beal and Mike chimed in, I thought,"Great, missed out on another one!"

But the second CL listing was the 'green restart flag'. Some of us here have encouraged folks to use that phone. That was what made the difference this time, two calls.

I will not ever use subterfuge to obtain a git. I'm just not that way. BUT, I will walk through doors that others may not find or choose to ignore...

So, yes...
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AlanM
Posted 2009-08-17 1:56 PM (#403685 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay


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Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Originally posted by AlanM:
Are those canary feathers in the corner of your mouth?
<chuckle> Sure does appear like I'm guilty of all the above... But if ya check the time line, I had given up on it twix the two CL listings. After Moody, Beal and Mike chimed in, I thought,"Great, missed out on another one!"

But the second CL listing was the 'green restart flag'. Some of us here have encouraged folks to use that phone. That was what made the difference this time, two calls.

I will not ever use subterfuge to obtain a git. I'm just not that way. BUT, I will walk through doors that others may not find or choose to ignore...

So, yes...
Great story! And, that's REALLY what I figured happened, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to tweak ya juuuuuuuust a tiny bit! After all: you DID get the girl!
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2ifbyC
Posted 2009-08-17 2:12 PM (#403686 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay
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Originally posted by AlanM:
but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to tweak ya juuuuuuuust a tiny bit! After all: you DID get the girl!
Glad I've never done that...

... and she'll be heading up to the MS for her prom preps!
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AlanM
Posted 2009-08-17 2:24 PM (#403687 - in reply to #403616)
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Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Glad I've never done that...
[/QB]
No, never! Perish the thought!
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lanaki
Posted 2009-08-17 2:35 PM (#403688 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay


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Location: big island		i'm quite happy for ya', iffy! attaboy.
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Tim in Tidewater
Posted 2009-08-17 3:17 PM (#403689 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay



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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia		Yes, I was the other party iffy. Henry sent me an email and apologized this morning. I just was working through most of the weekend and as they say, timing is everything. I kicked in a higher offer for more than you paid on ebay late Saturday night but that darn increment system just took it to the next bid higher than the standing bid. I missed that there had been a BIN, good thing too because I was several hundred over that :)

Congrats & enjoy! Hope to get a chance to play her at one of the SSJ's.
TNT
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2ifbyC
Posted 2009-08-17 3:50 PM (#403690 - in reply to #403616)
Subject: Re: Adamas I on the 'bay
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast		Tim,

Wow, that makes the acquisition even more interesting!

Just to clarify a bit, I never did bid on the Ebay listing. He had the CL ad out first and that's when I first called him. Then everything went blurry on eBay and I gave up.

It was that second CL ad that I responded to yesterday that did the deed. In fact, he was out bass fishing when I called him yesterday PM.

When he got back in and checked his ad, he saw that the BIN was negated. That's when he contacted me. I PP'd him at 10:37 last night.

So, yes, the timing was incredible!

BTW, his email to you was very considerate. Not many folk would do that 'out dere'.

The actual condition of the git will determine if I bring it to the SSSJ (OK) or she goes right on up to the MS (not OK).

Thanx for your understanding!
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