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For a local deal yes . But you and I will need to pay 15% tax on top of his 150 shipping. Now it’s a $2565 traditional with what looks like satin finish.
It's at least $400 less than most of the Reverb listings as a starting point and he's open to offers. I like the colour anyway, and when you consider you could sell the second set of pickups for $200 or so it becomes more attractive. The SD "Whole Lotta Humbucker" set that are installed sell new for $349.

And it's a 2012 model looking at the headstock photos.
 
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Reverb kills deals unfortunately. They take 8% plus whatever you boost it....then the buyer pays full provincial and GST or HST depending on where you live. This creates a very large gap in what people pay vs what the seller gets.
Yeah, its ridiculous. I had a guy buy a guitar off me last week, and after he payed through Reverb, he asked to cancel it and go private, due to the taxes. I said no, and we cancelled the sale. I then sold it on Marketplace, and later got a Message from Reverb that they were taking 5% thinking that I sold it to the other guy. I sent them a nice reply, with proof.
 

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Yeah, its ridiculous. I had a guy buy a guitar off me last week, and after he payed through Reverb, he asked to cancel it and go private, due to the taxes. I said no, and we cancelled the sale. I then sold it on Marketplace, and later got a Message from Reverb that they were taking 5% thinking that I sold it to the other guy. I sent them a nice reply, with proof.
That's crazy that they took the funds ...where is their proof that your reverb listing led to the private sale?
 

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Yeah, its ridiculous. I had a guy buy a guitar off me last week, and after he payed through Reverb, he asked to cancel it and go private, due to the taxes. I said no, and we cancelled the sale. I then sold it on Marketplace, and later got a Message from Reverb that they were taking 5% thinking that I sold it to the other guy. I sent them a nice reply, with proof.
That is enraging. Surely they can’t just take it if you had said no, some consent must be required? I’m surprised/disappointed you needed proof.

I also love every time I have an item listen on reverb and sell somewhere else, then when removing the ad am given the option to cut them in:ROFLMAO:
 

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Back to the OP, it’s interesting that reverb considers the high end of the estimated price range for an ‘08-‘12 traditional to be $3250
I think a lot of the high end prices in the price guide are people mis-categorizing their guitars - like someone sold a Les Paul Custom as a Traditional or something.
 
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