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Sometimes the trade is value was really cheap because the person selling wanted rid. Sometimes the item increases or decreases in demand after the trade in.
Different dealers also have different overheads, and sometimes an instrument just needs a polish, and others need a deep clean, new strings, repair something minor etc.
And that's before we get to whether vat is on it or not.
But compared to ebay and private sales I would expect the same used instrument in a shop to be 25% more.
If I was you, I'd search ebay completed listings and compare with that.
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£1000 new value guitar
Shop will sell for £700 (might get knocked down though)
leaves the shop £233 (assuming they didn't discount it)
Shop owner would have to do a lot of trade to get a Ferrari though
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
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GuitarPoint in Germany gave me €4200 trade in value on a 1962 J45 which was a lot more than I was selling it for on here.
Another reverb dealer only the eu however offered £3k for my 59 Tele refin which I sold for £8500
What is it you are buying and what are you trading in? Might find the same deal on private market
Like I say, subjective I'm not trading anything in, just buying used and trying to get an idea of the wriggle room.
Don't try to second guess, just make a decent offer and see what they say. You will not win the argument by trying to work out what they paid for it and then add on what you think they should be making on it.
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They will do it however because it is technically profitable, but in the main I've been offered the highest (as a percentage of RRP) for a Les Paul Classic, as it would sell quickly, and the lowest for some BC Rich thing which would clearly have hung around gathering dust for months.
In truth, no issue with the guys who deal, there are more good guys than bad 'and a lot of them love guitars, which is a good thing.
Good will is the most under rated factor in striking deals.