RANT: How the "F" do people lose cases?

[scottosan]

On guitars that I know for certain come with cases, I have passed on 3 in the past week because they didn't have cases. If the guitar showed signs of gigging, I could understand that a case would be beat up or unusable, but an excellent condition guitar, like an older PRS that I know came with a case, there is just no excuse for not having a case. The Ibanez Prestige I bought last month not case either. WTF is happeing with the cases? How do you loose something the size of a child? RANT OFF:::::::

 

[mooncobra]

yes, this is a very strange phenomenon occurring more and more. I don't know where they go.

 

[mudf00t]

I think they break them or sell them. I bought a CU22 from a Vietnamese dentist and the case was broken as hell.

 

[mooncobra]

yeah, I always found it weird when potentially buying a guitar you know came with a case, and the owner says, "i don't have the case, but I do have a bitchin gig bag I can throw in!!" yeah, I don't think so, a guitar in a gig bag with the brutes of UPS or USPS throwing it around, no chance!! I know one time when I was getting a guitar, the guy flat out told me he was keeping the case.

 

[mooncobra]

I think they break them or sell them. I bought a CU22 from a Vietnamese dentist and the case was broken as hell.

its from the small kids living in the case when being transported here from Vietnam. you unwittingly contributed to human trafficking!!

 

[crankyrayhanky]

Mandela Effect
There was no case

 

[Mailman1971]

Ever hear this?
'For an extra 50 bucks I will throw in a case'
This is when your already forking over several hundred dollars.
I don't get it.

 

[IHateRap]

They're with all the dropped picks. Forget about them.

 

[JackBootedThug]

i just bought a 1986 pv........with original case.....i know what your saying though.......

 

[technomancer]

Usually when you see this it's flippers that sell the case separately for more money. You see the same thing with douche bags with PRS guitars that pull the 57/08 and other expensive PRS pups and throw in DiMarzios, sell the PRS pups separately for $300, then try to tell you the DiMarzios are an "upgrade".

 

[Racerxrated]

Well. sometimes you buy a guitar for like 3K, or more like a SUHR...and you get a free cup of coffee and a gig bag!! So I'd bet when a dude wants to sell his original Hamer USA that came with a case, they decide instead to keep the case for the 3K Suhr and throw the gig bag into the sale instead. Lol, I know you Suhr dudes love your guitars but for christ sake they need to pony up a frickin hardshell case for that kinda dough.

 

[billboogie]

Usually when you see this it's flippers that sell the case separately for more money. You see the same thing with douche bags with PRS guitars that pull the 57/08 and other expensive PRS pups and throw in DiMarzios, sell the PRS pups separately for $300, then try to tell you the DiMarzios are an "upgrade".

There ya go
http://providence.craigslist.org/msg/5938481979.html

 

[jski59]

Well fwiw, selling all my cases is on my list of things to do...I think I have about 5 buried in closets that haven't seen the light of day since the mid 2000's

I much prefer to use gig bags as I never pile my guitars in with other gear anyway and I feel like the metal corners and latches of a hard case do more damage to other things (mainly my car).
If I'm not taking a guitar somewhere in a gig bag, it's hanging on the wall.

Anyway, when you see me selling a guitar without a case, it's not a conspiracy...my wife just needed the closet space!

 

[nevusofota]

Well. sometimes you buy a guitar for like 3K, or more like a SUHR...and you get a free cup of coffee and a gig bag!! So I'd bet when a dude wants to sell his original Hamer USA that came with a case, they decide instead to keep the case for the 3K Suhr and throw the gig bag into the sale instead. Lol, I know you Suhr dudes love your guitars but for christ sake they need to pony up a frickin hardshell case for that kinda dough.

This all day. Never understood this about Suhr. Really puts a negative mark on a great guitar IMO. I mean, you're already selling the guitar for 3 bills, tack on another $100 if you're really trying to make that years profit quota.

 

[Zoso1973]

Usually when you see this it's flippers that sell the case separately for more money. You see the same thing with douche bags with PRS guitars that pull the 57/08 and other expensive PRS pups and throw in DiMarzios, sell the PRS pups separately for $300, then try to tell you the DiMarzios are an "upgrade".