Sierra S10 on Ebay

[SHAKEY]

No doubt you will have seen this ad on Ebay, Sierra S10 Artist 3+2. Now I believe this is basically a student model and the guy is asking £2000. I sent him an email suggesting his price was a bit OTT and suggested a realistic price would be in the region of £800 based on what I have seen on the US forum. This was the guys reply:

1) the guitar belongs to me and I place the value on it. I know exactly what its worth and if someone wants to buy it from me the deal will be done.

2) Its on buy now or best offer - there is a box on the listing for buyers to write in an offer. I repeat, i know exactly what its worth so If theres someone who wants it they will send me an offer. If theres not then the guitar will stay with me in my collection and ill be more than happy to keep it.

3) if you dont want it you mearly need to pass up the opportunity of sending me an offer. Sending me passive aggressive emails makes you either a scammer or someone who needs a hobby, and I dont wish to find out which.

Please stop messaging me and wasting my time or I will be forced to contact ebay.
Cheers.

That was after one message, I sent him another one saying I was only trying to be helpful, and I got this:

You're poor advice is not welcome. I am a professional musician and guitar collector, probably gotten as far as I have because I haven't wasted my time emailing random people online.

I reckon it's people like this with their ridiculous prices that put youngsters off taking up steel guitar.
Or am I just a miserable out of touch old ???

[JohnDavisStringsHere]

You are right about it being a student model Dave, but the industry standard nowadays has moved on to 4 knee levers, I think your £800 valuation was more than generous. It is a shame he could not see you were trying to help him.

Don's desire to fulfill the needs of new players was the catalyst for the landmark Sierra Artist model. Introduced in 1997, the Artist was the most advanced "entry level" steel guitar ever offered. Two years later, Don, collaborating with long time employee Tom Baker, designed and introduced the Sierra lap steel guitars.

[Rick Price]

There seems to be loads of stuff out there priced NOT to sell.

[hickenjr]

I love people who think they know more than the players who actually play them and maintain them.

"Professional musician"

Probably one of these nutters who live in American diners, carrying round their snid' telecaster whilst lighting up Cubans (holding them wrong like a cig). Judging by his eBay profile of Americana lover anyway...

Might even be our friend Scott Groves' British cousin.

That or a total scammer trying to gain the trust of a rookie with no experience of the instrument, forcing them into a ripoff.

As John said, you can buy his pro models fully serviced for half that.

Kn ed