How does this work? CIJ Jazz 75 RI project

[pete.young]

So this Fender Japan body/neck, with truss rod repair required, in what I think is a pleasing colour comes up as a possible project. I'm thinking £150  would be a fair price, would allow 250 fix or replace the neck and the missing hardware, and you have a bass which might fetch 400 on a good day - a good condition original example might make 600 = 650.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROJECT-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-1975-RI-OCEAN-TURQUOISE-GREEN-MATCHING-HEADSTOCK-/292479277315?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=Y6sTXxcDAF%2BRuh%2FYcI%2BskTFZFdE%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

But instead, there's a bidding frenzy, it goes for more than 400 quid! And then the winner parts out the body, for just over 150

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Jazz-Bass-Body-Crafrted-in-Japan-75-Reissue-/323166002360?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=Y6sTXxcDAF%2BRuh%2FYcI%2BskTFZFdE%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Still no sign of the neck, the buyer is now sitting on a £250 loss, and I'm baffled. What's going on here, what have I missed?

[ahpook]

Could be anything...maybe they just decided to keep the neck or sold it outside ebay. They could have been curious about how much the neck and body would fetch together....

Edited March 27, 2018 by ahpook

[TheGreek]

£250+ for a '75 neck???

Maybe it's true what me muvva used to say..." a fool and his money are easily parted".

[TheGreek]

No idea whether this has anything to do with this post

 

 

[pete.young]

Oh look, it's back. Same body, same original seller. Different neck, different hardware. Beats me. Surely no-one is going to pay £1200 quid for this.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-ORDER-MADE-MIJ-62-RI-JAZZ-BASS-OCEAN-TURQUOISE-GREEN-1989-FUJIGEN-MIJ-/292635312481?oid=292479277315