I like to think of myself as being quite an honest person, I don't like to rip anyone off, and am happy to lose a lil bit of cash in a trade or sale if needs be. This current glut of sellers who are hell bent on ripping fellow guitarists off are really starting to do my head in. There are a few who do the rounds on facebook Gumtree and Fleabay, i'm sure we all know who they are.
Well I caught a well known one a' right cropper today.
They had a guitar which was pretty cool, so I email with a trade offer ( in they Ad they were looking for trades) so after a lot of the standard chit chat we looked at prices etc, His Guitar was up at £1000 and mine is worth about £1200, he said he would want £500 on top for his, I said that would mean mine is worth £400 in a trade which I was not prepared to go with, so he comes back and says the guitar I was interested in he has up for £1750 not £1000, I point him to his Fleabay ad and low and behold the price has suddenly changed to £1750!
He said to me I was mistaken as it had always been that price as he has an apprentice who manages all his ads, this due to him being computer illiterate so the extra £500 if a fair deal..............
Unfortunately for him I did a screen shot of the guitar before I messaged him which of course shows the price at £1000.
After a further bit of research I see he has created several (poor) Websites so clearly knows his stuff computer wise...needless to say I didnt hear from him again , and the guitars still up at £1750.
I have uploaded the final part of the conversation as its a fun read seeing him dig a lovely hole for himself
I have blocked his name due to....well you know liable and all that , but will happily give it via pm, as buyers need to be aware of this dodgy Goon
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Shame on you for arguing with a 97 year old guitar seller!! )
Had a similar exchange with a 'well known' seller recently too...but let's do this via PM :-)
(formerly miserneil)
cad indeed.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1
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