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choucas09

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One that got away
« on: March 15, 2011, 12:41:33 PM »
Whilst on my Tokai hunt I spotted this one, but got confused about the end of sale time. Look what it went for, £160! The Springy I ended up with has such fantastic build quality I think someone ended up with a very nice guitar for pedal money.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOKAI-38-Special-Jap-Strat-Guitar-MIJ-/140504366722#ht_500wt_1156
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Mr. Air

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Re: One that got away
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2011, 01:35:09 PM »
I'm sure someone had a real bargain with that guitar. 160£ seems like a really good price. A shame it slipped under your nose.
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Re: One that got away
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2011, 01:41:04 PM »
I saw that one the other day.  I would guess the "not-quite-a-Strat" shape put people off?

Why is it that eBay bargains only ever happen to other people, never me?
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Re: One that got away
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2011, 01:47:51 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q on March 15, 2011, 01:41:04 PM
I saw that one the other day.  I would guess the "not-quite-a-Strat" shape put people off?

Why is it that eBay bargains only ever happen to other people, never me?

They never happen for me either Philly. I'm sure there must be a way to earn a living purely from eBay trading.
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Re: One that got away
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2011, 01:58:46 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q on March 15, 2011, 01:41:04 PM
I saw that one the other day.  I would guess the "not-quite-a-Strat" shape put people off?

Why is it that eBay bargains only ever happen to other people, never me?
Have you tried using RSS feeds from eBay for your searches.  That way the results come to you rather you having to always go searching.  I use RSS for pretty much everything I do on the net day to day so the eBay service integrates well with my online lifestyle anyway but even if you're not much of a "river of news" type it might be worth investigating?
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Philly Q

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Re: One that got away
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2011, 03:11:43 PM »
Quote from: Andrew W on March 15, 2011, 01:58:46 PM
Quote from: Philly Q on March 15, 2011, 01:41:04 PM
I saw that one the other day.  I would guess the "not-quite-a-Strat" shape put people off?

Why is it that eBay bargains only ever happen to other people, never me?
Have you tried using RSS feeds from eBay for your searches.  That way the results come to you rather you having to always go searching.  I use RSS for pretty much everything I do on the net day to day so the eBay service integrates well with my online lifestyle anyway but even if you're not much of a "river of news" type it might be worth investigating?

I have a long list of "saved searches" which I get daily emails for.  Haven't tried RSS feeds though.
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AndyR

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Re: One that got away
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2011, 07:05:44 PM »
Quote from: Philly Q on March 15, 2011, 01:41:04 PM
I would guess the "not-quite-a-Strat" shape put people off?

It would've me :lol:

But yeah, I'm sure someone's got a very good deal there :D ... the seller might be a bit disappointed though? :lol:
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Re: One that got away
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2011, 07:17:19 PM »
Good deal for this money. Besides that, I prefer the real F-shape.
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choucas09

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Re: One that got away
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2011, 09:26:56 PM »
 I'm a bit gutted to have missed the show down, imagine for £350 you could have knuckled it and had a guitar that would not be embarrassed in the company of custom shop stuff. A dealer had one up for £650 last ear.
 Still I got my Springy which is lovely.
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