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Old 06-01-2015, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MattyC View Post
Tell you what-- let's reverse that: would you pay more for an 8 that looked the same as a 7 that was available, just so you could have a little sticker that says 8?

And if you auctioned a 7 and 8 that looked the same side by side, plenty of guys wouldn't pay a penny more for the 8 than they would for a hypothetically identical 7. Though there are always those who will bail out the sticker.
Agree with Matt completely. My 7 pictured above, which to my mind is nicer than the 8, cost 20 percent of what the 8 sold for. Yeah I would take that every time.
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