Author Topic: WOW - Skylark on ebay - almost as cheap as new! (Read 154 times)

lbpesq · « **on:** October 03, 2006, 07:07:48 AM »

Check this one out.

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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)

tom_z · « **Reply #1 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

adriaan · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2006, 08:39:35 AM »

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

olieoliver · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2006, 08:44:18 AM »

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

paulman · « **Reply #4 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

Locale checks out, but it's still too much for me.