Thunderface
Senior Member
I finally stopped into this Max-It Pawn store I've driven by countless times and didn't see any guitars of real interest (i.e. no Guilds), but I did hear a couple of interesting stories from one of the sales associates.
This kid brought in a 1974 Gibson ES-340 that belonged to his recently deceased father, looking to get $30 for it, since he had no idea what it was worth. The Max-It guys said "we'll give you $900 for it," because, as the guy telling me the story said, they couldn't sleep at night knowing they paid so little for the guitar. Apparently that guitar is now at Willie's having some work done on it.
Story No. 2 involves a woman who came in with two pre-CBS Fender Strats, a 1962 and a 1964 model, asking for $800 for the pair. The sales guys again stepped in and said, "these guitars are worth a lot more than you're asking for them." She replied: "I don't care. He stuck me with an $800 bill and I'm pissed off!" So apparently they gave her her $800 and sold one of the two Strats immediately -- for $26,000!
This kid brought in a 1974 Gibson ES-340 that belonged to his recently deceased father, looking to get $30 for it, since he had no idea what it was worth. The Max-It guys said "we'll give you $900 for it," because, as the guy telling me the story said, they couldn't sleep at night knowing they paid so little for the guitar. Apparently that guitar is now at Willie's having some work done on it.
Story No. 2 involves a woman who came in with two pre-CBS Fender Strats, a 1962 and a 1964 model, asking for $800 for the pair. The sales guys again stepped in and said, "these guitars are worth a lot more than you're asking for them." She replied: "I don't care. He stuck me with an $800 bill and I'm pissed off!" So apparently they gave her her $800 and sold one of the two Strats immediately -- for $26,000!