The trip to GC was a waste of time. The young man evaluating the trade-in spent about 30 minutes on line and going over the Kremona. the guitar is a custom factory order basically unused, with the hard case and still wearing the factory tags. When the man was told what to offer he was embarrassed and told me right up front that I would not be going for a trade--GC offered $250 for a guitar they sell for $900. I could have gone for $400, but the offer wasn't even close.

I can't get angry about the situation since GC has a formula for making money and it must be working for the company. The only thing that I find irksome is that I had expected a more equitable transaction. I need to rein in my expectations.