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brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:55 pm

i'm sure we've all fantasized about this happening:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:on ... =firefox-a

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:07 pm

brycycle wrote:i'm sure we've all fantasized about this happening:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:on ... =firefox-a

Wow,

One of these days.... I can't complain, I've been blessed with a few good finds, but NOTHING like this.

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:15 pm

i find it funny that he's concerned about the one that the other guy got...

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:21 pm

brycycle wrote:i find it funny that he's concerned about the one that the other guy got...

LoL,

Too true Bryce...

There's an old Italian saying, "Ha una pagnotta di pane sotto ogni braccio e sta esaminando la fetta di pane in vostre mani." it says something to the effect of "he has a loaf of bread under each arm and he is worried about the slice of bread in your hands"....

collin · Post by **collin** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:58 pm

wow. If it is real, that's crazy. His details are well...detailed, so I have little reason to doubt his story (unlike all those "found a '59 Les Paul in Grampa's attic" stories ).

Wonder why he didn't take the Hofner bass too? It's definitely worth more than the first Ric.

That is the dream find, for many, especially at those prices. I guess it just shows ya...they are still out there somewhere.

The days of finding super cheap vintage gear stashed away by people who don't know their value are almost extinct. Anybody with half a brain and google can spend about ten seconds figuring out the ballpark value of something. This guy got lucky twice in that the home owner never bothered, nor did the secretary of the estate ever look into anything's value.

Nice.

Cheers,
-Collin

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:55 pm

There was a story here a year or so ago where this family accidentally put Grandpa's 50's Les Paul in a garage sale and someone got it for $300. They posted an ad on Craigslist begging the guy to return it, it wasn't supposed to be in the sale. Would you?

grazioso · Post by **grazioso** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:31 pm

well this story is pile **** , if i get quarter for every story like this I've listen to through the years i would be very rich man indeed. the main problem i have with this is simple: the guy in the story - shameless ***- robs his subordinate of the real value of the inheritance. what is there to brag about? what kind of ethics is that?

collin · Post by **collin** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:13 am

I still think the story is bogus, for the record. I've heard too many of these, and in 12+ years of buying/selling/hunting guitars have yet to come across one. Many of these stories that are true are told in hindsight, the score happening in the early 80s or whatever pre-internet period you can think of.

Cheers,
-Collin

zrob · Post by **zrob** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:35 am

grazioso wrote:...the main problem i have with this is simple: the guy in the story - shameless ***- robs his subordinate of the real value of the inheritance. what is there to brag about? what kind of ethics is that?

It's refreshing to find that someone else noticed the ethical conflict, which for me is the point of the story, fact or fiction. Makes one wonder what one would do.

brycycle · Post by **brycycle** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:02 am

atomic_punk wrote:There was a story here a year or so ago where this family accidentally put Grandpa's 50's Les Paul in a garage sale and someone got it for $300. They posted an ad on Craigslist begging the guy to return it, it wasn't supposed to be in the sale. Would you?

if it was truly an accident and was meant to go to the grandson/granddaughter or the like- yes. if they wanted it back as they realized it was worth more money - no.

as for the estate sale in the link i posted, isn't the whole point of attending such a sale to find that under-valued item? if the guitars meant that much to the owner, it's their responsibility to arrange a will and testament that directs the distrobution of their assets. i know where my Rics are going...

whojamfan · Post by **whojamfan** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:18 am

The guy should have his legs broken for ripping that poor woman off like that. It's completely a matter of ethics, he obviously has none, and what goes around, comes around.

captsandwich · Post by **captsandwich** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:54 am

I would love to get a great deal, but the guy in this story literally got a steal. How could you look your co-worker in the eye knowing that you had taken advantage of them? Caveat emptor, perhaps, but you would expect a friend to be a little more forthcoming about the value of an object like that.

That being said, I still think the story is BS.

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:15 am

collin wrote:I still think the story is bogus, for the record. I've heard too many of these, and in 12+ years of buying/selling/hunting guitars have yet to come across one. Many of these stories that are true are told in hindsight, the score happening in the early 80s or whatever pre-internet period you can think of.

I can remember two cases where something like that is true. First, in the summer of 1998 (sort of pre-internet) I bought a Ric Model 1000 at a LA garage sale for under $100.

Second, there was a case where a woman (Hermosa Beach, CA) gained possession of all of her ex's gear through a divorce decree. She proceeded to sale everything for about 10 cents on the dollar. She even went as far as to refuse to sale the gear to her ex's bandmates. A former colleague on mine scored a Les Paul and Marshall half-stack for under $500 and his brother got an early 60's Strat for $300. He called me up and by the time I got over there, all that was left was few pedals and mics. I did score a Shure SM58 for 10 bucks.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:45 pm

Reminds me of when was in the baseball card business. One of my clients had a collection worth approx 200K . He knew he was dying and wanted to make sure his family got a fair deal when it was sold. A partner and I looked through the collection, and while we were coming up with a fair price, another store owner came in, threw 5k cash at the guy, and took the goods. The owner died shortly after.

Another deal, one of my workers' fathers had a collection of literally every tobacco card ever made (yes he had the Honus Wagner card). I offered to auction off the collection for top dollar, and take a small percentage. The wife ended up taking a low ball offer, and the buyer did the same thing I was going to do.

After both these incidents took place I spoke with someone who brought up a good point. Ripping off people is wrong, however, if a deal is going to be had, should it go to you? or the next guy? A moral dilemma for sure.

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:22 pm

I got my '68 from GC for $400. That deal, I don't feel guilty about.

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