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09-06-2009, 09:21 PM
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I am debating trading in a like new fender jazz 24 i got it for cheap and i am not trying to make a profit trading it in. I just wanted to know if they offer a reasonable trade in , or are thay like a pawn shop?
I was hoping to get like a CV squier P for it. |
09-06-2009, 09:39 PM
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09-06-2009, 09:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | If you're lucky, you'll get half of what it's worth.
Sell privately, only use GC if it's something you need gone in a hurry.
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09-06-2009, 10:02 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: OREGON! | | | thanks for the replies, i figured this was more off topic then bass related.
Off to craigslist. |
09-06-2009, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by tplyons  If you're lucky, you'll get half of what it's worth.
Sell privately, only use GC if it's something you need gone in a hurry. | +1.
A Guitar Center employee clued me in on this once.
They offer you 50% of what it is going to sell for.
Absolutely not worth doing. |
09-06-2009, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man +1.
A Guitar Center employee clued me in on this once.
They offer you 50% of what it is going to sell for.
Absolutely not worth doing. | Thats crap , basically a bit more then a pawn shop. |
09-06-2009, 11:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upland, CA. | | Actually, it's 50% of their projected cost, even less worth it. 
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09-06-2009, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by LCW Thats crap , basically a bit more then a pawn shop. | They buy your bass to make money off of it, not to do you any favors.
They need to make money on it, which means they need to buy low and sell high. Because holding onto your instrument means another instrument can't be put on the racks, they have to make a profit. It's a business afterall, not a charity.
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09-07-2009, 06:42 AM
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09-07-2009, 08:52 AM
|  | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | You do realize that as a supporting member you can post an ad in the TB classifieds, don't you?
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09-07-2009, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by vegas532 Actually, it's 50% of their projected cost, even less worth it. | 50% of the price they are going to put on the tag is what they told me. |
09-07-2009, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Chicago, IL | | | The only benefit in selling gear to a retailer, IMO, is if you absolutely need money right away. If you can wait a week or two, perhaps even longer, test the waters elsewhere first.
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09-07-2009, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by RAM The only benefit in selling gear to a retailer, IMO, is if you absolutely need money right away. If you can wait a week or two, perhaps even longer, test the waters elsewhere first. | This is so true- you'll never get close to value on trade-ins at music stores or pawn shops... unless you have something the owner wants specifically... at least thats been my experience many times  |
09-07-2009, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by PSPookie You do realize that as a supporting member you can post an ad in the TB classifieds, don't you? | I do , i was just wanting a CV squier after shipping charges , paypal fees and my time it would pretty much just be worth it to swap at guitar center , but it looks like i will sell it instead |
09-07-2009, 05:27 PM
| | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | Really, it all boils down to one simple question: Is the extra money you will bring in worth the time you will spend selling the instrument on your own?
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09-07-2009, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by PSPookie Really, it all boils down to one simple question: Is the extra money you will bring in worth the time you will spend selling the instrument on your own? | Depends- if shipping and paypal fees equal me getting 360$ in the end and the bass cost 350$ i might as well just trade. I am just going to sell the instrument myself because i dont feel like talking to any air head at guitarcenter. |
09-08-2009, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by line6man +1.
A Guitar Center employee clued me in on this once.
They offer you 50% of what it is going to sell for.
Absolutely not worth doing. | That's not always true. I have only ever traded one thing into Guitar Center. I traded my Larrivee OMV-09 which had a list price of about $3k, if I remember correctly. I purchased it new for $1400 and put pickups in it for about $300. I used it for 4 years or so and I took it to Guitar Center. They gave me $1400 for it. They were selling it the week after for $2k. I was trading it in for a Breedlove made in their custom shop, which was being sold at cost ($1800).
That is probably NOT the norm. I don't know why they gave me so much for the trade in. But, it does happen. |
09-09-2009, 12:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Rockville, MD | | | The last thing I got at GC, I traded in some items for. They had a Pentabuzz I really wanted and while they still got the far better deal overall, on one bass they didn't. One of the basses I traded in I had just got from Rondo for $130 and they gave me $200 on it. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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