MCChris

Hobart?

You should at least torch the case. Again, is the value of the time you'll spend cleaning the previous owner's filth out of it worth saving $50 or so on a new one?

Unless his cost is zero dollars, I'm against this idea.

Those who know me will tell you (warning: epic understatement coming) that I have a knack for hyperbole. I stand by my contention, however, that to go to extraordinary lengths to acquire an Epiphone, including boxing up a perfectly good guitar and shipping it off to someone in exchange for one, seems silly. And STM said it himself: you can't put a pricetag on the time he's lost dealing with this horseshit, all for an Epiphone that came in a case that reeked of cigarette smoke and cat piss and DIDN'T EVEN WORK! Seriously. Re-read that bolded part. I make two assumptions about grown men: that they presumably have lives, and possibly have wives and/or kids. Is it really worth sacrificing a nanosecond you could have otherwise devoted to either of those things to acquire a used Epiphone? Priorities, people.

No, that wasn't it.

That picture is all over the web. In context here, it's associated with one person, as it should be. Why should you care what I think of Epiphones?

The risk/reward ratio.

I have no issue with that. I do have an issue with grown men having low standards for their luxury items. Does anyone REALLY need a Korean Epiphone so badly that they'd enter into a trade with an unproven n00b?

And let this be a lesson to everyone here: NEVER under any circumstance acquire an Epiphone, unless it's from an era when the name meant something and was not merely Gibson's Korean knockoff brand, or unless murkat worked on it.

The worst part about it is, we weren't even arguing. We were pointing out what a piece of shit he is.

He's looking for excuses not to pony up the dough.

I can see the value in keeping him around to remove the inevitable excuse of not being able to communicate with STM via PM (nevermind that there are other methods of communications, including smoke screens). Once it's been established that he has no intention of making good on the deal, it's sayonara time.

Better yet, make sure you pay nothing, OP. If the store owner presses the issue, tell him you would prefer that all future communications regarding this issue be between your respective legal counsels. That'll end it right there.

Classic rant, because that's exactly what's happening to you. And clearly your parents didn't teach you how to properly use apostrophes. Or how to not be a total shitheel.

Something tells me this won't be the case. Was I right or was I right? Perfectly stated.

It ain't over yet. IndianScout has demonstrated a penchant for being pathological, if not a straight-up sociopath.

Wow, that seems a bit irresponsible on the part of the admins... I wouldn't take this clown at his word. HC is a zoo and an eBay-esque haven for degenerates, but even their admins wouldn't do such a thing.

Well done. The weather checking is exquisite!

And definitely don't stand behind a horse with a dog in it.

LOL Something tells me this won't be the case.

1. You have a crap reputation at HC 2. You do a deal with someone on the HFC who knows nothing of your reputation 3. Deal has problems Coincidence? Yeah, probably. Since your side of the story is apparently nobody's business, chances are there won't be a "next" for you here in terms of dealing gear.

Care to address why you have such an absolutely horrendous reputation on the Harmony Central forums?

LOL Please get a grip...bro.

In other words, you called in a hard, pipe-hittn' n***** who went to work on homeboy there with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch.

I think IS actually is Native American, so just send him some fire water. That'll slowly and painfully do him in. Good for you, Dave. You're an example of why this forum rocks. As long as it doesn't preclude him from working on any of my guitars.