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[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360575255' post='1972377'] Just a couple. Wasn't planning on letting them go though...[/quote] Is that because they've got velcro on them?

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1360570736' post='1972309'] Aye! Music is, after all, completely subjective. Personally I can't see how anyone wouldn't like Parliament, or Sceaming Headless Torsos. Apart from the fact I know that music is subjective! I find myself arguing against the relative merits of the Beatles simply because of the hysterical reaction. [/quote] Point of order Mr Chairman...... How does a headless torso scream?

We've already established that you have difficulty reading things before jumping in with inapprpriate diatribes. Apologies if that's down to dislexia or something, but if it's just down to inability or unwillingness to interpret from what you've read (you have read the whole thread haven't you by now?) then I don't see any point in going any further with this. The OP asked a general point about people trading in general, not one-off incidents which could have 101 reasons behind them. He's got his answer, he's happy (AFAIK) - a few BCers have nailed their colours to their mast. No point in dragging this on well past it's sell-by date like the "asking the moderators for help" thread is.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1360574539' post='1972366'] I'm afraid I don't see any difference between buying something cheap on eBay and selling it here for more than I do with buying something cheap here and selling it here for more. If anything, buying it cheap on eBay is "worse"---if it was here in the first place people are more likely to know how much you bought it for! [/quote] I'm sure the buyer, as or when it arises, on here would be most grateful for the favour you do them in letting them see how much they could have got it for if someone intent on a profit alone hadn't jumped in first. It's OK, you're just one of those more in the £ camp, as opposed to those more in the forum out for each other if needed thing. That's your bag, it's OK, you're not alone.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360536073' post='1972086'] Hi, I'm interested in this, but only for the right money. Unfortunately, i don't have any money, but i do have a fine collection of socks, [/quote] ........ any of them lefties?

[quote name='Jacqueslemac' timestamp='1360573369' post='1972347'] I've flicked through my copy and only read a couple of articles but I haven't found a single typo yet. If the rest of the mag has been as well proof-read as the bits I've read, then that's a big step forward for me. [/quote] Duplicated posts on two separate pages; are you doing it for them instead?

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1360572704' post='1972336'] You might want to read the OP again and see if its actually "clear" at all. Nothing is mentioned other than "buying basses cheaply". No comment whatsoever on the source.[/quote] That's why the rest of us have read [i]all[/i] of the thread, and some of us queried for clarification, before jumping in with "I buy a bass on Ebay....."

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1360541347' post='1972198']Translation: you don't have a logical counter-argument[/quote] The premise that you started your post with was wrong; what more "counter-argument" do you need? The OP has made his position and question clear, as did I (twice) and as did Clarky and Skank. If you can't grasp that it's your look-out, no-one elses. To quote you He wasn't talking about Ebay, he wasn't talking about BC in general, he was talking about how is was taken if or when a BC-er bought something on BC with the sole intention of selling it on at a considerably greater price (which has now been construed as being a trader. So, again, I'm on the side of those who say it's bad form.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1360538541' post='1972145'] Sorry, wasn't doubting you but i've had something similar happen but the way some 'bump' the price is by putting a couple of bids. [/quote] I didn't think you were; I know I didn't pay any more than my original bid & that was what he told me happened in emails. I haven't done anything on Ebay ofr a few years now, so don't know what's kocher or not. Though now that you mention it I suppose it was a good way of making sure he got a good price for it (assuming a seller can see highest bid possibilities??; though the price I paid was a very good one.

Would it? If the next bid was cancelled & it reverts back to mine as highest they still bump it higher? Didn't know.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1360535536' post='1972075'] I believe BC is a community and a great information resource on all aspects of bass playing. When I buy and sell I deliberately do not make a profit. In fact I have an embarrassing nine pages of feedback and have not knowingly profited from a single one of those deals. Maybe I am an idealistic mug but I believe in karma and would like to think I am treated well by other BC'ers as a consequence. I do not like seeing flipping on BC but there's 'eff all I can do it about it. DIfferent strokes for different folks. Everyone lives by their own moral compass and we have to accept this, in my view. No point setting rules about this on BC like minimum holding/re-selling periods. [/quote] You sir - are a gentleman and a scholar. You "get it".

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1360526391' post='1971851'] So, let me see if I get this straight. I buy a bass on ebay........... [/quote] You can stop there, you haven't.

In the days when I used to buy on Ebay I once saw a guitar that I liked. I put my max bid on (in that case £350), as I usually did - if it won it won, it didn't necesasarily go that high. With seconds to go I was sniped with a bid of £1000, so I thought "ho-hum". But the seller emailed me to say he didn't trust the new bidder, 0 feedback etc, cancelled his bid & sold it to me - with no hassles!! I kept it for years.

[quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1360527070' post='1971876'] I thought that was out of bounds...?[/quote] No, more of a no-go zone.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1360522432' post='1971728'] He erroneously thought the chicken was still alive. [/quote] Probably 'cause he was told it's tikka was strong.............. I'll get me coat.......

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1360522244' post='1971722'][size=4]I didn't say [i]I'd[/i] half-eaten it. I said it was half-eaten. [/size] [/quote] Now you're talking! Who? who? who? Was it Hendrix, Macca? Is the sandwich any good for a metal player?

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1360521477' post='1971700']So this unspecified 'someone' is now being [i]forced[/i] to buy the bass for more money? Presumably the 'profiteering member' was able to jump in and snap up this bass because they are so rich they can surf the internet with a [i]super fast[/i] computer?!! [/quote] Beyond incredible.

[quote name='Jacqueslemac' timestamp='1360404389' post='1969791'] We're going to add White Wedding by Billy Idol for a wedding we should be doing in June.[/quote] The BBC kept playing that for that Royal Wedding & wondered why they got complaints. I asked the DJ at my mate's wedding to play it, never having listened to the lyrics properly, and wondered why there was only tumbleweed on the dance-floor within seconds.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1360331132' post='1968739']I've got a half-eaten chicken tikka sandwich here, any good?[/quote] You ate half a sandwich & still don't know if it was any good? Swap you for a Findus lasagne?

[quote name='sao' timestamp='1360501306' post='1971249'] Hi everyone, First post and I'm pretty sure I know the answer but its always good to check these things. I have a Sound City 120 watt PA head, it sounds amazing the only problem is that the preamp had a silly amount of hum (probably needs re-capped but I cant afford it just now).[/quote] You'll like it less when they blow & you have a big clean up to do & the possibility of other knackered parts. I was quoted £80 to get mine done in a Hiwatt. There's an amp-tech up near Dunfermline (Dennis Marshall - no relation) who was a SC collector. He's very good, worth a chat with him at least.

....... and you try and tell the young people of today that, and they won't believe you. (cont p94)

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1360513448' post='1971507']I hope his brother is still playing[/quote] Me too - though in my case I don't think it was a brother - then I can be the old sod at the end of the bar dribbling that "I gave them their first break" when they show up on Jools Holland.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1360512490' post='1971485'] That's an interesting one. If it's the bass I'm thinking of, I was one of the people who thought it looked home-made. We all get things wrong from time to time! [/quote] It could well have been; John Entwistle's first one was. I only looked because it was a two octave neck (IIRC) or looked it & I wondered if it was an early John Birch.

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1360511618' post='1971464']Buddy Holly.[/quote] I'll see your Buddy Holly - and raise you............... Bo Diddley..[i]“I held the door open for them and they ran right by me.”[/i] ......... and at around the same time Chuck Berry.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1360511801' post='1971470']I gave an amp away for free as it was surplus to my requirements so you should take every transaction as you find it imo [/quote] I did that too a few years ago; the poster was looking for any gear that a friend of his could use. I didn't see how it ended up, or if they still post.