These quick buck guitar sellers are really doing my head in!!

Strangefan

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 

http://imgur.com/JHMxBxC

simonk

"...unscrupulous cad": that be fightin' talk!

Strangefan

simonk said:

"...unscrupulous cad": that be fightin' talk!

Ha, I wanted to be diplomatic, as the whole thing however frustrating did have an element of pure daftness so I wasn't going to get all abusive on the Toothless Simpleton. 

simonk

Strangefan;1101654" said:

simonk said:

"...unscrupulous cad": that be fightin' talk!





Ha, I wanted to be diplomatic, as the whole thing however frustrating did have an element of pure daftness so I wasn't going to get all abusive on the Toothless Simpleton. 

Fair point! I'd probably raise Toothless Simpleton to Slack Jawwed Faggot though.

mgaw

outstanding use of old english here gents..i am off to look for an Aria guitar on Ebay

mgaw

then again i may just pop down to Murphys Guiness bar for some japanese style sing along with the music kind of thang

Strangefan

@mgaw You strange old bean.....good to have you back!

mgaw

ah ha......blokes a fuckin div as they say North of the Border..i am going to make some ludicrous offer to him, be interested to see his reactions.

Strangefan

@mgaw so would I

Bridgehouse

mgaw said:

ah ha......blokes a fuckin div as they say North of the Border..i am going to make some ludicrous offer to him, be interested to see his reactions.

Offer to trade him a Jimi Hendrix Strat and tell him you can't get on with it...

Rox

He said he was 50 when the internet was invented... the date usually given for the invention of the internet is 1969.

Shame on you for arguing with a 97 year old guitar seller!!  )

Bridgehouse

Oh, and WTF is his apprentice learning? 

mgaw

i was thinking of going down the road of the inexperienced guitar collector who recently inherited a few old Gibsons from me uncle in the states

Bridgehouse

Ah the old "get him drooling and wind him in" trick..

I like the cut of your jib

mgaw

i am going to ask him if Hendrix actually played the guitar as shown in the pic in the listing......then tell him that there was a Fender my Uncle owned that was being shipped to me next week...we think he bought it 2nd hand in !969 in New York whilst working in a studio there.   He said that he met Jimi Hendrix

Bridgehouse

mgaw said:

i am going to ask him if Hendrix actually played the guitar as shown in the pic in the listing......then tell him that there was a Fender my Uncle owned that was being shipped to me next week...we think he bought it 2nd hand in !969 in New York whilst working in a studio there.   He said that he met Jimi Hendrix

Naughty boy.. keep it up

IvisonGuitars

I can guess the seller but please PM me, I'm interested!

Had a similar exchange with a 'well known' seller recently too...but let's do this via PM :-)

Sarge

I was offered a wholesome £120 cor my Washburn Falcon from this Boston Ripper(off-er)
cad indeed.

Strangefan

@Sarge which would have then be sold for £900 plus,

Sarge

Strangefan;1101796" said:

@Sarge which would have then be sold for £900 plus,

@Strangefan yes indeed, whereas I'm only asking for half that

Seating

That add still says £1000 on my page. I also have a screen shot