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Post by hh1978 on Oct 1, 2020 22:02:43 GMT
I know it's probably the less regarded model, but I personally like them, just not at this stupid price/condition ratio.
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Post by hh1978 on Oct 3, 2020 18:44:52 GMT
The seller just sent me an email to say he decided to increase the price to 5000$... Maybe he will list it for 40 000$ at the end
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adaml
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Post by adaml on Oct 5, 2020 2:00:34 GMT
Thanks for the reply! How did you fix it on your collegian? It's in the US, likely an individual seller. What do you think would be a right price for this one? That looks suspiciously like the Style O I saw about a year ago at a place called Atomic Music in Beltsville, Maryland. It was priced at around 1900 USD, but would have easily negotiated down to about 1400 based on my experiences. It did not have the poor attempts to resolver though, so either someone bought it and tried to fix it, or this was a different guitar from the same 40s timeframe with similar fractures.
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Post by hh1978 on Oct 5, 2020 12:47:30 GMT
Very interesting!
The guitar is in NY state, BUT...
Searching with the seller's name, I found it on Gbase, and the seller's account is Atomic Guitars.
Looking further, there's a least 3 listings for the same guitar, two of which are marked sold, and contain a picture of the front of the body of another Style O in much better condition.
The poor attempt at fixing the body might be a result of the guitar constantly being returned by unfortunate buyers.
Also, it has always been overpriced on Gbase. If you saw it "in the flesh" and the price was less than a half of what it was listed for, that would probably mean the seller knows he can't lie about the condition when the potential buyer examines the guitar.
He notified me the price was going up to 5000$, however, he didn't change it on the listing (and I never contacted him through Gbase, so he probably assumed I wouldn't notice). That would mean that when he thinks someone bites, he tries to up the price, lying about how much he loves that Style O and would prefer it to follow him into the grave than sell it (which such practices and pricing, seems likely to happen at the end).
Fishy...
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Post by petej on Oct 5, 2020 13:16:55 GMT
looks like its been buried with someone and they dug it up if he put a new body on it and had it set up,i still would not pay that price for it,TT said he would pay £500for it i dont think its worth that much,if its that bad on the out side who knows what the inside is like peteJ
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Post by hh1978 on Oct 5, 2020 13:41:36 GMT
Well, at this point I'm not even replying to the seller anymore
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Oct 5, 2020 14:07:57 GMT
Wise man!
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