Historical interest only

[Happy Jack]

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I was keeping an eye on this one, thinking it might go for less than a ton.

[size=3][b]£238.[/b][/size]

That's for a cheapo DB which sells new for £385, and has had its neck snapped clean off. Without warrantee. And scuffed up.

I had a word with my regular luthier about it. Even as a favour to me, he'd charge £50 to repair that properly, so if I'd bought it I'd have ended up spending about £300 on a broken-but-repaired instrument when I could have a brand new one (with warrantee) for just £85 more.

Just me, or is that barking?

[Clarky]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1018957' date='Nov 10 2010, 04:32 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260686639540&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url]

I was keeping an eye on this one, thinking it might go for less than a ton.

[size=3][b]£238.[/b][/size]

That's for a cheapo DB which sells new for £385, and has had its neck snapped clean off. Without warrantee. And scuffed up.

I had a word with my regular luthier about it. Even as a favour to me, he'd charge £50 to repair that properly, so if I'd bought it I'd have ended up spending about £300 on a broken-but-repaired instrument when I could have a brand new one (with warrantee) for just £85 more.

Just me, or is that barking?[/quote]
Perhaps it was being used as a prop in a music video? (lets smash up the double bass ...)

Agreed, barking

[Mykesbass]

Did include £149 hard case but even so.....

[The Burpster]

It does seem odd but then ebay does that sometimes - folks will pay nearly as much for an item that isnt new as you can get a new one for by searchingon google -

Well bizarre!

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='Mykesbass' post='1019242' date='Nov 10 2010, 07:35 PM']Did include £149 hard case but even so.....[/quote]

Now that, I missed.

Makes a difference.

[Cat Burrito]

Gear4music is a decent company, I've bought from them

[EssentialTension]

And it says 'Transparent orange-brown triple hand-lacquered and polished varnish finish' but it definitely looked black to me.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='The Burpster' post='1019245' date='Nov 10 2010, 07:39 PM']It does seem odd but then ebay does that sometimes - folks will pay nearly as much for an item that isnt new as you can get a new one for by searchingon google -

Well bizarre![/quote]


I sold a Squier on eBay a few years back for more than it was new, some people are crazy.