This week I share the sorry tale of what happened when I finally sold my beloved Gibson Les Paul R8 and shipped it off to Israel with UPS. This is your warning... if you sell a guitar beware of the emotional rollercoaster a ride in the brown vans and aeroplanes can provide!!
Les Paul Sale: https://youtu.be/-5ZR8tjfdIw
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Time stamps:
00:00 play in and coming up
00:59 what's happening today
02:18 les paul sale
05:39 this is what it sounded like
06:26 a reasonable offer
10:20 I sold my R8
11:20 label created
12:59 your parcel is on it's way
14:04 what's the delay?
17:47 UK didn't send it
20:32 several days later...
21:15 bad news
22:48 reported lost or stolen
24:06 several more days later...
25:14 time to refund the money
26:04 is there Stanford Le Hope?
28:09 you've got mail!
28:52 UPS Blues
29:57 the story continues...
31:22 they send me a shipping invoice
32:33 additional handling charge
34:44 UPS shipping warning
36:55 play out & postscript
I AM NOT AN EXPERT. Some things I do know and some things I don't know but think I know and sometimes I say things that are not entirely correct. Once I have said things it's too late to correct them so please check any 'so called facts' with an adult, google, wikipedia, or someone else that knows.
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