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Redtele.PNG
Reserve $800 huh?
Just in case it actually happens, Anyone in Tauranga heading to Auckland who could help a brother out?
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Slowy wrote:
Redtele.PNG
Reserve $800 huh?
Just in case it actually happens, Anyone in Tauranga heading to Auckland who could help a brother out?
Huh, so you must have a Tele coming up for sale then, eh? :shifty:

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olegmcnoleg wrote:
Slowy wrote:
Redtele.PNG
Reserve $800 huh?
Just in case it actually happens, Anyone in Tauranga heading to Auckland who could help a brother out?
Huh, so you must have a Tele coming up for sale then, eh? :shifty:
Hah!
But thank you for the compliment. :D
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Aww geez. Vendor is refusing to complete sale. :roll: :lol:
Sets reserve at $199, "But I said $800 reserve in the title".
Your point?

So what do I do?
Show kindness and let him off the hook?
Red face him and walk away?
Be a prick and push the legally binding contract angle?

If he was a noob I'd definitely show compassion, but he has more trades than me and he's in this poop with not one, but two auctions.
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Be a prick and push legally binding contract.
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lol legally binding contract. yeah right. TM will take him to small claims for you. not.

walk away.

maybe stalk his auctions for a while, always asking, "what's the reserve?"

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I think a little bit of being persuasive would be appropriate.
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Push for him to complete. Defo.

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Slowy wrote:Aww geez. Vendor is refusing to complete sale. :roll: :lol:
Sets reserve at $199, "But I said $800 reserve in the title".
Your point?

So what do I do?
Show kindness and let him off the hook?
Red face him and walk away?
Be a prick and push the legally binding contract angle?

If he was a noob I'd definitely show compassion, but he has more trades than me and he's in this poop with not one, but two auctions.
Opinions?
You hit reserve a week ago. He knew it was 199 reserve, he’s just trying to back out of it.

If he doesn’t want to go ahead with the sale, there’s probably not much you can do about it. I’d definitely give a red face though.
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^^^^^
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AiRdAd wrote:
Slowy wrote:Aww geez. Vendor is refusing to complete sale. :roll: :lol:
Sets reserve at $199, "But I said $800 reserve in the title".
Your point?

So what do I do?
Show kindness and let him off the hook?
Red face him and walk away?
Be a prick and push the legally binding contract angle?

If he was a noob I'd definitely show compassion, but he has more trades than me and he's in this poop with not one, but two auctions.
Opinions?
You hit reserve a week ago. He knew it was 199 reserve, he’s just trying to back out of it.

If he doesn’t want to go ahead with the sale, there’s probably not much you can do about it. I’d definitely give a red face though.
Yeah. All this I know. I expected him to panic when I hit reserve but he ignored it until the auction closed. Sloppy attitude. I'll probably just prod him for a bit then walk away. Depends on his reply to my last email.

Pity. I have a black Tele guard that would vastly improve this thing.
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Now, just playing devil's avocado here... but do you actually want it? It's hideous and probably a complete POS.

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bender wrote:Now, just playing devil's avocado here... but do you actually want it? It's hideous and probably a complete POS.
Maybe, but a Cedar/spruce body on a Tele with low output pups could be a thing of beauty. Was prepared to stump up a couple of hand shandy on the chance.
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I would just red face and walk away, personally. Why waste more effort and your hard earned trying to pry a less than worthy guitar off someone who can’t even work out how a reserve auction works.

You can make a big stink about it with Trademe though if you want though, I’d just not bother with the guy. Clearly has much regret in letting it go too low.
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Slowy wrote:
Pity. I have a black Tele guard that would vastly improve this thing.
Quite relieved at this. Glad to hear that you are not buying it for its looks alone !

You could run over that thing with a truck and that would also vastly improve its looks.

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