Epic Fail - WWYD?

[Bob Gnarly]

Ok, let's imagine the advert says..

Vigier guitar in mint condition, with BKP fitted.
Would cost £2300 new.

£1800 ono

Would anyone be up in arms about that? You still know nothing more about it's history.

The quality of the item stands on it's own, how many owners it's had IS irrelevant. It's condition is whats important here (to me anyway)
Why does it matter if he fitted the pick ups?

[Dmoney]

he might suck a fitting pickups.

scotty can fix a warp core. but he aint just any old ensign.

you know what i mean?

[Bob Gnarly]

He might be a pick up fitting genius.

[Dmoney]

touche!

[MDV]

I like nonsense words too. Some are staring you in the face - buildings, for example. They're finished! They should be called builts.

Ever been discombobulated by all these big words?

I asked my (13 year old) sister if she was discombobulated once. She did seem disccombobulated at the time. She laughed, quite hysterically, thinking that I'd made the word up on the spot. Took some convincing that its a real word, with a dictionary definition and everything.

[JDC]

all these words are doubleplusgood

[Afghan Dave]

Now Bob, what you sayin' is good, and I'm 'a let you finish, but Beyonce is the BEST person at selling online.

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nice!

[MDV]

'Imma let you finish' was on the most recent episide of the mentalist. Was very funny (largely for being unexpected, so I've probably just ruined it for you, if you watch it. Sorry).

[dave_mc]

Damn straight. Love learning a new awesome word :D

:drink:

I would normally use mendacious in such circumstances, but I wanted to use my new word :lol:

For some reason I'm quite fond of "erstwhile", and use it at every opportunity, which is few, but strangely pleasing.

i like ostensible/ostensibly. and temerity. And rakish, but unfortunately there are very few occasions where you can use it, considering it's not the regency :(

Ok, let's imagine the advert says..

Vigier guitar in mint condition, with BKP fitted.
Would cost £2300 new.

£1800 ono

Would anyone be up in arms about that? You still know nothing more about it's history.

The quality of the item stands on it's own, how many owners it's had IS irrelevant. It's condition is whats important here (to me anyway)
Why does it matter if he fitted the pick ups?

that wouldn't be a problem, because he wouldn't be making shite up. Those things may not matter to one person, but they may to another- it's the buyer's call, not the seller's, and the buyer can't make that call without knowing the truth.

[Bob Gnarly]

that wouldn't be a problem, because he wouldn't be making shitee up. Those things may not matter to one person, but they may to another- it's the buyer's call, not the seller's, and the buyer can't make that call without knowing the truth.

A savvy buyer will ask the right questions, or even better, see the guitar. Anyone who parts with 1800 based on an ad like that alone is taking a pretty large risk, despite these petty deceits.
The guitar is as described ie. 'mint' Any potential future owner would be entirely satisfied.
For all you know, the guy might have bought the guitar with good intentions, but might now need the cash for a life saving operation for his son. (probably not)
If the O.P. was being honest he was pissed off that he undersold the guitar and acted out of spite. That's entirely understandable. But his response was naive and childish.


At the end of the day we are where we are with this.
I'm not being funny, but I dont think you can see the wood for the trees anymore
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Blah Blah

[AndyR]

I have to admit that, personally, I do lean somewhat towards Mr Gnarly's take on this (just so's you know there are folk on here who see what you getting at, and who agrees, er, in general ... :lol:).

However, I also see what everyone else is talking about.  And I do kinda sympathise with Man On The Edge. I wouldn't have gone about it the way he did, and from what he posted somewhere earlier in here, I think he might do it different next time.

I'm glad you're still posting, my jaw dropped a bit when I finally followed the amazon link that MDV posted for an "improving read" ...! (same as it did when someone posted "Are you 15?") :lol: But everything seems vaguely ok now... :D

At the end of the day (glad I've found the source for the other thread about this phrase :lol:), god knows why, we've ended up being a little community on here. It's an absolute record for me staying on here - just about 2 years now I guess - I've never stayed on a forum that long, I usually retire in disgust, or get bored... life's too short... but this forum seems to regulate itself almost.



Anyway, cool words.

One of my faves is "Fallacious" - seems to be apt for this blokes ad possibly.

But the reason I love it so much is because when I came across it years ago I was able to use it almost immediately in a lyric describing a girl who was not entirely trustworthy. However, when you sang it, it could be heard "as is" or it could imply something entirely different in meaning (which she was also good at) :lol:

[MDV]

I'm glad you're still posting, my jaw dropped a bit when I finally followed the amazon link that MDV posted for an "improving read" ...! (same as it did when someone posted "Are you 15?") :lol: But everything seems vaguely ok now... :D

I momentarily went into 'rest of the internet' mode. Apologies.

Stick around n00b, I mean...errr...bob; you'll see we're a nice bunch. Hopefully some will rub off on you

Not like that!

Filthy mind!

(You'll fit right in).

;)

[dave_mc]

A savvy buyer will ask the right questions, or even better, see the guitar. Anyone who parts with 1800 based on an ad like that alone is taking a pretty large risk, despite these petty deceits.
The guitar is as described ie. 'mint' Any potential future owner would be entirely satisfied.
For all you know, the guy might have bought the guitar with good intentions, but might now need the cash for a life saving operation for his son. (probably not)
If the O.P. was being honest he was pissed off that he undersold the guitar and acted out of spite. That's entirely understandable. But his response was naive and childish.


At the end of the day we are where we are with this.
I'm not being funny, but I dont think you can see the wood for the trees anymore
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Blah Blah

i disagree. I also think it's unfair to say that the OP is lying- I have no financial interest at all in this transaction, and I'm a bit annoyed at what the new owner did. There are other motivators than jealousy or spite.

[Bob Gnarly]

You're right, I've had a change of heart on this. I'll get the pitchforks, and we'll head round there :D

[dave_mc]

hey, i'm not saying we do anything like that (i know you're being sarcastic), just i know that if i were a buyer i'd want to know the truth.