« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2017, 07:48:30 AM »
... I've been perusing Craigslist and eBay for used Taylors and they're all quite expensive. I saw one with a cracked neck and a poorly repaired cracked body top and he was asking nearly xx for it. I'm going to check Guitar Center for a new or nearly new less expensive Taylor.
In the case you're citing, I would consider that a wishful asking price by the seller, given the condition. You know the old adage when selling something: you can always negotiate down, but you can't negotiate up... His asking price seems to be the bottom price limit on used solid-body Taylors, give or take; so that's where he's probably starting his negotiation, perhaps hoping a neophyte to the market will bite...
Depending on the model/series, you can get, say, a used and
undamaged 300- or 400-Series Taylor for that money, pretty easily. Even for a trade-in at a Taylor dealer, where you'd be reasonably assured the guitar was in good order and probably needed little or no work. You just need to shop a bit more. Laminate-body full-size Taylors (100- and 200-Series) can be found for less on the used market. They're still good guitars, but you're giving up the solid wood body and wider nut to get the lower price.
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