Buying a $50k guitar for $4k (reaction)

[@kjdjdhgdhsj8859]

When I bought my first guitar, my father laughed at me. He thought that it would be another two week hobby for me, as I also have a habbit of starting something and stop after a few weeks when I'm bored with it. I laughed along with him because I knew he had a point and was maybe even right about it. But I bought it from my own money and said to him taht I could always sell it. That is now 7 years ago and I'm attending music school at the moment. You never know how things will happen.

[@gordonkennygordon]

True story: the bass player in a band I play with is on the medical tone-deaf spectrum. He's solid as a rock because he focuses so hard on the musical aspects he CAN hear. It's a little tough to do an open jam with him, because he can't hear when chords change, so in this project we stick to the set form of the song and it's great! Peace

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

That's awesome!

[@Marta1Buck]

Your buddy should use a stage name with Beethoven in it

[@-jank-willson]

@@Marta1Buck The Tone-Defs

[@almendratlilkouatl]

Use a melodic approach like carnatic music

[@DantesGrill]

Man, if my friend sold my favorite guitar that he knew had a lot of personal value just because he assumed I wanted to sell it he'd be dead to me. Even if he'd manage to get it back I don't think I'd be able to recover. He even had a list to go from! Zero respect shown.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Yea, I was just commenting about that. This is why, while it can work often, people should *Not* specifically treat others the way they want others to treat them. We don't all want to be treated the same way, nor should we be.

[@DantesGrill]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 True, and posting on the reddit, this guy just wants back rubs and people telling him it wasn't that bad.

[@brenthays6539]

If you sell ANYTHING that you don’t know the value of, it’s on YOU to find out the value because of precisely the situation described here.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Yeps. I have the same take. I also think the buyer would have done better to mention that it was worth substantially more, and maybe they would have appreciated that type of character in their fellow Earthling, they would made it affordable for them still. What a great chance at wonderful life experience. I think for just that reason, just that possibility alone, it proves that honesty really is the best policy (unless a situation makes honesty dangerous).

[@ambiention]

Agree. However the buyer can still be an ‘asshole’ while being legally and morally in the clear.

[@SquirrelDarling1]

Yep, agree.

[@FusionKush]

Ehh it sounds the same as any guitar. Not worth the money at all.

[@anthonygillette]

It’s the age of the internet. It takes a simple Google search to find the average price of any collectible. It’s 100% the seller’s duty.

[@marg0049]

With that 50K Strat, the biggest A-hole move was the guy getting salty and going to the buyer's wife's HR. Essentially trying to leverage the employment of a person who wasn't even directly involved because he was mad, when the issue didn't even happen through work. Sure other things in the interaction were questionable, but that takes the cake.

[@pthelo]

6:43 "No one was happy, and that's when you know it's fair." -Samurai Guitarist EPIC QUOTE

[@ChrisCanMakeStuff]

"No one was happy, and that's how you know it was fair." 😂😂😂

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Yeps. Learning to compromise is one of the most important life skills. Also one of the hardest get good at. lols

[@xformant]

I personally sold my own favorite guitar back in the early 2000s in order to afford a synth and some other gear. Was I the asshole? Yes, and I have not yet forgiven myself for doing so.

[@donrepcon7704]

If the girl has saved up to buy a bass, regardless of her physical impairments or dad thinking it's pointless, he should encourage her to reach for her goals. A person can dream. Sorry dad, this is not your call.

[@DevanSabaratnam]

My best friend at high school was deaf, but he was also a great drummer. He explained to me once when I was playing a piano at rehearsals that he could somewhat hear the middle and lower range of the piano, but the highest two octaves he couldn't hear the notes but he could hear the wooden mallets knocking. It was the first time I realised that 'deaf' didn't always mean no hearing at all, but affected different people in different ways. Note: His famous party trick at concerts we went to was to walk up to the massive speakers next to the stage, turn off his hearing aids and sticking is head into the speaker cone and watch everyone (who didn't know he was deaf) get horrified!

[@kstogie]

$4,000 is a weird price to list something if you don't know its actual value. Way above pawn shop prices, so he must have had some reason to think it was valuable. That's on him if he didn't get a professional opinion and listed it at that price. Would it be nice of a potential buyer to let them know it's true value? Sure. But they are only an asshole if they intentionally deceive the seller and convince them to sell far below value.

[@robinr22]

I don't agree. It's taking advantage of someone. That is always a straight up ass move. 100% of the time. Don't care how anyone rationalises it to themselves - the real truth is they want money and they found a legal way to steal some from someone else and then found a way to pretend to themselves that they're still a good person. I saw someone selling an original Fender Rhodes that belonged to her dead husband for £100. I put her in touch with a specialist musical instrument seller. What kind of person would I be if I ripped off a widow because she didn't know what she had? An ass, is what I'd be. I'm amazed this is even a discussion.

[@Mr2greys]

The buyer did intentionally deceive knowing full well that the Tele is worth way more than what they were asking. It doesn't absolve the seller of being stupid but knowing the guitar is heavily undervalued is ethically immoral.

[@WW-1995]

@@Mr2greys It might become ethically moral if it's for the sake of fixing stupidity.

[@Nick-v7b3l]

For the bass playing daughters dad. She's 14 and trying out new things. You gotta bite the bullet and let them try out new stuff. A used bass and little amp can gotten for under $200 bucks. Encourage your kids. This as an adult who's mother did everyone to discourage his creativity amd shit all over any dreams i had. Worst case, you turn around and sell it and make some $ back if she abandons it.

[@Tinyflower1]

exactly, i had the same fight specially from my aunt and grandma influencing my mum not to get me a guitar and since she listens to them she didn't (eventually she bought me a second one though). My dad eventually bought me a cheap 150€ guitar and now 20 years later I still play and everyone is amazed at how good I am at it

[@TedBarton91]

“My kid tries things and gives up quickly” 😂 every parent ever

[@MrBeardsley]

I actually used to know a dude with amusia (don’t know if he was born with it or not), he was known around town as “The Whistler” because you’d see him walking around the neighborhood with his headphones on whistling to the music, but he’d only whistle one note over and over. He occasionally popped up at a live-band karaoke gig I used to work and he sung just like he whistled, he clearly knew the songs but his voice was completely monotone. Obviously I wasn’t gonna laugh at someone with a disability, but it was also really, really funny because I’d never heard anything like it before.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

There was a lady in the choir at my grandparent’s church like that. No one had the heart to tell her she should find a different way to serve. But she very passionately sang in the choir, very much out of tune 😂

[@MrBeardsley]

@@honkytonkinson9787 Same thing at the karaoke gig, even the hardcore regulars didn’t give him any guff. Some of them even bought him drinks after his numbers, he was a pretty good dude.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

@@MrBeardsley I’m a little jealous of people who can enjoy life that way!

[@CD_Character]

@@honkytonkinson9787 "Make a joyful noise", they say.

[@MrBeardsley]

@@honkytonkinson9787 I don’t know if he just didn’t realize he had it or what, but the guy had total confidence in himself. It was pretty amazing.

[@MuscleCarLover]

I'll just say, my favourite guitar that I own won the woodgrain lottery. I'd sell every other guitar including my first one AND my car before even considering my literal dream guitar. I'm keeping that one until I die

[@luchorios5663]

I dont think any Fender or Gibson guitar is worth 50,000 bux.....They werent hand crafted without electric tools from a master luthier who died in Italy 200 plus years ago...as far as Im concerned thats a done deal for that factory item...The Aholes here are the ones that drive up the prices of decent guitars with terms like rare and "vintage" and asking exorbitant prices

[@MuscleCarLover]

And that's why I like reissues. The same vibe, but attainable for us mere mortals

[@NickShvelidze]

I 100% agree with that

[@whyceeguy]

So my story happened a long time ago when guitars cost hundreds and not thousands of dollars, which as somebody else pointed out is a part of the Ahole factor not related to either the buyer or seller. A friend went to a garage sale that had "electric guitar" as one of the items listed in their ad in the paper. They had a Tele that they had given to their son as a xmas gift that he never played and was left under his bed. A bunch of years later they were cleaning out their house, the son had long since moved out and they were selling the guitar for about half of what they had paid for it. My friend generously paid them 3x what they were asking and they were thrilled which was about a 1/3 of what it was worth so he was thrilled too. Win/win. If the guy had offered to buy the guitar back in the situation described in the video for $12-20,000 or something like that (and that value is not part of the story) then it could have been a win/win.

[@megwatts1903]

I love the way you transition from, "Girls love guitarists" to "Hey, I'm gonna teach you how to play guitar". Very smooth, indeed.

[@twostep919]

Samurai guitarist is one of the few KZbinrs that I feel if I met them somewhere they wouldn’t have an ego about their popularity and would engage with me as an equal. Good guy-Samarai!

[@BramClaes]

A few years back, Gibson did a few custom shop recreations of particular 1958-1960 les pauls. One of them was the "Dutchburst", so named because the guitar showed up in The Netherlands around 2010 or so. The story goes that a guy brought his recently deceased dad's guitar to a shop to sell it, thinking it would be worth €3000. The store owner realised what was in front of him, and told the guy the truth. Imho: not telling the truth is indeed taking advantage of someone. Or even deception, and should be punishable by law

[@Vito_Tuxedo]

Sorry man, but “punishable by law” is bullshit. Punishment is revenge; it solves nothing, and it doesn’t reverse the crime. Murder is illegal, but that doesn’t stop it. I don’t condone deception, or fraud, or cheating people, so I don’t do it. “There oughta be a law” is exactly the mental disease that has created the ever-increasing body of coercive rules that are making civilization increasingly dysfunctional. It doesn’t work, and we don’t need more of it. Yeah…I know; it sounds like heresy. “So, what’re you…an anarchist?” Nope. Actually, I’m a scientist, which means I make observations about what works, and what doesn’t, and the mess we’ve got right now doesn’t work. It beats anarchy, but only by institutionalizing corruption. Sometimes people get punished for doing the wrong thing, but the system doesn’t reward people for doing the right thing. The whole damned thing is upside down, and focused on the negative. “There oughta be a law” is not going to solve anything.

[@williamwilson-ks7vn]

Dad buying the bass ...thats why God created squier

[@nuberiffic]

Or just go on the secondhand market. I bought a bass for $50 once

[@kylelux8740]

Just bought my daughter a Squier, no joke they actually play really nice now. WAY better than how they were 10 years ago. I wanted to keep playing it myself!

[@CD_Character]

Leo Fender is God ? Okay. I'm fine with that.

[@ggauche3465]

You are an ethical and balanced person, IMHO. Which is why I keep watching.

[@SPierreLK]

Some years ago I had a computer shop. One day an old man living in the same house as the shop asked me if I could help him sell a keyboard, he was low on money. He said what he wanted, which was about 1/4 of what it was worth. I bought it, but I gave him what it was worth.

[@NickShvelidze]

What kind of a keyboard was it?

[@SPierreLK]

@@NickShvelidze Casio. I don't remember the namn, but it is with 88 keys.

[@louismackie8842]

Theory: Sammy G is the author of all the ones he deemed the op not the asshole for and he's just using this for positive reinforcement

[@WilliamHaisch]

2:22 Song idea: “Try that in a pawn shop” 😂

[@robswystun2766]

I do indeed feel like the greatest guitarist in the world when I manage to switch between multiple chords without screwing it up too badly. Wonderful feeling.

[@stephpicher]

"It doesn't mean we're trying to get your girlfriend." Right, but dude thought SHE wanted to get the guitarist. :D

[@Rex-golf_player810]

For the first post, i wouldve just offered to teach the roommate how to play lol

[@CD_Character]

That was my thought. The girl might have seen that he was learning (improving himself?) for her.

[@bmuisc3142]

that dude that sold his friend's Guitar should like to GO AWAY from his friend's life.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Would be better if he did as Sammy suggested and bought him one as good or better.

[@stevesorrell9835]

Dammit... I have to be the asshole, by mentioning the misspelling of "You're" 😖😖😖

[@tuazulyrojoeljean]

Nah, you're good, but people getting offended for so little thing kinda are.

[@timointrouble]

Try to support your kids interests if possible, I would say to the last one. Even if the chances are small that they keep it up. They need to find out, to experience, to experiment. They should learn that "failing" at something is ok. Loosing/changing interest is ok. You can find used stuff for little money. Over the years we had an E-piano, E-drums, Ukuleles, Guitars, Flutes, a Trumpet and a Violin, even a Sampler/Synth, all for very little money. Drums and Guitar stuck (with me 😅), everything else went to other kids. For free or very little money. And usually you better buy an old Guitar from your Neighbour rather than the cheapest one you can find on Amazon, anyway.. My Son always wanted Mountain Bikes but never really got into it, he just used it to get around in the end. So naturally I was hesistant when he wanted a BMX. Boy, am I glad I bought one for him! He rides that thing for hours and learns new tricks every day!

[@WilliamHaisch]

2:22 Dude is probably straight up looking at $50k *asking* prices and thinking they are the *final* prices. 😂

[@Kaz999998]

Honestly, that guy with the daughter wanting to play bass; bro just get a $100-200 bass. If she ends up losing interest then its not a huge financial loss.

[@nuberiffic]

And if it's only a month or two old, barely used; you'll get close to that price on the 2nd hand market anyway.

[@bbbbbbread]

Literally on fb market used for under 100

[@robinr22]

I really enjoyed this - interesting, funny, guitar-related but something different.

[@polymerclaymakes]

"No-one was happy, and that's when you know it's fair" 😂😂😂

[@Chuck-Bob]

Lmao. The line during the shred goddess one literally made me choke, nice one.

[@WantedVisual]

The noise complaint thing is giving me flashbacks because I live in Germany, where there are "quiet times" enshrined in law and neighbors calling the cops for "noise" even outside those times is not out of the ordinary. Lots of lawsuits that are basically these AITAH posts and your story. The funny part is, there is a very conclusive answer about your case in particular. If you are playing at a reasonable time, at a somewhat reasonable volume (i.e. 4 pm on a Thursday, not so loud a vocalist couldn't be heard over it), and it is loud enough two floors up to annoy your neighbor? Your landlord's at fault. He needs to make sure there's enough noise insulation in the building, at least so noise disputes are limited to either next-door/next-floor neighbors, or truly egregious cases where the cops pull out ear protection outside the door.

[@Aeduo]

I think the whole thing about personal collections of rare guitars and inflation of value of rare, culturally meaningful artifacts and things in general just kinda makes everyone involved assholes to be honest. Create mechanisms which can assure funding for museums around these various things and pass things on to them so they can be things for the public to appreciate. For accidentally selling a guitar? Eh. It's an accident. Maybe they could've been more careful/mindful of others' things though and that might indicate they're a bit of a jerk.

[@trevormustey4418]

I am one of those terrible musicians and I have the time of my life belting out songs that nobody can recognize!! I suffered for my music...now it's your turn!

[@grogueQ]

I had a friend who used to sing Bobby McGee at karaoke, and she was so good until the key change. No lie, she would sing the remainder of the song in the original key along with karaoke version, never even noticing how horrible it sounded.

[@allank8497]

Great video!

[@jasonswitzer1748]

Here’s the thing… the guy should be doing his due diligence before selling stuff. If you make a deal and it’s a bad deal, that’s on you.

[@lukamerlet4902]

the 4k / 50k story is unfair I think. In case of old guitars there is no "real value", and it is not because someone is ready to pay 50k for a guitar that it is fair to consider it is it's "true "value. and 4k is already a fairly decent blues lawyer price for a guitar.

[@muenchhausenmusic]

Blues lawyer, good one, gotta remember that 😆

[@dj_tmc]

Girl who wanted the bass: buy a Squire or Sire from Guitar Center. Their return policy is over 30 days. If she loses interest by then, just take it back. Also, if she is tone deaf, maybe a percussion instrument is something to consider? (All the drummers will come at me now for the fact that they have to tune their drums. She could get electric drum pads)

[@Botman-vs9qt]

Dude! Antwon be giving Marcelus wife a foot massage Antwon should know that shit an't right!

[@YaGottaBeKidding]

I had a friend who I was certain was truly tone deaf, an opinion I'd held for the 25-30 years I'd known him. One day I'd heard him singing, on pitch and time. A few minutes later I'd heard him playing his acoustic and he sounded OK, not the tone-deaf mess I'd come to expect. Then he'd started doing his usual, singing while playing, and there was nothing in there that wasn't a hot mess. Or maybe a cool mess. Either way, _nothing_ he was singing or playing fit; it was awful. I'd commented to him about this, suggesting he play or sing, but not both simultaneously. His response was, "But that's the only way I enjoy playing." He enjoyed it, so it didn't matter in the slightest what anyone else thought. Although I didn't enjoy listening to him (it was actually a bit unpleasant), more power to him!

[@zyxwvut4740]

On the $50k Tele, I'd say he's an ahole if he flips it for cash, but NOT if he plays and treasures it. 🎸

[@joachimtesdal5998]

4% of the population is medically tone deaf?? sucks for them but i'm going to have so much fun with this :D

[@michaellandreth1392]

As far as the $50.000 Tele for $4.000. The real Ahole(s) is are the ones that drove the price of a "Working Man's" Guitar up that high..

[@martyshwaartz971]

“Working man’s” guitars are like

[@michaellandreth1392]

@@martyshwaartz971 Talking in 52 compared to a Gibson. Come to think of it 4000 is way to much too.

[@haldasinger6440]

bro dodged a bullet imo . . . that goddess would've shredded more than some cover songs if he'd gotten in much deeper

[@mandalove1858]

I think the story with the 52 tele the guy isnt an asshole. He made it clear he wasnt gonna resell it and he was gonna give it the care and time that the seller clearly wasnt gonna give. More importantly though. I feel it would if been a NICE thing to say its worth 50k. But just bc you dont do something nice doesn’t automatically make you an asshole. If you’re gonna try and sell shit and not know what youre selling then its on you when something like this happens. Plus the guy went to HR over something that was outside of work with someone who didn’t have anything to do with it

[@jodan6991]

If I got a $50K guitar for $4K, I'd be sooooooooo happy!

[@RedeemedTech]

Second fr. Love you samurai!

[@Johnlefroy]

That was fun!

[@NathanDiNapoli]

🤣great video thanks

[@vittorioballeriocastoldi6171]

If the seller was asking for 4 grands and he got the 4 grands I don’t see the issue. On private sales that’s how it works, if you don’t do your research it’s on you. I almost bought a 50s telecater once, it was the shittiest one I’ve ever seen, but the guy wanted 300 euros. I couldn’t get the cash together and the deal fell through. Did i know what that was? Well, no. I knew the neck was from 1952 and it was in the worst condition. That poor thing was chopped up, glued back together, painted, at a certain point it had a bigsby and the pick guard was a random piece of plastic. The seller just wanted enough money to get a new guitar that could actually play. After he sold that thing to another person i got a used danelectro

[@fred4887]

This started with a 4 minute long ad that i can't skip, so theres a view you would have had had this not been the case, normally i dont get any ads so idk.

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

Wait.. you said talking about A-holes later, in the bedroom? ??? Does that mean what I think it means? ;)

[@fatpad00]

For the 50k guitar, id say NTA, because the seller set the price. If OP lowballed the seller, that would be a different story, but it sounds like the seller didnt do their due diligence in pricing the guitar

[@anthonygillette]

“Frankly untalented” That’s why it’s called a skill, you don’t have to be good right out the gate. Buy a fender squier is 129.99 (USD)and is perfectly cromulent for learning

[@musicmnw1982]

About the 4k vintage.... They're both a-holes. The seller needs to know what they're selling before they sell it and the buyer needs to avoid taking advantage of morons.

[@dankmazzi2376]

If someone famous owned and played a guitar it's still just a guitar isn't it?? The person who played the instrument is or was famous I personally wouldn't pay huge sums just because who owned it...too each his own..✌️❤.

[@Eric_01]

I doubt even the buyer knew the guitar's market value when he bought it. Seems like this was all flushed out after the fact for both parties.

[@titanuranus]

I cannot agree re: the Fender. The buyer responded and paid the full asking price. There's nothing left to discuss.

[@nuberiffic]

It's still a pretty scummy thing to do. He knew he was taking advantage of someone.

[@jonnyspeed8974]

Don't sell a 1950s guitar without getting it valued. Period. And regarding playing amplified music = get headphones,

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

In my fat opinion,😛 I don't think half of this is worthy of the term. Some are pretty bad, like the guy selling his friends guitar behind his back. The old adage _"Treat others how you want to be treated"_ gives people the wrong idea. Just do your best to treat people as they prefer to treated (within reason of course).🥰😊

[@shiru8bit]

The main topic is a tricky thing to measure. Something has a market value of 50K, but you're getting it for 48K, or 40K, or 30K, or 25K. How much you can go down to turn into the asshole? On the other hand, seller can put it on sale for 100K, and he is in his right, just no one will pick it. Is at his right to also put it at sale for 40K for whatever reason? For 30, 20? May he ask just 5K but ASAP?

[@Jerry_Fried]

I believe you’re wrong about the first one. It wasn’t a case of the guitarist happening to know the song that the girl liked and playing it in a group setting with the girl and his roommate. It was a case of him going out of his way to learn and play the song especially for her and then agreeing to learn more songs that she liked. This is an intimate behavior. From the roommate’s perspective, he can’t know the guitarist isn’t interested in the girl, and from the outside, it appears that he is. The whole episode demonstrates that he is interested in learning the songs just for her pleasure. How is the roommate to react when the guitarist goes out of his way to please this girl? It underscores a particular inadequacy in the roommate. The guitarist is in the wrong. In the second case, the buyer was not in the wrong. First, there is symmetry between the”buyer beware” and “seller beware.” Both parties owe it to themselves to do their due diligence. Second, there was not indication in your summary, unless I missed it, that the buyer knew the “true” value of the Tele. All we know is that the seller set the price, the buyer agreed to it and they closed the deal. Both parties were satisfied. It was only after the seller did what he should have done in the first place that the issue of right and wrong even arose. Let’s assume for heuristic purposes that the buyer didn’t know it was a fifty-thousand-dollar (in theory) guitar. Would he be in the wrong then? If the buyer did his due diligence and learned that the guitar was “worth” more than was being asked for it, does he have an obligation either to pay more or to tell the buyer that it’s actually worth more than he’s able to pay and, therefore to price himself out of the guitar? I say no. An object, whether it’s a pair of shoes or a mint early Telecaster is worth what the buyer and seller agree upon. The seller is in the wrong for trying to renege on a deal that has been voluntarily entered into and completed. What’s more, when the seller asked to buy the guitar back, what price did he offer? If it’s in theory a fifty-thousand-dollar guitar, he should have offered at least thirty thousand dollars to buy it back. Otherwise, he would be trying to make the buyer pay for his, the seller’s, mistake. The seller is definitely the party in the wrong.

[@julesbrunton1728]

Mate, in both cases, the guy's a drummer. This is just natural selection at work

[@CaptHiltz]

My question about the $50k Tele is, did either party bother to look up it's value? That would have taken somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes to find out. If neither did and the buyer wasn't the type of player who kept track of the value of vintage guitars then the seller is the asshole. If the buyer knew the value then he is an asshole. I have to say on a slight side note that the seller not looking up or being aware of the value of the guitar doesn't necessarily make him an asshole but maybe lazy and a little stupid.

[@vxidastronaut]

guy on fb market said he'd give me 400 for it 😂

[@underwoodvoice9077]

Hey, that last girl could have been the next Sid Vicious, or Stu Sutcliffe...not the dying young part, just the lack of talent part.

[@a.abeyta6237]

If you have $4k to spend on a guitar, Enjoy it. ...personally, I'd get the longboard....A 1964 Gibson FireBird.

[@scootinand]

If he's gonna flip that guitar, then yeah, he's the asshole. If he's gonna play that guitar a lot and really enjoy it for many years to come, then no, not the asshole.

[@X9523-z3v]

There's zero chance guitars hold value like they have in the past. You need a middle class for a collectibles market. That, with music not having the value it once had, you paid market price

[@JT96708]

No one was happy and third how you know it’s fair. 😂

[@SchwiftySamsara]

I unfortunately get thr first dudes apprehension. Used to hang with my girl and my best bestest mate. 6 months after introducing them she dumped me and I found out they'd been screwing behind my back for months...

[@NoelHaven]

7:01 Excuse me, friend but was that a South Park reference you made there, guy? 🥲 Thank you for always sharing your valuable knowledge and insight, my Samurai buddy 🤘🏻❤️

[@michaellandreth1392]

the reason Leo Fender never learned to play an Instrument was due to a hearing issue. Possibly the same as the young lady has.

[@umrmech84]

With the $50k Tele, if the seller set the price and the buyer paid it, the seller is the A-Hole. If the seller said "Make me an offer." and the buyer low-balled him, knowing what it was worth, the buyer is the A-hole.

[@eidodk]

That's just not a way you should do business. Taking advantage of your clientele is usually a big warning sign for businesses.

[@umrmech84]

@eidodk You just think that way because of the magnitude of the price spread. I recently bought two identical 2024 Les Pauls, one from AMS and one from a private seller. Identical condition but the private seller was asking $1,000 less. Should I have tried talking him into raising his price so he was more competitive with the Big Box store? If not, why are the two situations different? They aren't.

[@eidodk]

@@umrmech84 They definitely are. Being honest is a trait. Telling a seller that he is way under price is a way to create trust. You snickering while turning your back to him, being happy about not paying the market price is you being an a$$hoe, making absolute certain you will never get repeat sales, what's worse you're likely to get extremely negative reviews.... On the other hand, where i am from, i would likely tell the private seller he charges too much, because here the shop is required to offer warranty, something the private seller doesn't need to. In fact, the private seller being 10% below the shop is "normal" due to the laws in my area.

[@dpatt6175]

Footnote the roomate played lets get it on

[@DavidMadeira29]

You still look beautiful with the small head and the lowered hat. Namastè.

[@benpowersguitar]

Well that's interesting.

[@darkinertia2]

canadian take, theres nothing wrong to BUYING something at THE PRICE THEY SET. your not an asshole for getting a deal, thats literally what anyone does on the 2nd hand market, why we snipe bids on ebay, why we go to thrift stores. its the internet age, anyone can look up prices now

[@ivarsnorrijonsson8377]

5:10 Whoa, Sammy G?

[@jamesburge1983]

In the $4000 guitar situation, they were both A$$holes. They both could have demonstrated some strength of character. Now from a business point of view, neither one were A$$holes. The standards are much, much, lower in the world business. Which I guess is ok so long as they are able to accept that are a POS for selling their souls.

[@SpellsandCurses]

You're**

[@KarstenJohansson]

Yngwie: AITA? Everyone: Yup 🤣🤣🤣

[@eidodk]

If you suffer from non-committal when trying to learn a music instrument, you'll never learn to play it. Buying a $1000+ instrument to LEARN is a waste of funds.

[@rickc2102]

inability to differentiate pitch shouldn't hinder a bass player hehe

[@Eric_01]

I kinda think it DOES mean you're going for the girlfriend. Keep it real.

[@NoBSMusicReviews]

1) No, the guy is 'breaking the rules' that guys my age, at least, learned. Rule like: you don't date her, or even hang with her if she broke up with your buddy., without asking his permission. These are the rules and, yeah, dollars to doughnuts he's most likely lying to reddit, or to himself - he IS into her! 2) No. Caveat emptor, but seller beware too. You put it up for sale and can't be bothered to do your due diligence? It's on you, dude. However, I would have done what you would've done - I would'a told the guy its true value rather than buying it. And, yeah, if it's some really old or technically or mentally challenged person, sure, it's not cool. In fact, it's stealing. But some regular guy or gal? Christ: take it to a store or two! Do some online research! If you're not ancient or developmentally disabled, and too lazy to do that, you deserve what you (don't) get. 3) Agreed. The shred goddess sounds like a bullet that he just dodged. Insecure, and obnoxious of her. If she's still in the picture, break up with her, dude. Run! 4) Playing after 9am and before 11pm is OK. Anything else, if it's loud at all, is not cool. And playing earsplittingly loud is never cool if you live in an apartment building, roommate situation, etc. Use a modeler and headphones. 5) The guy sells his friend's MOST PRIZED POSESSION? Get it back or you're out of my life. Done. Toast. Adieu. 6) Daughter? She can do what so many of us did: babysit, mow grass, paper route, make you're own money, buy your own first axe - you'll love it all the more. And if she's tone deaf, literally? Even better reason not to buy it for her.

[@TayTayKemp]

That dad story at the end is the biggest a-hole in my opinion. Any kind of discouragement from parents to kids wanting to play music is an automatic jerk move and honestly you’re a terrible and horrific parent/person at that point

[@pumpkingkingoftoons6185]

shred goddesses hmu 😂😂

[@unclestubs8377]

Life is hard, it's even harder when your stupid. When you literally have the knowledge of the world at your fingertips, it IS your fault for not doing your due diligence.

[@TheGotoGeek]

Obviously the 14 year-old would-be bass player should take up drums.

[@N0zer0]

The guy shouldn't be too hard on himself. No guitar is worth 50k. I don't care if it belonged to Jimmy Hendrix or Eric Clapton himself farted on it and it's a vintage rarity. In my book, a 62-year-old strat is already way overprices for 4k. Definitely not an a-hole.

[@doctoribanez]

I wouldmsell it back for ten grand 😂 win win

[@disjanpampoen]

Nah, you google stuff before you sell online to see fair value. You don't go hit up someone's SO's HR to complain about shafting yourself.

[@aliensweathands]

👽

[@Kludos2005]

Yippee