"Thinning the Herd"

How many times have I read this line on EBay in relation to selling guitars? Apparently, our herds keep growing, and therefore we must continue to keep 'thinning them'. If you believe EBay sellers, it is always the best steers that are being offered up... but sometimes they turn out to be cows. What can you believe? Well... for a start.. most herds of guitars get too 'fat' because we all hear about some new pickup combination/maker/finish/fretboard...God-only-know-what... that we need RIGHT NOW...meanwhile, yesterdays' darling has become todays tramp, and she is off to be sold. There is always the old saying about 'one man's pleasure is another man's poison', and I have certainly found this to be true. I have bought some guitars on EBay that play so fantastically that I feel the seller must have either been crazy to let it go, or had the bank at his door (or her door). There have also been times though when the 'Greatest playing tele I have ever laid hands on' has certainly been over-used, and ends up being totally untrue. I have even seen stores sell guitars, noting that the current guitar is the 'Best sounding tele this store has ever sold'... come to think of it... that is a perfect set-up, since I guess each month (technically) the CURRENT guitar COULD be the best one they have ever sold. Anyway... happy hunting, and bring your lucky rabbits foot...