NRRD - new rehearsal rig day! (Bargain alert!)

[Philly Q]

Five guitars!  Unbelievable.  :D

I've been thinking I'm overdue for a clearout (how many times have I said that?).  Bought and sold lot of guitars in the last year or so, some good, some bad (and not just the cheap ones), most average.  I'm getting GAS and giving in to it too easily.  :?

I'd like to properly clear the decks, shift loads out and get one or two really good ones in. 

But it's so difficult!  eBay is depressing right now, the prices you get for sales are laughable once you deduct the selling fees.  It might almost be better to part-exchange, which I've never done in the past.

[Twinfan]

I'd just do it Philly - if you're buying used as an upgrade, those prices are deflated too.  it;s like car buying, it's all about the price to change!

[Philly Q]

Well, I'm still thinking new (that's "new" as in relic or VOS, mostly!). 

Buying in shops is still preferable because at least you get to try the thing, or maybe even a few of the same model, rather than taking a punt on mail order or eBay (which is how I make all my "mistakes", ultimately).    That's why I'm contemplating the grim world of P/X.....  :?

[Ian Price]

I'm down to one guitar! Would love to have 5.

Buying in shops is really the only way I buy guitars nowadays, I have bought a few from ebay and the results have been hit and miss (more miss than hit though).

P/X is good if you can find the right guitar and get a good proce for what you want to trade in. Dave and I had a reasonably complicated P/X once that involved a few guitars - I can't even remember what guitars were involved (apart from me getting a CS Strat)

[Philly Q]

P/X is good if you can find the right guitar and get a good proce for what you want to trade in. Dave and I had a reasonably complicated P/X once that involved a few guitars - I can't even remember what guitars were involved (apart from me getting a CS Strat)

That was with Guitars4you wasn't it?  I know Dave has traded things in there more than once.  Mark seems to be more generous with P/X than other dealers (or maybe I'm underestimating other dealers).

The few times I've enquired about P/X in the past, it's always been much worse than what I could get on eBay, but I don't know if that's true any more (unless savvy dealers have also lowered their P/X allowances).

I feel like going to Guitar Village, trying everything in the store and then saying "I haven't got any cash, but I've got these 6 or 7 guitars, what'll you give me for them?".

[Twinfan]

The deal me and Ian did involved me trading in a PRS McCarty against a CS Strat, and me getting Ian's CS Esquire.

Mark is fair with trade-ins - I've only ever traded in with him and Sounds Great who were OK.  You'll never get deal of the century though!

[dave_mc]

if you're willing to wait, you can always get shops to sell on consignment/commission... some shops only charge 10%, which is probably less than ebay fees now. Fewer passing customers, but those who do pass are normally less savvy about the going rate of things... :lol:

[Philly Q]

Yeah, that's not a bad idea - 10% would be equal to eBay charges, roughly, but they might be able to get a higher price than an eBay auction, even if it took a bit longer.

[Ian Price]

The deal me and Ian did involved me trading in a PRS McCarty against a CS Strat, and me getting Ian's CS Esquire.

Mark is fair with trade-ins - I've only ever traded in with him and Sounds Great who were OK.  You'll never get deal of the century though!

That's the one!

Philly - you should work for News International. You appear to know more about my dealings than I do!

[Telerocker]

 :lol:

[dave_mc]

Yeah, that's not a bad idea - 10% would be equal to eBay charges, roughly, but they might be able to get a higher price than an eBay auction, even if it took a bit longer.

yeah. you have none of the bother of parcelling the thing up, plus you have none of the ebay bother if something goes wrong, they have to go back to the shop, which they'll be less likely to do if they're chancing their arm (and even if something has gone wrong, they'll be dealing with the shop and not you).

main reason i did it though was because there was no way i could post an amp, i didn't have the original box or anything any more. :lol:

EDIT: the only thing with selling in a shop, though, is that people will probably try to haggle... so you set your price slightly higher than you'd be willing to take in a worst case scenario.

[Philly Q]

Philly - you should work for News International. You appear to know more about my dealings than I do!

Blimey, me tapping a phone?  I can't even work a guitar with more than one pickup or an amp with more than three knobs....!

I have got a good memory though.  :)