biscuitdough wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:13 pm Too bad then, because Goodwill is a pretty sleazy charity.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-wors ... _b_1876905

Oh yeah, they're terrible. Just trying to make sense of why someone might pay that much.

tommy wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:16 pm

biscuitdough wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:13 pm Too bad then, because Goodwill is a pretty sleazy charity.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-wors ... _b_1876905

Oh yeah, they're terrible. Just trying to make sense of why someone might pay that much.

Just out of curiosity how so?

Mickey242 wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:04 pm

tommy wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:16 pm

biscuitdough wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:13 pm Too bad then, because Goodwill is a pretty sleazy charity.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-wors ... _b_1876905

Oh yeah, they're terrible. Just trying to make sense of why someone might pay that much.

Just out of curiosity how so?

Did you click on the HuffPo link?

tommy wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:01 pm

tallchris wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:48 pm

TylerDeadPine wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:43 pm anyone get anything decent on shopgoodwill lately? seems to be people get too into the bidding and pay way too much for anything slightly cool out of the novelty of finding in on shopgoodwill?

Yeah, that seems to be the case. AMAZING stuff gets up there, but then it goes for more money than the comparable item on Reverb, or at least not much cheaper considering you really have no idea how good the condition really is.

I got a mid-80s G&L SB-1 bass on there earlier this year, but it ended up needing a refret and I replaced the Duncan Bassline with a current G&L MDF P-bass pickup. Bass plays and sounds great, and even with that work I'd still likely turn a profit if I sold it.

Or maybe people are willing to pay the going rate or a little bit more knowing the money is going to a charity? Or maybe they've figured out how to write it off because it was Goodwill?

I don't think purchases are considered charitable donations

ChudFusk wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:07 pm

Mickey242 wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:04 pm

tommy wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:16 pm

Oh yeah, they're terrible. Just trying to make sense of why someone might pay that much.

Just out of curiosity how so?

Did you click on the HuffPo link?

I did now. Guess I will be changing my shopping habits, thanks.

Nate Dort wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:18 am

Kniferide wrote: Thu Aug 18, 2022 4:36 pm

Nate Dort wrote: Thu Aug 18, 2022 3:05 pm ebay

HEY! This just popped up in my EBAY feed. Tempted!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284912819745?_ ... %7Ciid%3A1

I built that in Oct. 2008 and sold it to a dude on the TapeOp board who lived in Florida. Must be the original owner selling it.

Original TOMB listing: https://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtop ... 78#p555878

Found an old gutshot:

Seller is willing to make a deal. I just got an ebay notification that he would take $425 + shipping for it. If I had to build one of these again, I'd probably charge something like $800.

Two Mesa Diesel 1x15s at Guitar Center in suburban Detroit, one for $350 and one for $300:

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Mesa- ... 8287360.gc
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Mesa- ... 8287361.gc

Nate Dort wrote: Thu Aug 18, 2022 3:05 pm P: TORLEX BE WITH YOU

C: AND ALSO WITH YOU

P: LET US PREY

Genuine Snakeskin Guitar Straps - $125

https://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/msg/ ... 39909.html

Now that's a weird coincidence.

I was headed out for a late-night run to the grocery store a few hours ago. Thought about putting on shoes and decided that flip flops would be easier, but all summer I've had this weird vulnerable feeling about my feet in flip flops. Can't explain it, just haven't been too stoked on walking in tall grass without a proper shoe on. Laziness won out after working all day, and I slap slap slapped out the door.

I got to where the gate the opens into my driveway and I was scanning, scanning, scanning ahead because of this weird paranoia I've had this year. Out of the corner of my eye, one half of my brain thought "Oh, weird. A branch in the driveway," while the other half started pummeling the first and shouting "NO FUCKHEAD THAT'S A FUCKING ENORMOUS SNAKE."

Four foot timber rattler just chilling in the driveway, inches from my stupid dogs, right where my kiddo was about to go grab the trash can to take it to the street.

Mr Browning's Magical Hard Reset Tube sent Jake No-Shoulders back to God. I have some regrets, but judging by the buttons on that rattle, that snake had ten or eleven good years before it wandered too close to the people box. I guess I could make a guitar strap?

Were you carrying?

ChudFusk wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:21 am Were you carrying?

If you're asking me if I shit myself, I did not.