Dodged a bullet from Guitar Center

[RacerX]

So, over the weekend coloradodude25 let slip there was a Kevin Bond at a GC; I immediately went online, found it, and ordered it (phone) sight unseen. The fella who took my call (Cody) was very friendly & helpful. I had called right when they were closing. Here's the one pic they had:



Doesn't look too bad, eh?

Cody pulled it and said it was in "great condition; you're gonna love it"

[toejam]

I had calle dright when they were closing.

Who or what is calle dright?

Nice score!

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

How is this "dodging a bullet"?

You mean you saved it from coloradoman25? :think:

[RacerX]

OK, sorry, had to punch back in here at work...

OK, so Monday rolls around and I get an email from Cody "Uh, it's not exactly in the shape I originally said it was, call me to see if you still want it, blah blah."

I asked him for pics:


OK, not too bad, right?

Check this one:

Ruh roh!



And the piece de resistance:

DAYUM! What, did he drag it behind the tour bus??!!!

So I email Cody and ask if he can do anything on the price and he replies with BS about he got it from a touring musician, doing him a favor, we're only making $50 on it, I can't lower the price, blah blah blah.

So I cancelled and thanked him for letting me know....

[Ward]

How is this "dodging a bullet"?

I was wondering that, too...


Edit:Never mind. I should have waited a few seconds longer before posting.

OUCH!

You definitely dodged a bullet.

[toejam]

Nice un-score!

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Yeah, now I get it.

$450 for that mess of a guitar? That wasn't owned by a touring musician, that was owned by a touring drunk musician who hated it.

[Devotee]

I fail to understand how those chips in the upper bout could have happened. Ok, the tips of the horns fair enough but wtf? Nice un-score indeed!

[tonemonster]

Looks like some carnie used it to club crows with.

[Rich#6]

What did you expect from GC at that price?

[BenoA]

nice un-score!

+1 :d

[texasfury]

......

[javert]

Damn, that reminds me of a banged-up RR1 I saw at GC once... they wanted ~$2000 for it. And it really was banged up...

[ralph]

thats not damage, thats relic'd

[Charlz]

How did he mistake that for "Great condition" the first time...???