Somebody got a total bargain on this

[kevbass]

You have no idea how hard it was for me to not chuck a bid on this, no doubt I'll regret it at some point.

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522 quid for a 90's neck thru thumb 5?

Warwick really are struggling to sell second hand

[Kiwi]

I wonder if its anything to do with market saturation and being too fashionable for too long? Thats a cracker of a bargain though!

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='304479' date='Oct 11 2008, 05:16 PM']I wonder if its anything to do with market saturation and being too fashionable for too long? Thats a cracker of a bargain though![/quote]

I haven't been observing the bass market for very long. But I did notice the comments on the second hand prices of Warwick basses. And that there seemed to be an awful lot of them for sale. Supply and demand and all that. Though, since I'm a Rockbass owner, perhaps I'm also a cause rather than observer of the problem

[budget bassist]

Wow, that's a deal and a half, methinks someone could make a hell of a profit on that in a couple of years!

[kevbass]

[quote name='budget bassist' post='304516' date='Oct 11 2008, 06:44 PM']Wow, that's a deal and a half, methinks someone could make a hell of a profit on that in a couple of years![/quote]

+1 I think it would of been more of an investment than a purchase

[Veils]

Oh my legs!

That wouldn't just be an investments for me, I'd happily gig that it's gorgeous!!!

[lemmywinks]

That's something i'd usually have noticed too, i've just been tracking the odd fortress recently (to no avail), damn.................. If i'd have seen it i'd have bid on it!

[Platypus]

I wouldn't have even had to pay the £20 postage - the seller was about 20 mins drive form me

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='kevbass' post='304432' date='Oct 11 2008, 03:47 PM'][b]You have no idea how hard it was for me to not chuck a bid on this[/b], no doubt I'll regret it at some point.

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522 quid for a 90's neck thru thumb 5?

Warwick really are struggling to sell second hand[/quote]

Ditto. The economic climate must be getting bad when even I am having 2nd thoughts about buying something so cheap. I watched the last seconds tick by, torn between just buying it and sticking it under the bed for a rainy day and what I could better do with £500.

[rjb]

The guy seemed desperate to sell. Perhaps his credit has just gotten crunched, so to speak.

Ebaying a valuable item with no reserve is a risky move at the moment, whether you're selling a Warwick or a Fender.

Only three bids placed. Three! And they were all lowballing like mad......

Edited October 12, 2008 by rjb

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='rjb' post='304706' date='Oct 12 2008, 09:45 AM']The guy seemed desperate to sell. Perhaps his credit has just gotten crunched, so to speak.

Ebaying a valuable item with no reserve is a risky move at the moment, whether you're selling a Warwick or a Fender.

Only three bids placed. Three! And they were all lowballing like mad......[/quote]

Had Kev and I both chucked a bid on, it may well have tipped things and people may have started bidding but as it happens I'm watching pennies and I have the money earmarked for something else!