A guitar described by its Witham eBay seller as “Absolutely Dreadful” gained more than 100,000 views and 27 bids this week.
Metalhead-1976 described the Professional Product Group guitar as “Absolutely Dreadful Guitar – You’d Be Insane To Buy It”.
He slammed the instrument as “quite the worst guitar I have ever owned. The reserve is nothing, which is significantly more than it is worth.”
The unusual description added the guitar’s “super sharp frets ensure your fingers will be destroyed immediately,” and that it “goes out of tune the second you look at it”.
Despite the frank description, the guitar still fetched £62 after a remarkable 27 bids, with a final total of 108,000 views when it sold on Thursday after 10 days.
Metalhead-1976, who has 100% positive feedback on the site, said: “I thought it would be fun to just be brutally honest about it.
“Folks always do their utmost on eBay to make the most ordinary of items looks so desirable and I just didn’t have the heart to try to convince anyone that the thing was anything more than some badly painted kindling.
“I honestly didn’t expect it to sell at all.
“I had countless mails from people asking if I’d smash it up and film it for YouTube if they won.
“As it happens the actual winner wants it and is collecting it this week.”
The description added: “No warranty beyond the cast iron guarantee of regret.
“Collection only from my home in Witham, Essex, or I can smash it into bits and post it in a shoe box, choice is yours.”
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