you guys trade?

This afternoon a young gentleman came into our store with a guitar case in hand. He asked if we trade. Of course we do! We love trades. He has this beautiful LTD guitar with a Floyd Rose bridge and locking system and super low action. A great guitar for shredding and playing heavy metal. His needs have changed and he is now more interested in a classic guitar like a Fender Stratocaster. We have a breautiful Ocean Spray Blue coloured one with a nicely aged looking neck that he is in love with. He is interested in trading his guitar for that one and they are both worth close to the same value used. Now if we were two dudes and I was interested in his guitar and he really liked mine, we could trade and both of us would be happy and that would be that. But because we have a store, we have overhead to worry about. We have to pay taxes, wages, utilities, rent, yada yada yada. And those things cost money. I can't trade a beautiful diamond ring to the Receiver General for my Current Source Deductions Payment, unfortunately. So I explained to him that if I could sell his guitar for about $500, I would be able to give him about $300 on a trade and ours costs $700 so he would have to come up with about $400 difference. Not really what he was hoping to do but I suggested that he sell it privately and then come in with cash for a discounted price on the Strat. Being a younger gentleman, he is most likely very savvy with today's social networking options along with digital pictures, email, Craigslist, and such. He thought that sounded like a good idea and thanked me for the info and took his guitar with him. Hopefully he'll find a good home for the guitar and then I can give him a great deal on a beautiful Fender Stratocaster.