LOL

[hannaugh]

:laughing7: :laughing3: :laughing11:  $210 for plastic pickup rings.  I don't care how "vintage correct" they are, that's just pure comedy.  http://www.vintagecloneparts.com/us_products.html

 

[Updown]

Should be called .... vintageclownparts    :icon_biggrin:

 

[Great Ape]

Now that's just a low-down, dirty shame...not to mention inexplicable...d'ya s'pose people actually pay for that stuff?

 

[Steve_Karl]

Now that's just a low-down, dirty shame...not to mention inexplicable...d'ya s'pose people actually pay for that stuff?

Well, I was very surprised once when I put a stop tailpiece / wrap around bridge from a '57 Les Paul Special
up on eBay with a starting bid of $1.00 and I think $2.00 shipping. This was the pot metal
kind with a chrome, since worn off, finish and 2 adjustment screws that pushed against the studs.
No studs included, just the bridge.

I was expecting maybe to get lucky and sell it for a few dollars.
The auction closed at over $60.00 with plenty of bids.

 

[hannaugh]

I guess it's a good way to know if you have too much money laying around.  :dontknow:

 

[TroubledTreble]

Submitted for your enjoyment and scoffing..

 

[bbl4ck]

OMG :doh: :laughing3: :doh:
Now I have to replace all my knobs to get the best sound  :help: :toothy12: :help:

 

[SustainerPlayer]

I got a slogan for them: "Knobs selling knobs".

 

[Patrick from Davis]

I really wish we still had the eBay listing for the guy selling original Marshall checkerboard grill cloth.  The the unabashed superlatives and uncheckable assurances were spectacular.  It was the only way to get "that" sound.
Patrick

 

[Jet-Jaguar]

I can't find it right now, but there was someone selling silver-plated "audio-grade," cryro-treated electrical plugs for several hundred dollars. Like, the kind you plug in the wall.

 

[bagman67]

Here's your power cord:


http://www.musicdirect.com/p-41284-audioquest-nrg-wild-power-cable.aspx


It has some battery-powered kinda active field thingy that conditions the electrons as they flow through the luxuriant length of solid conductors.  Or something like that.


The 3-footer is $2225.00;  the 10-foot version is a steal at only $5200 - essentially a savings of $222.50 per foot for the longer cable.


IF the manufacturing cost - including Magical Phlogiston Infuser technology - exceeds 20 bucks, I'd be highly surprised.  Unless it's USA-made, in a union shop, in which case I think the $5200 ten-footer is barely covering costs.

 

[bbl4ck]

Well, there is free shipping on orders over $99  :icon_thumright:

 

[crash]

I'd like to think that people really aren't that stupid, but I seem to be proven wrong every day.

 

[mayfly]

I'm facinated by this kind of thing. Mostly in a macivallian way. I want to figure out how to make money on dumb people too. Maybe I should open a casino. Or a church. 

 

[hannaugh]

Or a casino church.  :sign13:



:laughing7: :laughing7: :laughing7:

 

[Patrick from Davis]

That sells lottery tickets
Patrick

 

[Ddbltrbl]

"The Sound" of my head!

 

[Jumble Jumble]

I occasionally think about entering the snake-oil-for-idiots market but my conscience just won't allow it. I mean, you're at a party and someone asks what you do. You'd have to lie, right?

 

[Cagey]

I've had the exact same thought. There's a sucker born every second - part 'em from their money! But, then how do you live with or answer for yourself? Call me a fool, but I'd rather be a poor good guy than a rich bad guy.

 

[hannaugh]

Yeah I couldn't do it.  It's exactly the same thing as being a con man in my mind.