Price gouge or realistic?

[charvel750]

BloodRose, didn't know you were in Jax, too. Is this the GC at Regency? I don't even know if we have more than 1 GC, but I might want to go in and have a lookee...

[jrnic]

I made a VERY fair offer on a damaged tele in there once and they turned me down. Sales guy said it was very fair, but management said they'd rather return it for credit..

That's a different situation. I can see them not wanting to take a hit on a "new" guitar that was damaged. It makes sense for them to return it for credit. They are not out any money on a new guitar. As for old, used guitars, making a deal there is entirely different. Once they factor in how much they actually paid for it as a trade in, they have more room to work on a price to move the guitar out the door and still see a profit.

I'm not a big fan of Guitar Center either, but that seems like basic business sense to me. I have to give credit where credits due.

[BloodRose]

BloodRose, didn't know you were in Jax, too. Is this the GC at Regency? I don't even know if we have more than 1 GC, but I might want to go in and have a lookee...

Yeah, thats the one Bro! Thats the only guitar center we have. There are two Georges music tho.. Check it out.

[charvel750]

I went and checked it out, very cool. It is indeed a "Saturn" graphic, but it has a burning nebulae/supernova kind of explosion beyond the planet. Excellent condition, currently set up with 10's, action a little high. It is a 1990, standard USA Production, nothing Custom, but still nice. Using all of my Jewish/Italian muscle I got them to go as low as $1250 plus tax. Adam was the guy I talked to. Kind of funny when he told me they were "investigating this through Jackson." I told him, "good luck getting ahold of someone there to confirm this piece." He said, "But we're Guitar Center." Doh!

[DonP]

Please post some pics. I'm curious as to how it looks.

[charvel750]

I'm sorry, I failed to point out that I did not buy it. I offered a G, they countered with $1250 plus tax...

[DonP]

Dang. I would like to have seen that. Were the details really "crisp" like other Dan painted guitars?

I've dealt with greedy GC people the same as you - by walking out the door. A MIJ RR Pro, no case and chewed up wing tips for $499, and string laying on the frets (unplayable). I offered $350. They wouldn't bite. We got into a fight because I tried looking at the computer screen that showed how much they paid on the trade in. They said no discount and that I have to pay full price now for "cheating". I told them to F' off. Just another day at GC

[charvel750]

Yeah, sounds like the typical GC salesman. However, they did say they had $850 in it! Whether that's true or not, I figured a quick $150 profit would be acceptable.

[markD]

nah, they are blood suckers. worse than a pawn shop for used gear.

[charvel750]

Digging up an old thread here, but Jacksonville GC finally has it for sale on their site: http://used.guitarcenter.com/usedgea...stId=104741925

[DonP]

I'm really tempted to offer $1000 + reasonable shipping, but only if I can have no payments for 12 months

Edit: I asked them if they could ship to Cinci's GC so that I could look at it first hand.

[Tonelover]

Usually yes, but every now and then you can pick them off. I just got a very collectible Ibanez JEM DNA swirl for at least $1,000 less than anyone else is asking for them. Thing is in dead mint condition too. I couldn't have been more pleased with the whole transaction. Of course many (most?) of the pieces on their site are 50% higher than the going rate.

Pics of the new score will be posted on the "Guitars by Other Manufacturers " forum in a bit.

nah, they are blood suckers. worse than a pawn shop for used gear.