Bobert, he made it clear that the guy had excellent ratings and feedback.

This sort of reminds me of what I decided for the last couple of used cars I bought: the object is to buy a car, not to make a new friend. Doesn't matter how great a guy other people think the seller is, and it doesn't matter if I think he's an obnoxious twit who couldn't tell the truth if he tried.   LOOK AT THE THING YOU'RE BUYING, NOT AT WHO'S SELLING IT.   Don't trust anyone. (All the other peoples' positive experiences didn't do much for you, did they? Guess they bought non-crap guitars.) Does it look right? Does it play or drive right? If you can't find that stuff out, then don't buy it unless there's a legally binding moneyback guarantee. I don't buy guitars or other instruments on eBay. There just seem to be NO real deals there, and the whole concept feels to me like getting a mail-order bride.

I have never seen a Hagstrom acoustic, are they common in Britain? I used to own a Hagstrom Impala solid electric with the toggle-buttons instead of pots for volume and tone control. My first decent electric, it was. Never seen another one, I have seen the odd Hagstrom III and the better known Swede here in Canada.

Willie-O