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Without going into detail there are some of us here who have had different experiences
Have a think about the overheads of running business of that size for that long, and then how much money they must have been pulling in, and I think you’ll realise why they haven’t, and never will give a single shadow of a toss about morality, legality or public opinion, and as several have observed they’re as active and brazen as ever all through this trial, and I’ll bet my boots no one in that organisation will be the least bit inconvenienced by the result of this case, or any other.
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Crooks are crooks...doesn't matter if they're dealing in stolen guitars or running HSBC laundering drug cartel money. They don't care or they wouldn't be doing it in the first place. They just care about getting richer..
HarrySeven said: Yes - never ceases to amaze me either.. sad init..
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I've heard much about these acrobatics, but never that they put a gun to ones head to force one to buy their wares.
This stuff is dead simple lads.
Your point around people acting totally irrationally is so bang on.. I've sold a fair few guitars in my time (not vintage I might add) and I have yet to deal with a single buyer who hadn't 'bought' the guitar before they got there. It absolutely amazes me tbh..
Having realised that I am as open to this type of behaviour as others I actually have a process that I go through when buying a guitar and the last thing on my list to do is actually play the thing! And I would never buy a vintage instrument for a couple of reasons; 1. I am clueless and 2. I don't get the appeal..
I've decided to go down the route of less modern guitars, and a few more nice vintage USA stuff - the 'collectibles' don't have to be played all the time, and I've found that some of the modern stuff has been unplayed, more or less, so there's a bit of a clearout going on at the moment.
If I was a working musician, though, I'd rely on more modern stuff for that (I'm not) and for learning and practising, a modern day Strat, Tele, ES-345, Lucille, R9, L-5, ES-175, ES-295, cover most of the bases. Probably.....
I have a fine vintage instrument that was given to me and I do get the point. I'm also very interested in playing (not owning) other vintage stuff. All the rest of my stuff is modern and it's this that gets played for 95% of my time and gigged regularly. It's a practical thing I suppose..
These things are like triggers broom - so many bits have been replaced over the years that they have to be re-certified in order to sell them on as a fully 'correct' vintage instrument. This means the quality of the repair, the materials used etc all have to be legit. Without the certification they are only worth a fraction fo the price.
So a possible solution would be to introduce this kind of certification for vintage guitars. It could be overseen by whatever trade association there is for music instrument retailers, with a few of the best respected vintage 'experts' as inspectors. Although I can see how that might also be open to exploitation it would be better than the wild west situation that you have now.
Or maybe they were fake as well...