Sunday, February 25, 2007

Still many 2nd hand guitars around dispite eBay

I just returned from a great week long trip in Florida. I came home with 8 guitars. I was actually surprised how many used guitars are around dispite eBay sellers grabbing everything in sight the last 3 years. I came home with a vintage Martin acoustic, 80's Kramer, 80's Westone flame top, Ibanez Starfield, '75 Fender Startocaster- customized lefty (CHEAP!), WD Custom Strat, A killer Hondo Ibanez Artist copy and a Chandler Custom from SanFrancisco; CA.. Except for the Martin I paid less than $200 FOR ALL AND ONLY $275 for the Vintage Strat! Lucky me! Pictures coming soon!

I would assume this change in the market is due to the headaches presented by the eBay scams that have occured over the last 12 months. Anything from Paypal constantly siding with crooks to foreign fraudulent money orders and fraudulent listings have helped slowed this market. Nothing I hate more than to see a local shop lend money on a man's guitar only to sell it on eBay to a guy in another country. Talk about the blues!