$ 7500.00 Strad o Lin

[Charles E.]

Is this guy smoking something?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bell-Brand-Mando...item2c524a1880

[allenhopkins]

That is weird. Starting bid of $225, "Buy It Now" of $7.5K?? With the back separating, I'd say even the $225 was upper-end for a quite well-worn Strad-O-Lin. Wonder if he misplaced a decimal point, meant to say $750, or what?

No bids. As the kangaroo said to the bartender over his $17.50 whiskey sour, when the bartender noted that "we don't get many kangaroos in here": "No, and you're not likely to, with these prices!"

[jim simpson]

It might be worth $200.00 for just the case.

[Jim Garber]

Ah, so clever, these eBayers. I think he did all that on purpose including the mispellings. This of waht a bargain you could get ... a $7500 instrument for a mere $225.

I had a guy email me some time ago asking about evaluating a bowlback. I told him maybe $200 and he put it on for $775 buy-it-now. He told me that he had a guitar for sale that maybe should have gone for 1800 and he someone paid the buy-it-now for $2500.

[MikeEdgerton]

Man, what's mine worth?

I suspect the tuners and the tailpiece were both changed by the way. The case might actually be worth more than the mandolin is, as Jim has pointed out.

[Dave Hanson]

Buy it now price was $550 when I looked.

Dave H

[MikeEdgerton]

It has changed, it was 7500.00 when I posted.

[allenhopkins]

Still much too high. The opening bid price of $225 might have made a realistic "Buy It Now." But the back's separated, it's got scads of playing wear...nice case, though. Strad-O-Lins are good cheap mandolins, but let's be realistic, OK?