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Monday, November 19, 2007

Duuuuude

"Duuuude...that guitar is like...worth sooo much...."
"Man you could get $15K easy for it."
"That guitar is worth the same as my Dad's house."
Appraisal from well known store: $8.5K
Offer from same well known store when they are asked to
purchase the guitar: "$4K, but we are not buying right now,
we have too much stock, and the holidays are over."
Ebay sale price: $2800.00
Price (NET) after PAYPAL fees, listing fees, and the
extra shipping YOU added: $2527.39


Price on guitar at yard sale: $75.00
Price you get it for at 4:15pm at yard
sale: $45.00
Price your friend thinks it's worth: $45.00
Price local store offers you: $45.00
Price well known store appraises it at: $55.00
Price well known store offers you as you leave: $45
Amount sold for on EBay: $45



(All these are guitar stories we know about)...
Remember though, Eddie Van Halen as a kid
must have also played, owned and
sold guitars that are still floating around
out there right now...that nobody
knows he played and ever owned...until YOU find
his doodling in the pickup cavity...