Guitar Center Trade Ins
hey everyone,
i was just curious if anyone has ever worked with guitar center doing trade ins at all. since they want to make a profit on the product they buy from you do they low ball you? please let me know if anyone of you have worked with them in the past..thanks alot!!
Even wihout experience with GC on that, any retailer will low ball you on a trade in. That’s kinda the point.
Don’t they give 25% off whatever it is your buying? That coule make it worthwhile if it’s a big ticket item.
Basically if they expect to sell something for X dollars, they will pay you X/2 dollars. It all depends on the condition, too. And if it’s a vintage guitar totally different rules apply.
thats why im thinking about it! i want to get a maschine when the new update comes out…25% is a huge discount off of 600 bucks
Yeah and Im pretty sure you get that no matter what your trade in value is. You could probably even buy something, open the package, then trade it in and come out ahead.
The discount is only 10%
I just called because im trying to sell my b52 matrix 2000 system which retails for $1400. They offered me $475 at the MAX -_-
Im in NY im nterested in purchasing a B52 Matrix 2000. where are you located?
I have a bunch of Boss Guitar Effect Pedals that I keep around to trade in to Guitar Center every time I make a big purchase. The 10% off a new item, can typically outweigh the value of the pedal.
i will have to see what they could give me for my stuff cuz i dont wanna lowballed but that discount is a nice thing to have 
we will see im going tomorrow with a friend to play around on stuff
just remember, you cant trade in anything with software. thats a no go at GC
Try craigslist/ebay to see if anyone is selling anything similar to compare prices as well and see if it is worth the work to try to find a seller
thanks for the heads up man i didnt know that!
yeah ill make sure i do that i just dont like ebay that much because they have such a huge fee which is pretty ridiculous
I went to trade in my mxideck, it came with the traktor and the driver (dunno if that counts as software) but he looked on ebay to see what it went for and then said he had to take 60% of that, which left me with less than half
brand new=700$
ebay used=450$
his offer=150$
me burning down GC=priceless
yeah its been terrible there since mitt romney’s company bain capital bought them.
no more haggling, no more fair deals on trades. its just constant rip people off mode.
I’ve only heard stories about your Guitar Centre, and all I can say is thank god we dont have them here in Australia!
I quite like my local (independant) store, seeing as they will haggle, the staff are all salesmen/women and all play an instrument/s.
(in fact I have a good realationship with the head of the DJ department (who fronts up a local trance act) and this has lead to many a discount in the past!) 