Members bbach Posted December 4, 2007 Members Share Posted December 4, 2007 Gibson Robot Guitars: List price $2499, street price $2199, ebay ripoff $4200 clonk The price is justified by using a Les Paul Custom price as an example. The Robot guitar is a Studio.It's free enterprise. I don't know why it bothers me, but cripes, it just does. It seems so blatently dishonest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted December 4, 2007 Members Share Posted December 4, 2007 That's just capitalism at work.Most resellers work on 100% markupgive or take a few %...If they weren't using eBay they'dbe advertising somewhere else. Retailers/resellers/middlemen rely on theircustomers naivet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbach Posted December 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 That's just capitalism at work.Most resellers work on 100% markupgive or take a few %...If they weren't using eBay they'dbe advertising somewhere else. Retailers/resellers/middlemen rely on theircustomers naivet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members franknputer Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 That's just capitalism at work. Taking advantage of the ignorant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Taking advantage of the ignorant? hehe The main tenet of capitalism..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fendercaster Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Yeah, and he didn't even put a picture of a Robot on his listing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbach Posted December 6, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 I asked the seller to quit inferring that the robot guitar is a custom, so he reported me to eBay for harassment. However, he did change the wording in his listing. It's hilarious. He wrote "this is a studio for all of you from North Dorkota." North Dorkota! I split a rib laughing. However, I don't think he should blame the rest of North Dakota just because I'm a dork. Actually, he might be dead on. We might all be dorks. Why else would we live here? Clean air, lots of space, low cost of living, jobs available, housing market solid. Just doesn't sound like an enlightened place to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim_7string Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 I asked the seller to quit inferring that the robot guitar is a custom, so he reported me to eBay for harassment. However, he did change the wording in his listing. It's hilarious. He wrote "this is a studio for all of you from North Dorkota." North Dorkota! I split a rib laughing. However, I don't think he should blame the rest of North Dakota just because I'm a dork. Actually, he might be dead on. We might all be dorks. Why else would we live here? Clean air, lots of space, low cost of living, jobs available, housing market solid. Just doesn't sound like an enlightened place to be. You forgot "colder than hell to keep the riff-raff out." Regarding the guitar thing, good for you for calling him out on his b.s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 Looks like the seller has had a change of heart....===========================================This Listing Is UnavailableThis listing (160187411383) has been removed or isno longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number.If the listing was removed by eBay, consider it canceled. Note: Listings that have ended more than 90 days ago will no longer appear on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fendercaster Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 Maybe he sold it locally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beck Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 When an item disappears like that it has been removed by eBay. If the seller ended it, the listing would still be there with a statement saying something like "Seller ended auction early." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbach Posted December 10, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 Actually, the fellow emailed me and said he was just trying to "stir things up" and he was going to list his robot guitars for around $3k after they were officially released. He has a 100% approval rating and seems like a decent sort. I just did not like the fact that he was advertising them as Gibson Customs when they are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iop Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 I don't know guys...call me old school, I like to tune my own guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 I don't know guys...call me old school, I like to tune my own guitar. You're soooooooooooo old school !!! One of my favorite guitarists of all time, Django Reinhardt, had great difficulty tuning a guitar... his brother usually did it for him. One of my other fav guitarists of all time, Jimi Hendrix, was constantly tuning and retuning...during and in between songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbach Posted December 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 I don't know guys...call me old school, I like to tune my own guitar. It's ok to want to tune your own guitar manually, by ear, with the help of a tuner, a friend, or electronically. It doesn't matter. Being in tune does matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members regular guy Posted December 12, 2007 Members Share Posted December 12, 2007 I don't know guys...call me old school, I like to tune my own guitar. you can tune them? (sorry, I'm a terminal smartass) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbach Posted December 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 12, 2007 you can tune them? That would be funny if you could say that with a straight face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDLMUSIC Posted December 12, 2007 Members Share Posted December 12, 2007 Best cliched line to use when tuning your guitar onstage... "I don't know what's the matter with this guitar. It was in tune when I bought it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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