Members blind radish Posted May 29, 2005 Members Share Posted May 29, 2005 Read a thread recently about bargaining with the guys at GC so today I was at the GC in manchester CT (my wife was down the shopping center at another store.) I had planned to visit on Monday, but since I was in the area anyway ... I went in with my kids to kill time. I spied a used 2004 American Deluxe Stratocater, 50th Anniversary, S-1 Switching, abalone dot inlays, knife-edge trem, and locking tuners IN Mahogany ... YES you read right, Mahogany. So one of the GC dudes comes up, while I'm jamming away and says ... This is a NICE guitar ... you interested. I told him I had planned to swing by on Monday but .... blah blah blah The price tag says $850 ... DEAD MINT .. still has the plastic on the front and back. I go blah blah, he goes blah blah ... I say $600 ... knowning he'll go and come back and say no way. he does "I checked, We bought it for $725 .. he says." I say OK he walks away holding the nicest strat I have played in a long time. Floor boss comes up to me ... says " You want that guitar" I said "yeah, but ... My price is too low." "you gonna buy today?" "For $600, I'll buy right this minute." I follow him to the register where he does the Voodoo ... says $625 is the best he can do ... I kinda look at my feet like you know ... he says, "It's the deal of the weekend and includes case, case candy , monster cable, strap locks .... the whole works I amex it and now it's mine ... I don't think I need to go back on Monday to see if there are any deals ... whaddya you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wtfg89 Posted May 29, 2005 Members Share Posted May 29, 2005 thats a nice strat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitarist970 Posted May 29, 2005 Members Share Posted May 29, 2005 You lucky SOB, thats a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted May 29, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 29, 2005 Thanks guys ... I think this was a special for GC in the mahogany You should see it next to my SG ... twin sons of different mothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITEFLY182 Posted May 29, 2005 Members Share Posted May 29, 2005 that was their limited GC run. I think those guitars cant make up their mind about what they want to sound like. In between is good though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted May 29, 2005 Members Share Posted May 29, 2005 I remember when they had them in the store, they sold them for $999. You got a great deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted May 29, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 29, 2005 Yeah, I know what you mean ... this is a bit more full body-sounding than an alder or ash body strat, but I have two of the 60 RIs and an 89 MIJ strat ... so I got the original strat tone covered. I really like the tone of this strat ... through my VOX valvetronix on the AC 30 model ... I raises the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtomHeartMother Posted May 29, 2005 Members Share Posted May 29, 2005 I put down a deposit on a American Deluxe Ash today, but am no good at getting deals so I'll have to pay full price... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cylon Posted May 29, 2005 Members Share Posted May 29, 2005 Im kickin myself for not pickin this one up the one i played was an H-S-S. sticker was 999 for 650 you rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted May 30, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 had the guitar two days, and have had two offers already. It's a keeper ... just need a name for her. Maybe Peggy, like my red-headed girlfriend in college ... of course, she was not a keeper but she was like Louie Armstrong in the sack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rgrabows Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 "Like Louis Armstrong in the sack...." I'll only assume that she'd blow your horn like no other. Otherwise, ewwww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted May 30, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 Yes rgrabows you are correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2M4 Dale Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 I'm not a huge Strat fan .... but that looks like an awesome deal Ya got there .... I'd have bought it too !!!!!!!!!! Great Find ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JimAnsell Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 Originally posted by blind radish "I checked, We bought it for $725 .. " ha. yeah right. they probably took it in at 500 tops, and you bargined em down as low as they'd go before they didn't make any commision at all. still, nice ax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted May 30, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 $500 ... I suspect you are right. No matter ... plays like $850 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jfreaksho Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 grrrr... Memorial Day is not a day off for sales:mad: (not at you, this just adds to my hatred for GC. Disrespectful {censored}ers.)J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beckman Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 Great deal. I am in sales, but also suck at bargaining. It is a different king of sales though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDLMUSIC Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 I think you discovered the magic secret of bargaining. Tell them your rock bottom price and be prepared to walk if they won't meet it (or at least come darn close). Reminds me of when someone asks how much the band charges for gigs. I tell them to call the business manager. They insist I give them a price. I tell them, "Twelve thousand dollars". They scream, "That's too much!" I retort, "So call the damn business manager!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackbelt1 Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 That's a great deal. It's not an official 50th Anniversary model though it has the neckplate (all Strats made in '04 have the commemorative 50th Anniversary neckplate) but that is a killer price. You are already right-side up with that Strat. ~Blackbelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dawn Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 Nice score, have fun sith it! I've been dealing with the same GC for 2 years now and only deal with 2 salesman there. When I walk in they give me the best deal every single flippin time. I don't even ask anymore, if i want something, they go into the back office and come out with a price that is almost impossible to turn down. Saved 1000s of dollars over the past couple of years and avoided the holliday rushes to boot EDIT: Forgot to mention, my main sales guy flat out told me he could beat any holliday extraviganza sales any day of the week. These sales days are nothing more than a promo tactic to get you into their stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 69lespaul Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 Congrats Radish. That is pretty. I saw one here back in Feb or March and it was tagged at 950 (w/case) and the best the guy told me he would do was 875. Great score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted May 30, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 Well Dawn I guess I'll have to cozy up to the floor boss, even though he is a VERY strange fellow ... looks at you kinda like a gator looks at a chicken ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rabies Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 My visit to GC this morning was good and bad. Got there early and checked what they had on sale. Really didn't plan on spending much. Maybe a blow out on an epi or something. Some decent sale prices but nothing that said take me home. Outside having free coffee and donuts. Start talking to a Sales guy- tells me if it not on sale he will put on sale! OOOOOOO! So I go back in and start playing the nicer selection. Two appeal to me. A Gibson 61 reissue SG and a Gretch Brian Setzer 6120 Signature model. Problem is it is still a lot of cash. Decided it is still too much to spend so just enjoying playing through a small tube amp. Salesman asks me to put together a deal. I'm thinking I'll just low ball and he will work with someone else. I tell him $2900. for both on them! Three guys have a mini sales meeting. They come back and say they need to make something on these guitars and offer $3250 and no case for the Gretch. Politely decline. Still fooling around and now free hot dogs outside. Have dog for brunch. They come back and say they will throw in the Gretch case. Politely decline and say $2900. for both with cases and case candy. Finally, I feel I have abused thier free food and guitar wankering long enough. I politely say good bye and thank for letting me try out the guitars. They dropped and did it $2900 for both!!!! So the good is - think this is one hell of a deal. The bad is - didn't plan on spending that type of scratch. Time to sell some of other guitars. So I'll be posting for sale 335 Epi Elite, Agile original horn with duncans, Dearmond M77 and a Yamaha classical real soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted May 30, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 That's a deal you can crow about for years to come ... congrats .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheAtomicJeff Posted May 30, 2005 Members Share Posted May 30, 2005 Rabies, nice dealing! If I hadn't got my Tom Anderson this morning I was going to get the Gretsch Nashville at the North Dallas store for $1300. Enjoy that Gretsch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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