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Originally Posted by Big John
Forgive me if i am wrong but something costs what it costs because the seller sets the price, not me the buyer.
If things only cost what I am willing to pay then there's no problem, i would only be willing to pay $100 for a new Tele and thats all i would pay, sounds fine to me.
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Guitars aren't oil. There is no OPEC of guitars. Yes, the seller sets the price in terms of an offer to sell, but then has to see if the public is willing to pay that price. As long as the public feels it just has to have a Fender (Gibson, whatever), the seller is setting the price because there is no real competition. But in reality, YOU are setting the price, not Fender.
When the price is so high that no one is buying Fenders at the current price, the price will have to go down. Buy a Fender and help keep the price high or buy something else and Fender will have to reconsider its pricing.