Stupid things you've been asked when selling a guitar

bgmartinsbridge

I thought it would be fun to start this thread, after an experience at the weekend.

A guy emails me about my 2017 R8 and asks me to measure the nut - using a tape measure or ruler would be OK.
I sent him a copy and paste from the Gibson website and he emails me and says no, he wants a photo as spec differs.
So I measure it, and it's exactly as per the website. 
Guess what - he disappears, as if in a cloud of smoke. 

I'll probably get a lecture now on how it does differ and I should get off my high horse lol :-) 

thebreeze

That wasn't "bobba" was it?  He's asked me to measure nut width on different guitars and then I never hear from him again.

thebreeze

Quite like this one in the comments section of your R0 Lemonburst pics on Imgr:  

"Newly made Gibsons are shite now. Never buy a post 2008 model."

JerkMoans

I was recently asked regarding a Les Paul Custom whether I’d take a down payment, allow the lad to take the guitar, and trust him to pay the balance in instalments.

He seemed genuinely to be both mystified and mortally offended when I declined his hire purchase proposal.

JerkMoans

thebreeze said:

That wasn't "bobba" was it?  He's asked me to measure nut width on different guitars and then I never hear from him again.

Bobba’s notorious for getting his jollies from that shit.

Winny_Pooh

The classic: "is this a lead or rhythm guitar?"

p90fool

Winny_Pooh said:

The classic: "is this a lead or rhythm guitar?"

I'm actually very tolerant of that question, as it's almost always a parent looking for a guitar for their kid. 

bgmartinsbridge

@thebreeze - it bloody was. Who is he?

Sent him factory specs, no wants photo. 
Sent photo, nothing. Emailed him to get a message asking me to do it again. Told him I'd already sent it, then he says sorry I asked someone else the same question. Then nothing lol.

Fishboy7

I had someone ask if I would hold a guitar for several months for him, until he returned to the uk.

At which point he would like to come and try it out, with no commitment to actually purchase. 

historyisjunk

Been asked by buyer if they can keep back £10 as they wanted to get a hair cut.

Selling copy of a Rickenbaker bass, guy claimed he definitely wanted it & was going to get his "manager" & come back to pay for it.

Would I take the name plate of the head as he wanted the "manager" to think it was a real one?

Guess what I did & guess what he did?  I don't think he was called bobba

Fifty9

He just wanted to see if you’d actually measure your nuts because some bloke off the t’internet asked you to

stimpsonslostson

“Will you take £X?” Where X<40% of the asking price. 

“I don’t have the full amount right now. Can I give you £100 (for a £400 guitar) as a gesture of good faith, take the guitar and come back with the rest tomorrow?” 

Erm... Naw. 

musicalstash

Put a Les Paul up for sale  and got asked " Do you think it will get me more gigs ?"  ..

I thought it was a joke but he was serious ( I think ) .  .

thebreeze

JerkMoans said:

thebreeze said:

That wasn't "bobba" was it?  He's asked me to measure nut width on different guitars and then I never hear from him again.

Bobba’s notorious for getting his jollies from that shit.

bgmartinsbridge said:

@thebreeze - it bloody was. Who is he?

Sent him factory specs, no wants photo. 
Sent photo, nothing. Emailed him to get a message asking me to do it again. Told him I'd already sent it, then he says sorry I asked someone else the same question. Then nothing lol.

Must have some sort of nut fetish.  It's all a bit odd, he's got (or had, I haven't bothered to look recently) a load of stuff for sale which seem to mirror the guitars he's asking about, or they were in my case.

grappagreen

Best so far is chap who wanted a guitar but couldn’t collect for a month. After a week I popped an ad here as I hadn’t heard anything and texted to let him know. Then got a somewhat terse message stating that he thought I was going to hold it for him? Happy to I said - here’s my PPG addy for a small deposit... never heard from him again....

skullfunkerry

I listed a Dean Mustaine V for a friend... I think it was up for about £600, they were about £900 new at the time. A guy messaged me and said he was a student, couldn't afford the guitar but really wanted it, would I take £100 and a Playstation for it?

Had another student when I was selling a wah last year: asked me if I'd take another pedal as a swap, when I said there was nothing I needed he asked me if he could just have the wah then, since he was a student and couldn't afford to buy himself luxuries...

monkey42

bgmartinsbridge said:

I thought it would be fun to start this thread, after an experience at the weekend.

A guy emails me about my 2017 R8 and asks me to measure the nut - using a tape measure or ruler would be OK.
I sent him a copy and paste from the Gibson website and he emails me and says no, he wants a photo as spec differs.
So I measure it, and it's exactly as per the website. 
Guess what - he disappears, as if in a cloud of smoke. 

I'll probably get a lecture now on how it does differ and I should get off my high horse lol :-) 

Boba sent me the exact same note this weekend for my R7

He’s clearly into the size of members nuts..

oh well..I’ll look out for him in future

bgmartinsbridge

Is Boba a member on here, he could explain his nut width fetish! 

57Deluxe

I thought of selling my old Woolies amp when I got my Session in '86, was only asking £30 for it. Guy tips up and says it sounds good - why was I selling it ? So told him, 'got a new amp'. Says 'can I see it?' So he plays it too and says it doesn't sound as good as the Woolies amp to him, so would I take £25 for it? I said no and got an aggravated lesson in how I should expect to get less than I wanted for things when selling them s/h and that I had completely wasted his time... Has stood me in good stead over time - I never sold it, or anything since!

merlin

Some on here (who shall remain nameless) offerred me £350 for a guitar that was listed at £2500 saying that he was only 15 and "not a cheapskate". 

mikeyrob73

Once asked if I would trade my Strat for A playstation 2 and an air rifle.