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Guest · Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:31 pm Post subject: America's Cheap

Hay all

I am very confused. How cheap are things in the USA? The other night my mates and i got a little out of hand and the next morning my guitar was a little broken... So I did a little search and came across this site: http://auction.bidthenbuy.com/Musical_Instruments-619-1.html.

They are selling a guitar for USD 0.01c!!! Is this a joke..? I could never find anything so cheap here!!! I am a little skeptical at the moment. Could any one please tell me if this is for real or not...

Regards
Gilham

Guest · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:19 pm Post subject:

This is part of Ebay, an auction site. The one cent price is merely the starting price, people will enter bids and the price will go up. Can you get some good deals here? Sometimes, sometimes not. In general, if something is a well-known desirable brand, the bidding will drive the price up. If something is less well known, the bidding may not be as competitive. Then of course, you have to factor in shipping. Also, you take some risk, as you have to buy "sight unseen": you don't know for sure exactly what you are getting.