In 1984 i saw seriesI long scale in the pawnshop in san francisco for only $500.00 bucks!,,,and i did not put any thing down on it, so the next day i came back to get it and as im walking in, the new owner is walking out with it!  

Geez, reading all these sad stories makes me think we should all get together for a group hug..I miss my Hofner,Steinberger,early Jazz bass w/concentric controls,Series I,Spoiler,Hamer 8 string,the Sunn Coliseums,the JBL's,the Bag End's,the Vox amps,Tarus pedals..I'm getting misty again..remember, we're all in this together.  

My first bass was a Hagstrom - a bright red plastic one with a golden foil grill between the pickups and a ton of switches.  I bought it for $30.00 in 1973;  two years later I traded it and $20.00 for a Hofner verythin (double cutaway, trapeze tailpiece).  The Hofner got stolen from my car;  about fifteen years later Hagstrom made a big deal of buying back any of the old plastic basses for about $1000.00 U.S., and Hofners like the one I had only appear in collections.  Sigh...