Studio Custom Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 A guy in Australia has a rare SS guitar I wanted to purchase. He agreed to sell it to me, but only as a package deal with another guitar I already have one of, creating a situation where I'd sell one (the one I already have) to get to where I wish to be. I agreed to this, but asked he send me two Paypal invoices such that each can be valued individually in the event of them being lost or damaged in transit. He refuses, instead, he wants me to wire transfer him the money as a lump sum. He wants me to hire a courier to go to him to pick up the guitars. I explained that I would have zero protection of being ripped off and no insurance on the transactions using his desired method of transaction. FedEx will not cover anything over $1,000, they will not sell additional insurance, which means my home owner's would have to cover the transaction. My agent asked, "how can we cover something with no assigned value as part of a group purchase?" Would any sane person send a wire transfer to someone they never met on the other side of the world with zero assurance of ever receiving anything? FWIW, we are also talking big dollar amounts here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerteddybear Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Nope. Thanks but no thanks on this deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloozguy Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Six simple words...Run. Like. Hell. Don't. Look. Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Walk away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Tell him to go sit on his fuckin' didgeridoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Man Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yeah, ahh, NO!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeofdarkness56 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 7 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said: Walk away. Actually I would run, not walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveL Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 don't like it... don't care how rare the guitar is and how Australia has a very high per capita of awesome riffs... just say no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I'm glad I'm too broke to even try to contemplate a deal like that. Kinda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_S Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Back away slowly, but let him know that if (when) he can't find anyone to meet his nutty terms, you would be happy to buy the SS by itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 It's a good deal. I'd jump on it before somebody else does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio Custom Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 He now sent me his eBay feedback. I'd buy through eBay, I'd get more protection than I asked for. We all know eBay bends over backwards for buyers these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Go through eBay. This transaction was meant to be. You should own these guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 4 minutes ago, RobB said: Go through eBay. This transaction was meant to be. You should own these guitars I think the seller is trying to avoid losing money to eBay and PayPal fees. Unfortunately that leaves Joe with no protection whatsoever. The prick doesn't even want to ship tbe guitars (which would at least imply some admission of a deal having been struck), he wants a courier to come get them. Red flags all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathman Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Tell him you'll send half a 20 and you'll send the other half when the deal is complete. or run...;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloozguy Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 34 minutes ago, Studio Custom said: He now sent me his eBay feedback. I'd buy through eBay, I'd get more protection than I asked for. We all know eBay bends over backwards for buyers these days. If you wire transfer the money, you lose any protection you may have gotten from eBay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt L Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I would not do that. You might miss out on a really nice guitar but it's a big world full of really nice guitars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyboy-UK Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Intriguing... the ebay facilitation appears worth working through as a framework that offers protection. wierd to only consider selling you both guitars, rather than just the one you want. typically one might expect to yield more cash splitting them out, unless they are so closely linked. any more info to tantalise us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio Custom Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 This is rich: I'm not trying to tempt you as I'm making not effort to sell it, but I feel for your SS project, and other people will think it is going to be wrecked without Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 What does that mean in English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio Custom Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, kizanski said: What does that mean in English? My collection is shit without his guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo175 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 9 minutes ago, Studio Custom said: My collection is shit without his guitar. I'd politely tell him where to stick his SS and his terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynic Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 11 minutes ago, Studio Custom said: My collection is shit without his guitar. He's got a point. When I've seen photos of your collection I've often thought what you really need is just one more SS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjamiam Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 31 minutes ago, Studio Custom said: This is rich: I'm not trying to tempt you as I'm making not effort to sell it, but I feel for your SS project, and other people will think it is going to be wrecked without Not even Strine. What's the record for red flags in a single proposed transaction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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