NGD - Thanks Guitar Center!

[ZiggyZipgun]

I had some luck with GC this past week:

Early last year I bought a Godin Montreal Premiere P90 (think single-cut Casino/ES-330) on Ebay, for an excellent price of $795, including a molded foam Godin TRIC case. I was actually looking for a Montreal TriplePlay, with PAFs and a wireless midi pickup, but this was much cheaper.

I decided to sell it 8 months later on Reverb, and it went quickly for $1,200.

Within weeks, it turned up on GC's used gear page - they didn't make a ton of these, and I actually recognized a small scratch in the headstock. They were only asking $999, so I'm guessing they gave the guy considerably less than that. Oh well.

8 months later, it had moved to a GC in different state, and they dropped the price to $749. I called and had them confirm that yes, it still had the TRIC case, and yes, the serial number matched the photos from my old Reverb listing. Sold!

It arrived with no case, just bubble-wrap. After some phone-tag with the store, they admitted they had no idea where the case was, and actually had no record of it including a case when they got it. They offered to refund me the cost of a new one, directly from Godin's website: $212!

And with that, I think I'll hang onto it - or maybe wait 8 months and see how much they're going for then...

 

[kuch]

HNGD!! Nice Score!

Enjoy

 

[tigertail]

Congrats - I'm glad it lived up to the general consensus - that these are killer guitars for the price. I really want a 335-type and keep getting nudged towards these.

 

[ficelles]

Nice guitar (and case)!

 

[Skydog1010]

Win - win. That's gorgeous and the case is top notch too. Great catch!

 

[Marc Morfei]

Used cases at GC are a non-thing. Got a guitar that’s worth $300 trade in? It’s worth $300 trade in. Tell them you’ve got a $200 brand new case for it, it’s still worth $300 trade in. Used cases have zero value to them. The upshot is, they don’t charge anything for them either. If a used guitar is worth $500, that’s what they sell it for. Even if it has a $200 case with it.

I do the same thing when I’m buying used. I pay whatever the guitar is worth. I don’t care what comes with it. If a seller wants extra money for extra stuff, they can keep it. I’ll take it if it’s part of the price, but I really only want the guitar. Im not paying extra for yet another case I’ll never use and have to store. They have no value to me at all.

Yeah it is a little weird. It totally matters to me whether a used guitar comes with a case or not. It definitely affects how much I am willing to pay.

 

[chulaivet1966]

For once corporate America screws up in my favor. $429 for a pristine Sire Larry Carlton H7 in a brand new Gator hard shell case. Woo Hoo!

Howdy TT....

Wow....a gorgeous axe & case at an unbelievable price point.
Well done on the trigger pull.
I'm envious and have always wanted a semi-hollow also.
Enjoy....

 

[teletail]

Yeah it is a little weird. It totally matters to me whether a used guitar comes with a case or not. It definitely affects how much I am willing to pay.

Me too. For the most part, if I’m not playing it, my guitar is in my case. I definitely factor no case into the price. Even an inexpensive gig bag will run $50.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

I had some luck with GC this past week:

Early last year I bought a Godin Montreal Premiere P90 (think single-cut Casino/ES-330) on Ebay, for an excellent price of $795, including a molded foam Godin TRIC case. I was actually looking for a Montreal TriplePlay, with PAFs and a wireless midi pickup, but this was much cheaper.

I decided to sell it 8 months later on Reverb, and it went quickly for $1,200.

Within weeks, it turned up on GC's used gear page - they didn't make a ton of these, and I actually recognized a small scratch in the headstock. They were only asking $999, so I'm guessing they gave the guy considerably less than that. Oh well.

8 months later, it had moved to a GC in different state, and they dropped the price to $749. I called and had them confirm that yes, it still had the TRIC case, and yes, the serial number matched the photos from my old Reverb listing. Sold!

It arrived with no case, just bubble-wrap. After some phone-tag with the store, they admitted they had no idea where the case was, and actually had no record of it including a case when they got it. They offered to refund me the cost of a new one, directly from Godin's website: $212!

And with that, I think I'll hang onto it - or maybe wait 8 months and see how much they're going for then...

Retirement Income Plan: keep buying and reselling same guitar

 

[sloppychops]

That was a major score! Guitar looks great, especially lying in that plush interior.

I had a similar bit of luck with a used Epiphone Zenith Archtop reissue I bought online from a GC. It unexpectedly arrived in a brand new hardshell Epiphone case designed specifically for those arch tops. And the guitar was in like new condition!