Is it just me? Ebay prices.

Davemate

Is it just me or are the used prices for fender and gibson stuff rocketing out of control, ? Ive just been browsing on there and 75% of the custom shop stuff is ridiculous.

mgaw

no you are totally correct, high end guitars have got very expensive in some cases, though saying that there are many good deals on gibsons to be had 

guitars4you

New examples have seen humongous price increases - As such used prices are climbing on board

Brize

eBay prices are often inflated because of the exorbitant fees. Also, a lot of the guitars on there are listed by bedroom dealers at unrealistic prices. The listing price is often no indication of the sale price.

meltedbuzzbox

Just because they are listed at silly prices it doesn't mean they are selling for that

Modellista

Brize said:

eBay prices are often inflated because of the exorbitant fees. Also, a lot of the guitars on there are listed by bedroom dealers at unrealistic prices. The listing price is often no indication of the sale price.

Fees are regularly £1 and I'd not call that exorbitant.  However I do agree that it's only actual selling prices that matter, not asking prices.

chrisj1602

I’ve had a few but have given up on owning a CS Gibson again, and I’m ok with it because there’s plenty of great guitars for much less money.

Funkfingers

Davemate said:

Is it just me or are the used prices for fender and gibson stuff rocketing out of control? I've just been browsing on there and 75% of the custom shop stuff is ridiculous.

As prices on brand new American guitars, basses and amplifiers increase, the asking prices for pre-owned examples follow suit.

TheMarlin

Asking prices and selling prices are very different things. 

Davemate

I appreciate the comments guys but for me ill do my shopping on here.

thermionic

What they’re asking and what they eventually sell for are *very* different things.

Fortheloveofguitar

GG have been marking up used Les Pauls to £1600 mark and haven’t sold any of them yet there are still people on FB boards etc thinking they will get £1800 for there’s. 

Madness!

Zoolooter

I generally don’t get Custom Shop prices and particularly the demand for them. If you want a flamed neck, light body, chunky neck, hand wound pickups, etc, etc, spend £1000 on partscaster. It’s not like Fender CS are going to put a guitar together then dismantle it, swap parts around until it sounds great. You have a much better chance of owning a great sounding and personalised guitar if you work with a luthier from the off. 

robgilmo

Cleaver marketing and product modeling by Gibo and Fender , if their second hand values hold well (rare, nice spec, colours etc) then the inclination to buy new will be greater, they flooded and saturated the new guitar market decades ago.

meltedbuzzbox

Zoolooter said:

I generally don’t get Custom Shop prices and particularly the demand for them. If you want a flamed neck, light body, chunky neck, hand wound pickups, etc, etc, spend £1000 on partscaster. It’s not like Fender CS are going to put a guitar together then dismantle it, swap parts around until it sounds great. You have a much better chance of owning a great sounding and personalised guitar if you work with a luthier from the off. 

I disagree.
You have no guarantee with wood.
Be it partscaster or luthier you don't know how it is going to pan out.
You can go and try 100 fender cs guitars in the course of a day and find a keeper much easier

JDE

Modellista said:

Fees are regularly £1 and I'd not call that exorbitant.  However I do agree that it's only actual selling prices that matter, not asking prices.

It’s not the listing fee, it’s the 10% final selling fee that’s the kicker. If I was selling a £2k guitar I really wouldn’t want to give eBay £200.

JezWynd

JDE said:

Modellista said:

Fees are regularly £1 and I'd not call that exorbitant.  However I do agree that it's only actual selling prices that matter, not asking prices.

It’s not the listing fee, it’s the 10% final selling fee that’s the kicker. If I was selling a £2k guitar I really wouldn’t want to give eBay £200.

Selling fees are regularly £1 these days. They send out offers every now and then. They have just sent me one for this weekend.

mort

JDE said:

Modellista said:

Fees are regularly £1 and I'd not call that exorbitant.  However I do agree that it's only actual selling prices that matter, not asking prices.

It’s not the listing fee, it’s the 10% final selling fee that’s the kicker. If I was selling a £2k guitar I really wouldn’t want to give eBay £200.

If you sell a £2k guitar during the £1 fee promo, you will pay £1, not £200.

Babones

I see standard recent Gibsons for equal or more than they are new, which is bizarre. Likewise I've seen people trying to sell a Klon KTR for 4-500 when the they are available new, for under 300. 

HandwrittenHero

Done a quick sweep against Gibson reissue Les Pauls for curiosity sake...prices of live items right now are definitely a step above when you compare to sold items - where it’s the same as it has been for 4 or 5 months at least of 2.2k for an R8 and 3k for an R9 (then add or take some depending on year, features, flaws)

People can still list for what they like. As ever, if you’re buying then know your market and budget.

SouthpawMark

People try it on, in the hope they find someone gullible enough to pay the asking price. Leave it a few weeks and the asking prices will revert to something a bit more reasonable, when the greed is replaced by desperation to sell.