well.......I went to see two basses advertised on Gumtree today - both of which were being sold as being in 'very good condition', couple of small marks etc - nothing major....well........it would appear that my view of 'very good condition' is very different to someone elses! The bass was covered in marks, dings, big headstock chip, missing cap on the tuner, bowed neck, duff strings....the list is endless. The 2nd bass was marginally better, but still NOT very good condition.
A waste of a two hour drive, and it has put my back up to be honest - i've always sold my gear with very honest desciptions, as do the people on this forum - i wish people elsewhere would too.
Grrrrrrr
(ps...did end up in Denmark Street and bought two more sets of bargain Trace Elliot strings for a £10!)