Who bought a Peach R8

TTony · August 2018

Chalky said:

Early notice on here of their bargains is a free benefit to this community.

If that early notice generates excitement and that generates sales then that is a return benefit for them.

Win-win.

Exactly this.

The excitement and chat generated here probably tipped a few people from thinking-about-buying to actually buying. Posts that show how many left just increase the pressure on those still thinking. I'm betting that they sold more and/or more quickly as a result of the thread than they'd have generated through an email campaign alone.

I wasn't asking "how many" as an evidence-gathering exercise to justify charging businesses for posting here. That's not on the agenda.

But I am interested what value we offer.

There's clearly a lot of buying power here, and a lot of people with buying power who recognise - and act on - a genuinely good deal. I'm not expecting Gibson to dump Amazon as a sales channel and adopt us instead (although plenty of the Amazon deals get hoovered up by our members too), but we could represent a significant channel for some businesses.

Just need to ensure that a business relationship which has a clear benefit for the general community isn't trashed by a few "erratic" comments that makes us too much hassle for the value that's on offer.

Iamnobody · August 2018

Twinfan said:

Or how about they're a great spec guitar at a great price - one that's been unheard of for a brand new Gibson CS LP in recent years?

There's no perception or fear involved - they're a genuine "great buy". Saying otherwise does sound a bit like sour grapes.

I’m sure the boss does not want anymore posts like this - but I want to clear up my posting you’ve referenced. Probably just a bad choice of words. There’s no sour grapes - if I wanted one I’d have bought one.

I was disagreeing that it was just the price of £2.5k that had people falling over themselves to buy one.

Let me try and rephrase it. People like a good deal and when stocks are limited will tend to buy on impulse. When stocks are plentiful they will sit back and make a more considered purchase when the time is right.

So it’s not just the price on this occasion that was responsible for the number of sales it was the price and the knowledge of limited availability and not wanting to miss the deal.

I used the word perception as there will always be someone who’ll argue that £2.5k for a guitar isn’t a bargain.

Better?

I’m not sayings it’s wrong - I did the same when I bought my VOS 63 335. A deal came up that I’d never seen before and didn’t want to miss it while I thought about it so I just bought it.

prlgmnr · August 2018

mudslide73 said:

There's got to be a way of harnessing this type of buying power. You boys must have bought £100k+ s worth of guitars collectively.

If I'd have had the funds I'd have been all over this too. It also shows that this is the magic figure for people to fall over themselves.

Aye, could have just bought one actual 58 Les Paul between everyone and shared it around.

terada · August 2018

prlgmnr said:

mudslide73 said:

There's got to be a way of harnessing this type of buying power. You boys must have bought £100k+ s worth of guitars collectively.

If I'd have had the funds I'd have been all over this too. It also shows that this is the magic figure for people to fall over themselves.

Aye, could have just bought one actual 58 Les Paul between everyone and shared it around.

Can you imagine the arguments over the pickguard?

Twinfan · August 2018

Iamnobody said:

So it’s not just the price on this occasion that was responsible for the number of sales it was the price and the knowledge of limited availability and not wanting to miss the deal.

That's the same as any sale though - supplies are limited and something desirable at a big discount is going to fly off the shelves.

We'll have to agree to disagree I think

Ossyrocks · August 2018

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terada · August 2018

Twinfan said:

Iamnobody said:

So it’s not just the price on this occasion that was responsible for the number of sales it was the price and the knowledge of limited availability and not wanting to miss the deal.

That's the same as any sale though - supplies are limited and something desirable at a big discount is going to fly off the shelves.

We'll have to agree to disagree I think

In fairness to @Iamnobody, if they were always that price I probably would have waited.

But they were at a discount price in the context of a company whose future is uncertain, a custom shop that is about to face significant change, and whose current stock is ever increasing in price.

The discount price did (to me) represent a bargain.

Twinfan · August 2018

Exactly. I wonder when the last time R8s were £2499 new was? Probably getting on for 10 years ago?

roberty · August 2018

Twinfan said:

Exactly. I wonder when the last time R8s were £2499 new was? Probably getting on for 10 years ago?

GG said it was in exactly 2008 on their live FB broadcast

Whitecat · August 2018

roberty said:

Twinfan said:

Exactly. I wonder when the last time R8s were £2499 new was? Probably getting on for 10 years ago?

GG said it was in exactly 2008 on their live FB broadcast

Not to mention £2499 in 2008 is over £3200 today.