Guy selling used guitar same price as new

pintspiller

There's a chap selling a HB Tele locally via Facebook Marketplace. "Harley Benton Vintage Telecaster, only a few months old from new, plastic still on pickguard, sale also includes stand, condition 100% immaculate, no marks or scratches."

He asking £120 and adds "No timewasters please and no offers accepted. Thank you for looking."

It looks like HB TE52. It retails at a price that translates at just over £120!

munckee

Yeah but do you get a free stand?

pintspiller

You stand there while he's telling you how great the guitar is

FelineGuitars

So don't buy it - simples!

Revolting1

I'd be very happy with a 1958 strat at the same price as new.....

iseverynamegone

Guy *advertising*used guitar same price as new 

thermionic

He’d get more for it if he’d taken that pesky plastic film off the pickguard.

mbe

thermionic said:

He’d get more for it if he’d taken that pesky plastic film off the pickguard.

No, you don't find them used every day with the film still on it. That makes it extremely rare and we all know that rare means it's worth loadsamoney.

robgilmo

He is just forward thinking, in 2032 when he eventually sells it they will cost considerably more new.

LordOxygen

Send him a message and make him aware of what he's doing wrong. If you don't he'll never learn.

stimpsonslostson

Come on.
He's just trying to get back what it "owes" him... AND you're saving delivery costs... AND you can try before you buy, none of that online buying risk. 
He SHOULD be charging more really. 

LordOxygen said:

Send him a message and make him aware of what he's doing wrong. If you don't he'll never learn.

Aye & post his response because that always goes SO well. 

I'd look elsewhere, or wait a week or two (till he's wondering why it hasn't sold) & make an offer. 

This is assuming he wants to sell- I've "heard of" ads (obviously not mine. How dare you suggest it) where the price is obviously ambitious. "I know it's one in one out dear, I've got the other one up for sale... It's just not selling yet!"

prlgmnr

Just buy the new one then.

skullfunkerry

stimpsonslostson said:

This is assuming he wants to sell- I've "heard of" ads (obviously not mine. How dare you suggest it) where the price is obviously ambitious. "I know it's one in one out dear, I've got the other one up for sale... It's just not selling yet!"

Dammit, why have I never thought of this before?!

maltingsaudio

Just curious, are you actually interested in buying it?

pintspiller

@maltingsaudio to be honest, no. If it was priced better, perhaps. Just pointing out how something that was probably only used for a photo opportunity can be sold for the price of something new.

fretmeister

pintspiller said:

@maltingsaudio to be honest, no. If it was priced better, perhaps. Just pointing out how something that was probably only used for a photo opportunity can be sold for the price of something new.

Can be put up for sale...

Doesn't mean anyone will buy it.

It could be as simple as his wife is demanding the sale and he is trying to keep it!

rossi

Its there ,you can inspect it and  see it if s any good ,which is more than you can do by buying from Germany where you could buy a finger  ripping clunker  .Sure you can return it but its a load of pissing around so I can see a certain logic for chancing your arm ,the word chance being the operative word .As fretmeister says he may be making a meaningless gesture .

Henrytwang

I’ve noticed that sellers seem to ask stupidly high prices for Harley Benton guitars on eBay, don’t know why. I’ve got four of them to get rid of, (just don’t like them). I’ll start them at a low price on eBay, it’ll be interesting to see what they fetch.

mbe

Henrytwang said:

I’ve noticed that sellers seem to ask stupidly high prices for Harley Benton guitars on eBay, don’t know why. I’ve got four of them to get rid of, (just don’t like them). I’ll start them at a low price on eBay, it’ll be interesting to see what they fetch.

Is there anything specific you don't like about them?

I like cheap guitar's if they have potential as I don't mind taking on some work. I only had one HB guitar, which was a resonator that basically had the biscuit bridge in the wrong place in relation to the spider cone and wouldn't intonate. This has put me off Harley Benton.

pintspiller

I got a HB shortscale P about ten years ago new for £60 or something. I set it up and it sounded alright. i assume it was poor or fake rosewood on the fingerboard I didn't like feel of and eventually got my VM Jazz which is amazing. When I was without for a month while the Jazz got a pro set up I realised the HB was more than just quite good. Ten times better than the plywood thing I banged on in my twenties!

stimpsonslostson

A TE52 has been my main guitar for about 2 years now. I may have been lucky, but it's a great (albeit heavily modified) guitar.