I'd still check Craig's list after seeing what the same guitar is selling for on eBay...

because if somebody local has something that would work, you could try before you buy. You can also use the ebay price as leverage to bargain for a better local price... which won't include shipping.


Having said all that, I usually feel safe buying brands that have a well known quality record ... even without trying it first. Mostly because ebay has rules about accurately describing items, and nobody wants to get bad feedback. Just buy from somebody who has accumulated enough favorable feedback that they have too much to lose by falsifying the condition of the guitar.

The other reason I would feel safe in buying a good instrument sight unseen from ebay (depending on the price) is because you can almost always resell a good guitar for what you paid... and in some cases if you get a particularly good deal, you might actually MAKE money by selling it if you didn't like it. Really not a lot to lose.

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