The Premium Jerks

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I buy beat up guitars, fix em up and keep em if I bond with em and sell em if i don't. I sell at market value or a bit less. Not doing work to lose money or feel "good" because i gave someone a real bargain!
So should i sell all my old charvels and wolfgangs for what i paid for 12 years ago?
If you don't like someone's price then keep scrolling and searching!
I guess I am a Karen now.
 
I sell things for what I would like to pay for them while stile being fair to myself. The unfortunate times I had to sell expensively is when I bought something expensively. I know it may have looked like i was being greedy but I was actually taking a loss.

Gear prices are fuct still. I have seen things I've sold at a great deal only to see them a few months later for ridiculous prices and that is kinda irritating. Like ok make a little profit but don't rape anyone.
 
Actually, I am a badass and also smart. No, this is not bragging, but it SHOULD be the creed of every patriotic American to apply oneself always with a high degree of diligence and discipline towards mental, physical, and spiritual superiority. While most people are out drinking, watching TV, playing games, contributing nothing, achieving nothing, building nothing, and sacrificing nothing, some of us are engaged in disciplined training, practice, study and doing something of value in the eyes of God.

Therefore, ask yourself, "What's wrong with being 'badass and smart'?" People who scoff at being badass, smart, educated, etc., convey weakness, lack of discipline, and spiritual bankruptcy. I protected people and their property from dangerous criminals as a licensed, trained professional. When is the last time you knocked out with your bare hands and handcuffed 2 prison convicts twice your size, alone in a dark, in dangerous ghetto at 3am?

People like you hear something like that and think it's fiction, so you make a mockery of it and never even consider in your mind the possibility that it's the real deal. The reason is because you've never done it or even seen it done in person. Therein lies the advantage of powerful people - the doubt and ignorance of those who never developed any power.

So go ahead, mock, scoff, and make pitiful attempts at sarcasm in total ignorance of who you're speaking to, but it only shows how little you are capable of. Go ahead and ask any red-blooded American if they'd choose someone like you or me to stand with them when the storm comes down, or who they would choose as successor to sustain America legacy and the precious virtues of true patriots.

You want to make foolish remarks, then say the same about George Washington, James Madison, John Locke, or any of the founding fathers who were all diligent men of good education, courage, and faith. When in your life have you ever actually followed in their footsteps and been a man of true principle and strength? You never have, and that's why you talk the way you do, and it's why you don't have the discernment to understand people like me.
I didnt read the whole book. But i am spiritually bankrupt. Is that a co new way to say atheist? If so, i am.
 
Dude, you are HIM. The one and only, former poster who threatened to kick someone’s ass on a golf course in Texas!

Unless you’re not, then I’m mistaken. ?

When it comes to buying/selling, the market is what it is. My 08/09 Charvels have become collectible…going for 2K +. If I sell one, I’d ask 2K…but mostly because it’s been upgraded to an 86 OFR, titanium block, Trem stop, cream pup rings and cream Tone Nerd pups, and is in NOS condition.
If anyone is whipping anyone's ass on a golf course in texas, i feel like i should be alerted. Assuming it isnt me already doing the ass whipping. Why a golf course?
 
If anyone is whipping anyone's ass on a golf course in texas, i feel like i should be alerted. Assuming it isnt me already doing the ass whipping. Why a golf course?
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Man, I'm going to rant a little about something I think is rather dishonest and kind of petty. There are so many guys listing gear for premium prices knowing they never even paid half as much for it. Of course there are some exceptions depending on the rarity, demand, and condition, etc., but someone has to have a real crap conscience to make $1000 as the 3rd owner of something they got dirt cheap from a desperate trader. I'm not talking about anything within reason here but there's just a gross practice of this going on these days.

Yeah, I'm sure the Karens will come out swinging on this one but I've gotta say it's just petty opportunism on inflation and desperation. Personally, I wouldn't really seek to profit from something that's actually devalued just because times are tough and supply is strained. It's like taking a big dump after someone already farted and stank up the place. It just makes things a lot worse.

One of the joys of trading is giving people a great deal. That might seem dumb to many people but most people are selfish, self-centered, and greedy. I appreciate people who genuinely appreciate a good deal. I once sold a few guitars to a guy who still has them and has used them to record in albums. That puts a smile on my face knowing he really appreciated the deal enough to email me 2 years later with a pic of the guitars in his studio and convey thanks. Sometimes we have to sell gear we love and hope it will not be sold in vain - that perhaps the buyer will cherish it as much as us, give it a good home, and make some beautiful music with it. We've all gotten amazing deals trading gear, and that's the main reason we strive to keep it alive. Sure, it's one thing to get your money back but trying to turn over absurd profits is pathetic in my opinion.

Yeah, I've seen premium-priced listings for stuff I know people have gotten dirt cheap on these forums. Sure, it's not unlawful or even breaking the rules necessarily but I guarantee you none of them are honest about what they paid for it. Yeah, there are endless opportunities out in the world that one can capitalize on and get away with, but there's no point to it other than selfish gain.

It's one of those things that's like a collective cancer. People only think about how to benefit themselves, without conscience, and without regard for the trade in general. It's like the disgusting avarice of companies that ostensibly raise prices due to hard times, but never care to relent pricing once relief has set in - then they get even greedier and start downsizing product even though they're producing at the same cost they did before the pandemic.

Yeah, sure, who cares right? Everyone is doing it anyway right? No. They exacerbate inflation and lower consumer expectations collectively and it diminishes the market at large. This is rudimentary economics logic that anyone whose taken a basic college course should be able to figure out with a little common-sense, but I'm sure there will be plenty of people who don't like to hear it; especially those who engage in greedy, dishonest practice but somehow think they should be excused from criticism because they don't see themselves for what they are - covetous.

Look, if you get a dirt cheap deal and have an opportunity to get your money back, or perhaps enjoy a marginal profit, then enjoy and reciprocate the savings to others. If you bought a regular American strat for $1000 a few
years ago and are now trying to sell it for $1500 just because new ones cost $2000 then you're just taking a gross opportunity for selfish gain. What the hell man? A reasonable person of decent conscience would be satisfied with getting the amount they paid. Yet, a person of good conscience and higher moral character would consider some degree of devaluation since we would want the same kind of standard measured to us.
Agree. Use your stuff, sell it to cover a small profit and move on. If you make a little- who cares- pay it forward and resist being a selfish pompous asshole. You get back what you give in the long run. My belief.
 
i wish car guys were like this, ive never heard "heres that vintage ford part everyone wants for cheap because youre a ford guy and it will help others", im usually the one threatening violence not to sell
 
Man, I'm going to rant a little about something I think is rather dishonest and kind of petty. There are so many guys listing gear for premium prices knowing they never even paid half as much for it. Of course there are some exceptions depending on the rarity, demand, and condition, etc., but someone has to have a real crap conscience to make $1000 as the 3rd owner of something they got dirt cheap from a desperate trader. I'm not talking about anything within reason here but there's just a gross practice of this going on these days.

Yeah, I'm sure the Karens will come out swinging on this one but I've gotta say it's just petty opportunism on inflation and desperation. Personally, I wouldn't really seek to profit from something that's actually devalued just because times are tough and supply is strained. It's like taking a big dump after someone already farted and stank up the place. It just makes things a lot worse.

One of the joys of trading is giving people a great deal. That might seem dumb to many people but most people are selfish, self-centered, and greedy. I appreciate people who genuinely appreciate a good deal. I once sold a few guitars to a guy who still has them and has used them to record in albums. That puts a smile on my face knowing he really appreciated the deal enough to email me 2 years later with a pic of the guitars in his studio and convey thanks. Sometimes we have to sell gear we love and hope it will not be sold in vain - that perhaps the buyer will cherish it as much as us, give it a good home, and make some beautiful music with it. We've all gotten amazing deals trading gear, and that's the main reason we strive to keep it alive. Sure, it's one thing to get your money back but trying to turn over absurd profits is pathetic in my opinion.

Yeah, I've seen premium-priced listings for stuff I know people have gotten dirt cheap on these forums. Sure, it's not unlawful or even breaking the rules necessarily but I guarantee you none of them are honest about what they paid for it. Yeah, there are endless opportunities out in the world that one can capitalize on and get away with, but there's no point to it other than selfish gain.

It's one of those things that's like a collective cancer. People only think about how to benefit themselves, without conscience, and without regard for the trade in general. It's like the disgusting avarice of companies that ostensibly raise prices due to hard times, but never care to relent pricing once relief has set in - then they get even greedier and start downsizing product even though they're producing at the same cost they did before the pandemic.

Yeah, sure, who cares right? Everyone is doing it anyway right? No. They exacerbate inflation and lower consumer expectations collectively and it diminishes the market at large. This is rudimentary economics logic that anyone whose taken a basic college course should be able to figure out with a little common-sense, but I'm sure there will be plenty of people who don't like to hear it; especially those who engage in greedy, dishonest practice but somehow think they should be excused from criticism because they don't see themselves for what they are - covetous.

Look, if you get a dirt cheap deal and have an opportunity to get your money back, or perhaps enjoy a marginal profit, then enjoy and reciprocate the savings to others. If you bought a regular American strat for $1000 a few
years ago and are now trying to sell it for $1500 just because new ones cost $2000 then you're just taking a gross opportunity for selfish gain. What the hell man? A reasonable person of decent conscience would be satisfied with getting the amount they paid. Yet, a person of good conscience and higher moral character would consider some degree of devaluation since we would want the same kind of standard measured to us.
Man, I'm going to rant a little about something I think is rather dishonest and kind of petty. There are so many guys listing gear for premium prices knowing they never even paid half as much for it. Of course there are some exceptions depending on the rarity, demand, and condition, etc., but someone has to have a real crap conscience to make $1000 as the 3rd owner of something they got dirt cheap from a desperate trader. I'm not talking about anything within reason here but there's just a gross practice of this going on these days.

Yeah, I'm sure the Karens will come out swinging on this one but I've gotta say it's just petty opportunism on inflation and desperation. Personally, I wouldn't really seek to profit from something that's actually devalued just because times are tough and supply is strained. It's like taking a big dump after someone already farted and stank up the place. It just makes things a lot worse.

One of the joys of trading is giving people a great deal. That might seem dumb to many people but most people are selfish, self-centered, and greedy. I appreciate people who genuinely appreciate a good deal. I once sold a few guitars to a guy who still has them and has used them to record in albums. That puts a smile on my face knowing he really appreciated the deal enough to email me 2 years later with a pic of the guitars in his studio and convey thanks. Sometimes we have to sell gear we love and hope it will not be sold in vain - that perhaps the buyer will cherish it as much as us, give it a good home, and make some beautiful music with it. We've all gotten amazing deals trading gear, and that's the main reason we strive to keep it alive. Sure, it's one thing to get your money back but trying to turn over absurd profits is pathetic in my opinion.

Yeah, I've seen premium-priced listings for stuff I know people have gotten dirt cheap on these forums. Sure, it's not unlawful or even breaking the rules necessarily but I guarantee you none of them are honest about what they paid for it. Yeah, there are endless opportunities out in the world that one can capitalize on and get away with, but there's no point to it other than selfish gain.

It's one of those things that's like a collective cancer. People only think about how to benefit themselves, without conscience, and without regard for the trade in general. It's like the disgusting avarice of companies that ostensibly raise prices due to hard times, but never care to relent pricing once relief has set in - then they get even greedier and start downsizing product even though they're producing at the same cost they did before the pandemic.

Yeah, sure, who cares right? Everyone is doing it anyway right? No. They exacerbate inflation and lower consumer expectations collectively and it diminishes the market at large. This is rudimentary economics logic that anyone whose taken a basic college course should be able to figure out with a little common-sense, but I'm sure there will be plenty of people who don't like to hear it; especially those who engage in greedy, dishonest practice but somehow think they should be excused from criticism because they don't see themselves for what they are - covetous.

Look, if you get a dirt cheap deal and have an opportunity to get your money back, or perhaps enjoy a marginal profit, then enjoy and reciprocate the savings to others. If you bought a regular American strat for $1000 a few
years ago and are now trying to sell it for $1500 just because new ones cost $2000 then you're just taking a gross opportunity for selfish gain. What the hell man? A reasonable person of decent conscience would be satisfied with getting the amount they paid. Yet, a person of good conscience and higher moral character would consider some degree of devaluation since we would want the same kind of standard measured to us.
The problem is a lot of people selling are not musicians.Since the online world was born people can see that trading gear can be profitable.So people capitalize .Take states for instance .Now we have to pay a state tax on reverb even though we still pay shipping.Its always bout the Benjamins.Gas Food health care Guitars ETC
 
when I buy a guitar or amp, and take a loss, which is just about always, I just think of it as rent I paid to own a killer guitar or amp for a couple years. I always try to pass on a good deal to forum friends anyways.

The one thing I don’t like is when I see some dude asking an outrageous price for a piece of gear I’m interested in, and the greed becomes contagious, and all the other guys selling the same item jack the price way up also. Yes, yes, capitalism, I get it, but the guy knows that asking that much will cause the other prices to come up. Then he can lower his to what is now the new norm for the market and reap a huge profit. I saw it happen recently on reverb.
 
i wish car guys were like this, ive never heard "heres that vintage ford part everyone wants for cheap because youre a ford guy and it will help others", im usually the one threatening violence not to sell

If car guys were musicians

"Up for sale is a 1997 vintage and rare Honda Civic, it is the same model, color and year driven by Elon Musk when he was poor. The engine and all other parts are dying, but once you fix them it will get that vintage drive feel that only an aged vintage car can deliver. Price $600,000.00"
 
Up for sale is my '71 Pinto. She's mint + that well sought after patina. I'm going to regret this but I need to thin the herd. She has the original glass and original transformers. Slam it in the front with the built in overdrive or for a real explosive feel, hit her in the rear. Hate to let her go but this is where the rubber meets the road. $69,666.
 

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