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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: lbpesq on October 03, 2006, 07:07:48 AM

Title: WOW - Skylark on ebay - almost as cheap as new!
Post by: lbpesq on October 03, 2006, 07:07:48 AM

Check this one out.  
 
link (http://cgi.ebay.com/ALEMBIC-SKYLARK-GUITAR-IN-NATURAL-5A-FLAME-MAPLE_W0QQitemZ200033399637QQihZ010QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
 
The opening bid and BIN are the same: $4800  The seller claims the MSRP is $6400.  The Alembic price list puts it at $4400.  Who would want a new one, when for only a few hundred dollars more you can get a used one and enjoy all the fun and excitment of sending a boatload of bucks to a stranger and hoping your guitar arrives?  Of course he may be legit - the seller may have paid a $2000 upcharge for side LEDs.  Yea right!  
 
Bill, tgo
 
(Message edited by davehouck on October 29, 2006)

Title: WOW - Skylark on ebay - almost as cheap as new!
Post by: tom_z on October 03, 2006, 08:22:08 AM

The wood backplates add a bit to the retail price too, but I don't see what adds up to 6400.
 
Nice looking guitar, though.
 
Peace
Tom

Title: WOW - Skylark on ebay - almost as cheap as new!
Post by: adriaan on October 03, 2006, 08:39:35 AM

Side leds aren't cheap either. But definitely overpriced if it is a second-hand.

Title: WOW - Skylark on ebay - almost as cheap as new!
Post by: olieoliver on October 03, 2006, 08:44:18 AM

This is a case where a little knowledge can be dangerous.

Title: WOW - Skylark on ebay - almost as cheap as new!
Post by: paulman on October 03, 2006, 09:41:26 AM

Hmmm, that listing looks exactly like the pics here:  http://www.guitarstudiousa.com/Products/Electric/Alembic/index.htm (http://www.guitarstudiousa.com/Products/Electric/Alembic/index.htm)  
 
Locale checks out, but it's still too much for me.