So special it costs three times as much as a new one

[ash]

or have I missed something? 
 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Squire-P-Bass-Special-California-Series/274492507038?hash=item3fe907439e%3Ag%3A04gAAOSw4PNfXOSm&LH_ItemCondition=3000

[yorks5stringer]

Never heard of the California Series but apparently they are MIC, maybe ply bodies and usually sold in Aus and NZ  and equivalent to an Affinity.

[Baxlin]

Seems to have been made in China, and as said above,  mainly for the Oz and NZ market.  Google searches seem to say they’re not bad, but all the pics I could find had either a serial number, or ‘genuine Fender product’ printed on the back of the headstock. From what can be seen, this one doesn’t seem to have either?

So, nigh on five hundred quid? Plus postage....

could be £150 for the bass, £10 for the bag and lead, and the rest to give back to the bloke who gave him the bass.....

Edited September 13, 2020 by Baxlin

[prowla]

There seems to be a current trend of trying to big-up the value of Squire (sic) instruments.

Me, the fact that hey can't even be bothered to spell the name properly (it's there on the headstock, folks!) tends to ring some alarm bells to start with.