Fender help needed

[Ian Price]

At one end of the spectrum I've seen Teles with a small rout in the front pickup position to accomodate a Start pickup (which I would class a minor issue), to a "rout" for humbucker and active electronics that looks like it was done with a screwdriver! And on a slab board '61.

Outrageous!

[mikeluke]

Ian - only point that I can add by way of observation is that the price for the 1970's Teles are somewhat variable - it is very difficult to set the price - the communication from your 'buyer' does not sound very convincing but regarding the price very tough to say. What I would say about eBay is that if you can come to an agreement on price with a buyer that you can trust then you should pull the listing "Item No Longer For Sale" and sell it outside eBay. Makes a big difference in terms of the £££ that you will realise from the sale. How you decide if you can 'trust' them is another matter!

Mike

[dave_mc]

I usually - in cowardly fashion - put the starting price as the bare minimum I'd accept, but since these were necks and bodies I had absolutely no idea - they could go for £50 or they could go for £350.  I just thought what the hell, try 99p and see what happens.  :lol:

People seem to get carried away buying parts - a few weeks ago I sold a '99 Strat for £415, then I sell a Strat neck for £300.   Silly really.

:lol:

people always seem to get carried away, in any of the auctions I'm ever bidding on or watching. starting low seems to stimulate it, it's like the people bidding don't realise that if they bid on it when it's low and the price shoots up, they have to pay the ending price... :? :lol:

thanks for posting better info than I did, elliot and jpf, at least that's me off the hook with my rudimentary knowledge of vintage guitars :lol:

I agree with everyone else, as i've already said- he sounds like a hustler.

[Ian Price]

Guys - cheers for all the info so far. Elliot - the stuff from your response was very useful and interesting. I've sent it on to the guy who sent challenged the originality of my guitar - will be interesting to see what he comes back with. I have no doubt that as he is such an expert there will be something wrong with it.

I've since had an offer of £1600 (I'll be looking for a tad more though) from another ebayer so I've turned down the hustlers offer flat - just waiting to see what he comes back with.

[Ian Price]

and within a few minutes here is his response:

"Absolutely not, no thanks. I'm not going to spend day's telling you fact's that youve no intention of listening to just so you can try and eek out a few more pounds. I'll go elsewhere thanks, good luck with your sale but it's not for me after that response!"

What a complete cretin. I felt the need to send another mail back to him - a bit childish of me but I did bite!

"Okey dokey. It's up to you. I don't think you needed to be rude though - I was merely challenging the info you sent me. As a seller I am entitled to set a price, check up on details if someone challenges my listing (and I did obviously listen) and respond when well versed people and websites state differently. Apologies if I wasn't supposed to do this."

Hohum.

[dave_mc]

word. i love how a lot of people act like you're being awful by wanting to get a better price (for you), when they're blatantly trying to do exactly the same (for themselves). Not to mention, his accusing you of being rude is the icing on the cake, he's been rude throughout.

perhaps if he's such an expert he should get dictionary or grammar book, too.

[tomjackson]

What a complete arse, I hope he ends up buying a complete fake for £900!

[Twinfan]

^ me too!!!!

[AndyR]

Aw, that's a real shame - and it was gonna be Roo's first tele as well :lol:


Seriously though, been watching this one with interest, and I was thinking "he don't sound all that bad, the rest of us are reading too much into it... why not deal with him if you can reach a price?" - but not with that last reply from him :lol:

You're well shot of him - just imagine what would have happened if you had reached a price and he got the guitar:

"I'm sorry, I've counted the number of strands in the hookup wire between the tone and volume - this indicates 1972, I can accept that they might have still been using old stock at the time, but the number of strands between the volume and the output jack indicate 1983 or possibly 1984 - what's that all about? I think we need to negotiate some money back..."

[dave_mc]

^ definitely, if you suspect something is wrong, you're better to walk away before you make the deal.