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Isn't that how a community works?
I hope we don't lose that.
It does seem a little off if someone buys it just to sell it for more. That's not to say I think it should be illegal or anything like that. But yeah- it's like you're not playing in the spirit of the game. Get a good deal if you're going to use it yourself, let someone else have the good deal if you're not.
If it's cheap enough where you figure you might as well take a punt, meaning to keep it if you like it but sell if you don't, that's different. But going in with the express intention of selling it whether you like it or not, solely because it's cheap... personally I don't like it and I wouldn't do it (though admittedly part of that is that I couldn't be bothered with the hassle, plus I wouldn't hold it against anyone if they desperately needed the money).
That's my philosophy, anyway.
I am pretty sure the Pacific I sold will sell for more in the future, unless its been butchered. I didn't really pickup on the rarity of the combination. Ok I would only have got another £20-£30, but it all adds up. However, at the end of the day I was happy to get the same that I paid for it, I certainly can't say the same about the fret king :-(
Personally I'd rather sell a guitar face to face for cash for 5-10% less than the net ebay value than have the hassle and worry of posting it to an unknown ebay buyer.
The cherry on top is that they've "based" their European operations in Luxembourg (as have Amazon) to profit from the low VAT rate - but somehow they pay their corporation tax in Germany where the rate is lower!
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/01/uk-ebay-tax-europe-idUKBRE8AT0S420121201
Again, I'm not saying I think it should be illegal or anything like that, but it's annoying. )
True that, it's like that strat in the original post. At £300 I (or somebody else) would've of got a ton of use out of that, but now it's just going to sit under some guy's bed until someone willing to shell out £480 comes along, which I'm going to take a punt and say is likely to be some time considering what else you can get for that sort of money.
The more I think about it the more it just seems like a daft exercise these days unless you're going high-end. Let's work this out: £480 - £67.20 (eBay/PayPal's 14%) then minus the £30 for postage, which works out at £382.80. Of course before all that he's got to go and pick the thing up, which let's be generous and say costs £2.80. So that then leaves a £80 profit. Then, he has the worry of whether or not it arrives in one piece, which - now that couriers usually won't allow them to be insured - is a bit of a gamble. Then you have to hope that the buyer agrees with the description given and is happy with the guitar, otherwise you're down even more postage.
Is it just me or does that sound like an awful lot of a headache for little pay off? I'm a bit groggy today but I think I've worked that out correctly.