I'd use their layaway plan, try to get the lowest price possible and then when you get the money for your bass, finish paying it off, your better off that way. I don't think it'll take more than 30 days to sell it. Try the classifieds on here or craigslist.
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Would GC Agree?
- Thread starter Rose_of_Sharyn
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I traded in a bass, but it was only because of desperation. I tried selling it for almost a year before I walked into a shop and saw my current bass. They gave me a good deal on the trade in and I got a keeper. It wasn't a GC.
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(btw, im rose_of_sharyn)
Ok update here:
I went to guitarcenter and to my surprise the bass I wanted was still there, spector rebop 5 , and after I traded in my pretty beat up mim fender jazz bass 5 string with high action none the less, they only wanted about $350 for it!!! This is what it looks like (found these images on ebay)
sounds so nice and its so light
^ to Chris2112
thanks, I love it too, wish i had pictures of my actual one, but that is dead on, only on my headstock it isnt missing where it says Spector like it shows in that picture.
And I got it for such a great price, on spectors website this was going for a little over a grand I think.
Ok update here:
I went to guitarcenter and to my surprise the bass I wanted was still there, spector rebop 5 , and after I traded in my pretty beat up mim fender jazz bass 5 string with high action none the less, they only wanted about $350 for it!!! This is what it looks like (found these images on ebay)
sounds so nice and its so light
^ to Chris2112
thanks, I love it too, wish i had pictures of my actual one, but that is dead on, only on my headstock it isnt missing where it says Spector like it shows in that picture.
And I got it for such a great price, on spectors website this was going for a little over a grand I think.
yep, thats about right....i got my ReBop for 400 after tradidng in a beat up marshal combo and a Tom DeLonge strat (i was young)
in that picture its a mix of DR Hi Beams and DR Extras (black beauties) just something i did for fun, but i generally always use either Hi-beams or low riders
Just for an example. I brought two basses into GC to see what they would trade me. They told me that I could trade both for a 600 bass. I walked away and sold both basses for over 1200.
They hide behind the 'book' value. They even show you a copy of it to 'prove' that they're giving you a good trade. I would urge you to sell on your own.
In the end, they do have to make a profit on it, so you can't really blame them, but I just wish they were up front about that and not insult my intelligence.
Oh, and I also wish that they'd stop marking parts basses as 'Vintage Fenders.' But that's a whole other thread.
They hide behind the 'book' value. They even show you a copy of it to 'prove' that they're giving you a good trade. I would urge you to sell on your own.
In the end, they do have to make a profit on it, so you can't really blame them, but I just wish they were up front about that and not insult my intelligence.
Oh, and I also wish that they'd stop marking parts basses as 'Vintage Fenders.' But that's a whole other thread.
