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Originally Posted by dwalton

When buying used, you need to carefully determine if the seller is honest and/or if they actually know how to accurately and fairly report on the condition of a used guitar. Was it humidified? Does the seller know how to pack an acoustic guitar correctly? Those risks need to be taken into account when thinking of price. If it's a local sale, that can really make a difference here.

Taking the above (and other things) into account, for me a pristine D18 might be worth about $1700-$1800, maybe less.

Lastly, I don't know what you mean by "I’d say quality is still worth it.". Is quality worth overpaying, given market trends at the moment?

Well, maybe I overpaid by a couple hundred.

Let’s just say I did my diligence about the conditions of both guitars (see below) and I hit the Vegas jackpot with the two sellers — two guys I’d be honored to call friends. Even if I could have kept two or three hundred each in my pocket for instruments I’ll never sell, then what I received was still worth it, both times. (Shhh…no tax) Perhaps my experience was atypical.