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...from a guy saying he'll gladly give me $200 for my USA Gibson Explorer if it doesn't sell on Ebay (yes, the Bullseye).
I reply that despite the mods, it's still a USA Gibson Explorer underneath, and worth far more than a measly $200.
Then he emails me back, explaining his "philosophy" about the lowball, which is basically that he'd have to put out xx amount of money to get it refinished and whatnotted.
Then I explained to him something that I guess a lot of people can't figure out for themselves:
I bought it initially for over $500, then paid to have the mods done, then bought different pickups, which puts me close to $900 total to get the guitar in a state that I wanted it in, but am being told at every turn that I should have some consideration for the money that someone else will have to put out on it to get it in the state they want it in. This sort of thing is consitently expressed to me in a manner to suggest an obligation on my part, yet I'm the only person in the world who has this obligation, and may never lay any similar claim of my own.
Let me stress this to anyone who happens to pass by here:
I don't give a fuck what YOU want a guitar to look like. I do what I want them to look like at my personal expense. If what I do or pay to have done is not considered "popular" or "normal", so fucking what? To whom do I owe "a break" so that they aren't putting out the exact same amount of money I put out to make it look like and do what I wanted it to? No one owes me the same break, and I don't ask for one just because I want to do something different.
When and if I buy a black-on-black guitar (which I cannot stand because it simply looks stupid), it's because I plan to do something to it or pay someone to do something to it that makes it look like and do what I want it to. Whether it's a pro refin, Krylon, or just new hardware and/or pickups, it's MY decision and MY expense ON TOP of what I pay for the guitar.
When and if you buy it from me, anything you want done to it to make it look like and do what YOU want it to is YOUR expense ON TOP of what you pay for the guitar.
How difficult is that to figure out?
And don't even ask about the email offer of $125 + $30 shipping for the 1990 Soloist Pro which says "I can buy them locally for $400-$500 complete" - obviously I told him that he should jump on those offers IF he can find one [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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I reply that despite the mods, it's still a USA Gibson Explorer underneath, and worth far more than a measly $200.
Then he emails me back, explaining his "philosophy" about the lowball, which is basically that he'd have to put out xx amount of money to get it refinished and whatnotted.
Then I explained to him something that I guess a lot of people can't figure out for themselves:
I bought it initially for over $500, then paid to have the mods done, then bought different pickups, which puts me close to $900 total to get the guitar in a state that I wanted it in, but am being told at every turn that I should have some consideration for the money that someone else will have to put out on it to get it in the state they want it in. This sort of thing is consitently expressed to me in a manner to suggest an obligation on my part, yet I'm the only person in the world who has this obligation, and may never lay any similar claim of my own.
Let me stress this to anyone who happens to pass by here:
I don't give a fuck what YOU want a guitar to look like. I do what I want them to look like at my personal expense. If what I do or pay to have done is not considered "popular" or "normal", so fucking what? To whom do I owe "a break" so that they aren't putting out the exact same amount of money I put out to make it look like and do what I wanted it to? No one owes me the same break, and I don't ask for one just because I want to do something different.
When and if I buy a black-on-black guitar (which I cannot stand because it simply looks stupid), it's because I plan to do something to it or pay someone to do something to it that makes it look like and do what I want it to. Whether it's a pro refin, Krylon, or just new hardware and/or pickups, it's MY decision and MY expense ON TOP of what I pay for the guitar.
When and if you buy it from me, anything you want done to it to make it look like and do what YOU want it to is YOUR expense ON TOP of what you pay for the guitar.
How difficult is that to figure out?
And don't even ask about the email offer of $125 + $30 shipping for the 1990 Soloist Pro which says "I can buy them locally for $400-$500 complete" - obviously I told him that he should jump on those offers IF he can find one [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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