Rare oportunidade

[WarPig]

Project Bass

Couldn't see this posted before. I had to google the woods, never seem them used for instruments. And what's with the 2 random screws in the body?

[TheGreek]

...and a mere £1,000

[Ricky 4000]

1 hour ago, WarPig said:

And what's with the 2 random screws in the body?

Pickguard screws by the looks of it. 😬

[yorks5stringer]

Chancer. Pickup routing looks crooked and it looks like its made from 1 piece of wood and needs quite a lot of fine finishing.

[Happy Jack]

At least the Fender neckplate looks genuine ...

 

[SICbass]

Lawsuit era?

[b7l4s]

Wow - not to mention some of the other overpriced sh*te he's selling... a crappy practice amp for more than a new one that comes with a guarantee, plus £20 postage. Do these people have no shame?

[Happy Jack]

Thing is, many people really are stupid / ignorant / lazy [delete as applicable].

Someone I know very well noticed three weeks ago that certain websites were still selling Product X at 'normal' (i.e. pre-Lockdown) prices. He needed a couple, so he bought half a dozen and immediately listed the spares on eBay at double the retail price. All sold within three days.

So he went back to the original website and bought another dozen at full, normal retail, then listed those too. They all sold within a week.

So he went back to the original website and they had finally sold out, but he found another website selling them at a slightly higher price. He bought a dozen of those and has now listed them.

For context, he has so far made over £400 cash in clear profit on sales to date, and will nearly double that if the rest of his stock also sells. He is doing absolutely nothing wrong, and he has no special knowledge or access that no other punter has.

I don't know whether to admire his entrepreneurial spirit or be appalled at his greed. 

[TheGreek]

4 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Thing is, many people really are stupid / ignorant / lazy [delete as applicable].

Someone I know very well noticed three weeks ago that certain websites were still selling Product X at 'normal' (i.e. pre-Lockdown) prices. He needed a couple, so he bought half a dozen and immediately listed the spares on eBay at double the retail price. All sold within three days.

So he went back to the original website and bought another dozen at full, normal retail, then listed those too. They all sold within a week.

So he went back to the original website and they had finally sold out, but he found another website selling them at a slightly higher price. He bought a dozen of those and has now listed them.

For context, he has so far made over £400 cash in clear profit on sales to date, and will nearly double that if the rest of his stock also sells. He is doing absolutely nothing wrong, and he has no special knowledge or access that no other punter has.

I don't know whether to admire his entrepreneurial spirit or be appalled at his greed. 

They do say "a fool and his money are easily parted"...

[fleabag]

Nothing wrong with that.  What is greed after all ?   Capitalism.

We're all in the same system

[prowla]

That truss-rod is on a wonk.

I think we've had a Brazilian oportunidade featured on here before...

Edited April 25, 2020 by prowla

[Dan Dare]

It must be good. It's made from "proper Brazilian luthier wood", after all... Probably Warmoth parts.

Given that you could get a complete used American P bass in good nick for a grand (or less), does he really believe people are that stupid?

Time for a low ball offer to p!ss him off, I feel 😁

[prowla]

2 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

It must be good. It's made from "proper Brazilian luthier wood", after all... Probably Warmoth parts.

Given that you could get a complete used American P bass in good nick for a grand (or less), does he really believe people are that stupid?

Time for a low ball offer to p!ss him off, I feel 😁

Nah - no Warmoth on that!

[p4ul]

"Check my other item"  big seller then...