When did the prices went up?

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Looking at the EBay and see some guitars like Jackson T1000 that used to retail for $1999, are $2899 now...all of them. ESP Trucksters used to be $2G new, now $5k new. I am not talking about collectible shit like MX250...used to be $2200, now $3500 is a bargain.
Not sure if that is the same thing with other axes, I seem to have trouble to find Standard Les Paul for $1600 and they used to be everywhere for that used.
Is that because economy is booming and we are all golden or something?
 
Yeh I'm curious about the crazy prices aserll....been going up steadily for the last few years as well...the econmys been shit, for us little ppl at least, and I'd like to k ow the justification or causes for the increase....
 
BYTOR":3j8tl7li said:
When did the English language go to shit?
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always has been man ....... every country butchers its ... especially those poms :lol: :LOL:
 
For the guitars that have these "new" inflated prices....they can keep'em. Far too many deals nowadays on minty fresh used guitars....the market is full of them. Why even buy new today, unless you are going custom or the dealer is just offering a great sale? What's the point otherwise? Hell, the last two I bought were gently used for great prices.
 
Tone Zone":32a1v10c said:
For the guitars that have these "new" inflated prices....they can keep'em. Far too many deals nowadays on minty fresh used guitars....the market is full of them. Why even buy new today, unless you are going custom or the dealer is just offering a great sale? What's the point otherwise? Hell, the last two I bought were gently used for great prices.
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This. It seems as though the collective up-scale guitar builders AND amp builders sat down and had a powerpoint presentation with the same folks that set the crude oil barrel prices.
 
garey77":3j291m2d said:
Tone Zone":3j291m2d said:
For the guitars that have these "new" inflated prices....they can keep'em. Far too many deals nowadays on minty fresh used guitars....the market is full of them. Why even buy new today, unless you are going custom or the dealer is just offering a great sale? What's the point otherwise? Hell, the last two I bought were gently used for great prices.
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This. It seems as though the collective up-scale guitar builders AND amp builders sat down and had a powerpoint presentation with the same folks that set the crude oil barrel prices.
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Yep. I was just thinking about some deals I saw today alone. On the used market, I saw a Suhr GG Bengal Burst model for $2300 shipped....and in the classifieds here, a minty fresh 2014 Anderson for about the same price. On the "new" market, Suhr Satin Moderns for $1700.(with holiday-end of year savings) Although, I did notice Suhr seemed to set a higher price point on most of their guitars this past year.....also noticed a lot of them were't moving. If all else fails, used is the way to go today.
 
You see the same thing going on in other industries too. It's a consequence of losing profit, whether from a poor economy or other reasons. Companies really only have two options to increase profits: cut expenses or increase revenue. And at the end of day, most companies are going to take the increase revenue route because it's generally more effective long-term.
 
BYTOR":2z95e3pf said:
When did the English language go to shit?
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LOLLOL FUCKING LOLOLOL

You can take English as an elective now.
 
Ironically, a decent grammar book can be had for fairly cheap. ;)
 
You all understand that internetz are available not only in English speaking countries, right?
 
Ease up there junior…I don't think it was directed at you anyway….read the 2nd post. Your OP was fine.
 
Knockout":29gn1wep said:
You all understand that internetz are available not only in English speaking countries, right?
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Haha, gotcha jack. You're doing great sonn. To me, it's fine if someone not from this country is not 100% proficient with the language. But believe me man, you're doing better than 3/4 of the idiots that live here and English is their only language.
 
fearhk213":ktoggee5 said:
You see the same thing going on in other industries too. It's a consequence of losing profit, whether from a poor economy or other reasons. Companies really only have two options to increase profits: cut expenses or increase revenue. And at the end of day, most companies are going to take the increase revenue route because it's generally more effective long-term.
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I actually see more companies cutting expenses - i.e. layoffs. Er, let me put it this way - long term goal oriented companies will likely increase revenue, where as knee-jerk/band-aid fix oriented companies will cut expenses. Neither is really the correct answer.

Which one of those two types of companies do you think I just quit 2 weeks ago? ;)
 
The Trucksters went up so much because all ESP's are now custom shop made and are $4k+ (MIA) or $5k+(MIJ). I'm really curious how many they're selling at those prices; it's hard to imagine that it would be very many...
 
sahlomonic":7unqgx73 said:
fearhk213":7unqgx73 said:
You see the same thing going on in other industries too. It's a consequence of losing profit, whether from a poor economy or other reasons. Companies really only have two options to increase profits: cut expenses or increase revenue. And at the end of day, most companies are going to take the increase revenue route because it's generally more effective long-term.
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I actually see more companies cutting expenses - i.e. layoffs. Er, let me put it this way - long term goal oriented companies will likely increase revenue, where as knee-jerk/band-aid fix oriented companies will cut expenses. Neither is really the correct answer.

Which one of those two types of companies do you think I just quit 2 weeks ago? ;)
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Agreed - that clarified what I was getting at, but failed to get across as clearly as you did.

That's good that you saw the signs ahead of time and were able to get out :yes:
 
skoora":vtbgz0qc said:
Ease up there junior…I don't think it was directed at you anyway….read the 2nd post. Your OP was fine.
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isn't it more the thread title???

"when did the prices go up" is how I would have worded it
 
Everything is going up, except oil - and that will come soon enough. I own a restaurant that saw Minimum Wage, worker's comp, Obamacare, food (from severe whether and drought), etc go up. I'm sure the food industry can't be the only business effected.


And in Ca. English is most definitely not anyone's only language ;)
 
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