neilli777":ix6wixex said:
Makes me chuckle when I see the same guitar listed by 3 different Japanese sellers, for waaaaay more than it's listed for on yahoo auctions. Wonder if anyone ever buys?..
Doubtful, I contacted the seller one time about a Greco, cant remember model, maybe egf-1000? anyhow, I contacted him to ask if he was actually serious about the price, $3600!!!!, and he responded saying he might be able to take 100 bucks off, and here is the best part, he said if he took a hundred off the price, "that he would have to suffer a real hardship, because most of his money goes to his sick mom who is dying, but if I was ok with taking cash away from a dying mom, he would do it, just to get it sold so he would have some money to take care of his dying mom," and he kept emphasizing the word, "dying!!!" I saw the same guitar, not the exact same guitar, but the same model, same year, in much better condition for $1400. I told him this, and he told me that I got lucky to even see it at that price, like I spotted a super rare endangered species. Over the next couple weeks he contacted me 3 or 4 times sayin he would take off 200, then another hundred and so on, and his messages were just nuts, at first he said, "I have to recoup the money I spent on the guitar (he didn't buy the guitar, he took pics at a music store) because my dying moms condition has taken a turn for the worse and I have to get her special medicine to save her life!" Not long after he sent one that said, "I know how bad you want this guitar, and I am wiling to take a loss to let you get your dream guitar (who ever said anything about a dream guitar?) because I like to help peoples dreams come true!" And the next was my favorite, he said, "ok, this is the last time I will reduce the price for you, but I want to let you know, that you are now taking food out of my kids mouth! BUT, I will do it to make your dreams come true!" At this point the guitar was still like 1500 bucks over priced. I had seen the model I was looking for in the 1500 dollar range a handful of times and knew I would find one eventually. These guys are pretty funny. sometimes you come across a lively one. The spelling. phrasing, and grammar was outrageous also.
