jameswithesg Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 no really are there any of you collectors that buy a an axe every now and then and flip em later for more cash than you paid? kinda of an appealing idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 no really are there any of you collectors that buy a an axe every now and then and flip em later for more cash than you paid?kinda of an appealing idea Not me... I won't buy a guitar unless I like it, and therefore won't ever let it go, (maybe that's why I have like a dozen!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 looks good on paper but never seems to work out that way. typically, i will lose a little and write it off a s a "rental fee". if i'm really lucky, i will get out of it what i put into it. anyway, i'm always moving up as they come and go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Never. I am a musician that buys instruments to play them. The small handful of guitars I have sold were either because I was broke and needed to pay rent or because I did not play the instrument anymore. It was never to turn a profit. It is collectors and people looking to flip an instrument that have ruined the used guitar market. Go find another hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameswithesg Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 hahaha quite the replies, i'm a ONE GUITAR guy, just for playing and giving others sweet music, but i was thinking about it, and i just wondered if there were dudes out there who did that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max2343 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Yes. I do. Buy-em and flip-em on Evil-bay I'm blueshawkmandude "The Dude With the Stuff in The House of Hair" and also Several others on Ebay. It's Great because I test drive alot of Guitars and have learned 1. It's real hard to let go. 2. You never know what Sounds Great. Mainly Made in U.S.A & M.I.J & Some Korean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameswithesg Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Yes. I do. Buy-em and flip-em on Evil-bay I'm blueshawkmandude "The Dude With the Stuff in The House of Hair" and also Several others on Ebay. It's Great because I test drive alot of Guitars and have learned 1. It's real hard to let go. 2. You never know what Sounds Great. Mainly Made in U.S.A & M.I.J & Some Korean so do you make more cash on em? or is it just a good method of testing so many guitars to find the right one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max2343 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 About 6800 hundred in the last 90 days and I'm about to list another large lot of about 10 or so and will be Expanding to other catagories and yes its a way to weed out and keep some real nice ones. And it seems the real old cheep ones sound & play better than most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I don't and I don't view them as investments. I wish others wouldn't, either. I've only sold guitars because I bought better ones and with the exception of one SG, I lost money on each one I sold. It is collectors and people looking to flip an instrument that have ruined the used guitar market. Go find another hobby. That's the problem. There's money to be made and people take full advantage of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr newhaven Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 doing it is easy...there are always guitars for sale and always people willing to buy them...the problem is making money doing it! haha if you want to make money doing it you have only a few options...one is save up enough bankroll to buy quality vintage instruments of a good pedigree... you need to store it like it was the mona lisa...make sure its as original as they come...and never play it! it might take a while to unload at a decent margin but its do-able... the other option is wait for something pretty standard to come out at a great great price...and then sell it for close to retail for a smaller profit...or find someone desperate to liquidate goods, etc... but again youre gonna have smaller margins on these types of transactions unless they are pretty unaware of the market...which is almost impossible thanks to the internet! specialty is always better than run of the mill... for example... i bought this guitar for myself...knowing its a player and not a museum piece... i looked for one for over a year and a half...and jumped at the opportunity to own this... its modified which makes it useless to collectors...but players know about its pro's... after posting it on the internet to get more info...and just show off...i received two offers for it...one for almost double what i payed... i was polite and told both no...in fact i let the second guy know he was offering me double..and i pointed him in a direction where he could get his own... like i said this is for me! but needless to say...certain guitars just scream out to investors and rich players all over the world...its finding one at a good price thats the hard part! i almost bought an epiphone texan with McCartney's signature in the soundhole...figured i could cater to two potential markets...Beatles fans and guitar fans...but i never pulled the trigger because those guitars were at the time still available to the general public and i didnt want to buy a guitar...and store it for 10 years in order to have a hot commodity... i would have played the hell out of it and the value wouldnt have been what it should be when i was ready to unload it... so search for some interesting stuff! and good luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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