Re: Another funny eBay seller...

Jose de las Heras wrote:
Check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250526266759

He was initially asking £350 buy it now. A bit optimistic, since it
is a standard (not the PRO model) Epiphone Thunderbird. The standard
goes for around £199 *new* over here.

-snip-

Truly a lot of people just don't get, for whatever reason, what their
used gear is worth - if they think they're going to buy and resell for a
profit on ebay, I think they're sorely deluded.

I went through sometime similar with a recent craigslist ad - for a
keyboard, but same basic idea. The person was asking $700 for a used
Yamaha P-85 keyboard, stand, and gig bag. I pointed out, complete with
a link, an online package of the same thing brand new (and actually
better because it had a better stand), for $670 and free shipping.

I then offered $500 but they were firm in their price - so I bought the
new package.

So the real question in my mind is whether people do things like this
because they're dumb, or because they're sharp and hoping to find a fool
as a buyer.

-S-


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