Go new or ex display for £50 less

sunshinewelly

Looking at a new 12 string and guitarguitar will price match a EU box shifter for me so will do it for £799. Guitar retails other places from £850 to £1000

Another retailer has an ex display and will sell it for £750 but when asked about condition they say slight blemish on rear

I assume ex display woukd have cruddy strings so taking that I woukd need to replace them not sure whether £50 saving becomes worth it

chris78

It’s not worth it anyway. The blemish will make it slightly harder to sell than a mint one or reduce the price if you move it on. £50 is too small a discount to worry about,

phil_b

go new at that price range £50 is not worth the hassle. As you say £10 to £15 of that will go strait on a new set of strings

If you saved £50 on a £200 guitar it would be worth thinking about.

ThePrettyDamned

I'd go new, and hope you get a brilliant instrument so the 50 quid pales into insignificance  

dazzajl

The only thing that would tempt me towards the ex demo with those figures would be knowing the shop would pick a really good one and set it up perfectly to go on display. If it’s just an open box version, I’d pay the £50 to have a new one. 

ICBM

Depends how bad the blemish is and how good the guitar is...

RonnieHotdogs

Offer them 700

JezWynd

Ask for a pic of the blemish and judge for yourself.

Funkfingers

+1 for depends.

If you plan to gig the bejeezus out of the thing, it is going to end up marked anyway.

sunshinewelly

No gigging anticipated and I am quite ocd about the condition of my guitars

Cheers for the comments it's where I was thinking and the comments have confirmed my initial views 

Johnw84

If you're ocd about things then that small mark will forever be an annoyance.

I'm not to bothered about marks on guitars, and a £50 saving for a small mark is still £50 in my books. If it was something I thought I'd sell on in the future though the difference in price wouldn't be worth it. 

John_P

£50 saving on £750 isn’t a huge % so I would lean towards getting the new one but it’s worth getting a pic if you can as the term blemish is a bit vague - they might be really fussy and it’s hardly noticeable but it could look horrific.   

prowla

£50 off isn't enough for a shop-soiled item.

BlueStrat

New for 50 notes more! Shop demo / second hand will have been played by a hundred people with greasy big mac fingers.  Spend the extra 50, or buy used at used prices

Jimbro66

I was once offered for a nominal discount a multi-effects unit that was described by the big name retailer as “ex-demo” but I discovered it had actually been owned by a staff member and used at home for several months! I’ve avoided ex-demo gear since then -  even if it is genuine.

hassleham

£50 is such a crappy discount for ex display! You could probably talk them down £50 even if it was brand new..

sunshinewelly

Yes agreed will go new 

duotone

Go New, 100%.

LordOxygen

 Might as well get a 2nd hand one if you want to save money and willing to accept a guitar with blemishes (what ever that means).
£50 isn't enough of a saving for what is a used guitar.

terada

sunshinewelly said:

No gigging anticipated and I am quite ocd about the condition of my guitars

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