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I appreciate we live in the land of the free. I also have heard there is a sucker born every minute. Check this E-Bay listing set at a $500 minimum bid and "Buy it Now" for $1099. What do you think? eBay item 2546131934 (Ends Jul-23-03 19:48:00 PDT) - Vintage Sho Bud Pedal Steel Guitar NO RESERVE

I sold a Maverick locally and got $850 canadian.It was is excellent shape and had all the orginal paper work,ShoBud volume pedal and bracket,wires,picks,a 7/8" bar and a leather dust cover.Orginal Case too.New Strings.
I had it on ebay and got a nonpaying bidder.

I would not buy a Maverick for $1099US
www.steadybrooksaddlery.ca

There have been a rash of Mavericks and other low end steels on Ebay recently that have sold for jacked up prices,probably purchased by folks who don't have a good handle on steel prices or the quality difference between a Mav and a Pro. When these sell, those sellers on the sidelines with these guitars jump in there and try to get in a sale for a stupid price.

Why not ask a fortune to begin with. Somebody out there somewhere just might give it to him!!

The forum seems the best place to get a fair price on a steel guitar.

It's WORTH what someone will pay for it. That's what capitalism and free market economy is all about.

A better question is "Can you buy a better playing/sounding guitar for that price or less?" If it's a Mav selling for more than a grand the answer is YES.

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<small>Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

I agree that the Forum is the best place to sell, buy, and/or trade. We have the privilege of making transactions with extremely good people.

i got one better i just found...check this out 2546100557 ...hehehehehe on ebay of coarse
wayne

i own alot of mavericks as some of you know ...when i was buying them for kids to learn on ...mabe i should put them on ebay for a stupid price ...i could make a killing....hmmmm

wayne

Those guitars are worth $300 Tops! You couldn't give me one for free! unless I needed a doorstop or firewood etc...

B.C.

Hey Guys
Look at this fine piece of guitar and tell what it is . Don't seem to be worth much without the pedal bar & Legs. Just don't seem to recognize the make.Key head might be worth something.Item # 2545927167

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Daniel J. Cormier
Mullen D-10 8/7,Mullen 8/5 ,Remmington S-8, Peavey Sessions 400 Limited wedge,Nasville 1000,Peavey 400 Limited.

I don't see why anyone would sell something for less than the maximum price they can get for it. Where's the logic in that?

The best place to sell a thing is where it will bring top dollar.

Rick

NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe the legend lives on!!!! <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Greely Baggett on 18 July 2003 at 12:01 AM.]</p></FONT>

I can't believe the legend lives on!!!!

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Greely Baggett
Mullen D-10 (8X5) Royal
Mullen S-10 (4X5)
Nashville 1000
65 Fender Twin
Tele Plus
Martin HD-28
"Pick one for Jesus"

The Maverick was a good beginner steel for me.If I was starting to learn today I would buy a Carter Starter. www.steadybrooksaddlery.ca

People that sell knowingly sell for more than an item is worth are no different than the scam artists that prey on old people and take their money to do home repairs and never come back to do them. They are ripoffs.

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Playing For JESUS,LC. WILLIAMS U12, SHO-BUD PRO1,CARVIN TL60

No, i don't think a Maverick is worth that much
i have seen the nicer model w: the claw head and the yellow finish go 850 $ on ebay
and the ordinary brown burl go from 550 to 650 $
i'm always lookin' round on ebay to see what's goin on
i'll agree w: Larry B : it's worth what someone is willing to pay for it
Winston Churchill said :
Capitalism is the most rotten system i know, but it works !

An item is worth what someone will pay for it. There's no other means of determining value... to say that there is is arbitrary and illogical. Sometimes this means a high price, and sometimes it means a low price, depending upon what the market will bear. The consumer's need or motivation, coupled with availability of the item, determines the value of a thing. Economics 101.

No decent businessman would ever knowingly sell something for less than the best price he can get for it. If he does, he won't be in business long, because the competition will eat his lunch. Only the strong survive.

Rick

Obviously this piece isn't worth even the opening bid price and this guy selling it is claiming ignorance as a ploy to lure sombody in.
But someone else has recently posted another just like it and the bid is down in the low end at the moment where it probably will stay.
That should deter this jackal from getting anywhere near what he is tryong for

I must agree with Larry Bell and Rick McDuffie. Any item IS worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

"Buyer beware" is an old but very true statement.

WHO establishes the price?

Who determines what an item is worth?

If a person puts an item on sale in any auction and the bid goes the established time limit and that item sells for a price that is a zillion times what some think its worth, there is NO crime in that.

It is a buyers responsibility to seek out an item's worth BEFORE they bid on it. If a buyer bids on an item and has not done their home work; and gets taken; it IS the buyer's fault. In NO way is this the seller's responsibility.

And then we have the exception of where a person wants something so bad they do NOT care what the consensus says it's worth. They simply must have it. There is no crime in that person paying whatever the price goes to.

Supply and demand (with emphasis on demand in this case) determines what any item is worth.

I would not give you a dime for a Maverick or a Carter Starter. I personally think they are both a piece of junk. So I bid 0 dollars on them. But I am not others. And if someone things a Carter Starter or a Maverick is worth 5 dollars, 500 dollar, 850 dollars, or 10,000 dollars and is willing to pay it,

GO for it.

carl

Is there anything for sale here?

Is a Maverick worth $1099.?

I guess it would depend on the year, miles, how straight the body is....Sorry, wrong maverick!
Btw, a buddie in College has one with a 302 in it that could run liked a striped A$$ Ape.
...Lots of fun. Maybe one of these is worth a grand-but not a Shobud.

no...

tp<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 28 July 2003 at 05:13 AM.]</p></FONT>

I have to disagree with some of these posts. just because a person doesn't know what they are doing, and is willing to pay more than something is worth doesn't justify cheating them by selling the item at an inflated price.

"Let the buyer beware" means it's OK for the seller to be a crook. That's not right. The seller has a a moral obligation to be honest and sell his or her wares at fair prices.

We all want more money, but acting dishonestly and cheating people to obtain it is just plain wrong.

There's a sucker born every minute.
And there are two jerks born every minute to take advantage of that sucker.

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<small>Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

Mike, if you had the opportunity to buy a mint push-pull at a flea market for $500, would you tell the seller that it's worth $3,000? Is it immoral to buy something from a seller who clearly has no idea about what it's worth and is UNDERcharging you alot?