Thanks! Yes I hear you. I’ve been thinking about it all evening how it could be that guitar stores could possibly keep a dedicated room properly humidified all the time. Think of all the opening and closing of the doors and some stores may not even have doors on their acoustic rooms. I really can’t guarantee that I will get a sealed, boxed instrument when mine arrives unless they wait for me to show up and open it in front of me. I am prepared to ask for a refund if everything isn’t on the up and up. I see that the model sells from other shops online, and I am aware that in my state we are getting ready to get a few days of extreme cold weather, so shipping cross country in the dead of winter is probably a bad idea. Lots of things swirling in my mind right now.
I can only suggest taking someone with you or taking an instrument to an independent luthier, or waiting until better humidity weather to buy. Honestly we can’t know all the circumstances an instrument experiences, but it sure did open my eyes learning what I learned today, and frankly, makes me quite nervous to think about buying a guitar from anywhere, ever and even more nervous to think about buying second hand. And I’m certainly buying humidifying devices for my cases tomorrow.
Yay! Congratulations!
It does look like a very nice guitar. Can’t wait to see your pics when you get it 
Congratulations. This guitar with the carbon burst is on my shortlist at the moment.
I have a Taylor Academy 10 (non electro) and am thinking I might get an electro acoustic next. I can’t decide whether I go GS Mini or maybe push the boat out a little on something fancier within the Taylor catalog. To be decided!
GS minis are pretty nice. Happy NGD.
Lovely choice enjoy 
That sounds great! Glad you found a guitar that you like and you do deserve it! This is all about fun and learning and how can you do that if your guitar isn’t comfortable for you to play! I look forward to pictures when the guitar actually arrives!
Smart move having him check the guitar, bring your new one somewhere for a check as well.
I suppose cudos to the guitar store for not letting you buy a defective instrument, but I am with Kieth. I can’t imagine how a guitar in a shop would suffer dehydration to the point it couldn’t be fixed. That takes a while at pretty drastic conditions. I have a guitar that was stored in an unconditioned attack in colorado for 20 years (likely years with summer attic temps 120 F and winter RH in the single digits). It has cracks, but was easily repaired and plays great.
It also makes no sense that they would be willing to suffer periodic losses from guitars damaged by their own pure negligence. Bad business.
Continuing this theme, what about million dollar violins that have been carted around for centuries across multiple continents and never placed in a special room. They didn’t deteriorate, they just kept getting more expensive. Having played violin for some time, it was recommended by players in the Atlanta Symphony to put the instrument in your bathroom once a month when taking a hot shower to give it a dose of moisture. Wouldn’t think this would be optimal if you have electronics in your guitar. (And those moistures packs and snakes to insert in the sound hole likely have little or no benefit except for the seller)
Congrats Stacy! @artax_2. Your gonna have a lot of fun with that.
It’s a beautiful guitar. The carbon sunburst looks great.
I’ll be looking forward to hearing it here on the forum I hope.
Congratulations! I have many friends with the GS Mini and they all love it. Hope you bond with it very well.
Congrats on the new guitar, enjoy it Stacy.
Note, as per Keith’s suggestion I moved all the replies about humidification (is that a word?) to this topic: Humidifying Guitars and Not Knowing Why
Yes it is. 
That is GREAT looking guitar. I have a 714 CE but that picture is tempting me to add a GS. I am getting weak. Sh*t.
I have a GS Mini that I got as part of a program they run every year (about this time?). If you buy a Taylor 300 series and up, you can pick a mini or a baby for $99. I might be fuzzy on the details.
So if you’re also looking for a full size guitar, you might be able to pick up a mini for cheap with it.
Might not fit your situation.
I take my Mini on trips every year in our trailer. Love it!
Enjoy yours!
Here it is, you guys ! Love it! I think it’s a rather unusual color for a burst, and from what I gather a very unusual color for a GS Mini.
I had the tech look it over really well and he played it and said he’d be really happy with it if he were me. So I’m pretty happy!
Looks lovely Stacy, that dark bust is similar to the PRS parlour I got this Christmas. Enjoy. 
Ooo that’s really unusual and very cool! Stacy is a lucky girl 
Happy NGD Stacy. What a beautiful guitar and yes, very unusual. Always nice to have something a bit different. I’m sure you’ll have many years of pleasure from it.
The GS mini is one of the best parlor sized guitars on the market, probably the best in the price range (Wee Lowden’s are incredible but so expensive it’s unrealistic in most cases). It’s a little guitar with a full sound. When I bought my first Taylor for fingerstyle (414ce custom), they had the promo they frequently do where you can add a specific type of gs-mini for like $199 extra. I jumped on that and got a gs-mini mahogany. It’s become one of my favorite guitars and prob the one I use the most. It’s just incredibly convenient. It also goes almost everywhere with me, the backpack case fits right in the back of the car with plenty of room to spare. In the house, I keep it right within reach where I spend most of my time. Enjoy your purchase and new guitar!
Thanks! I’ve seen or read only good things about it, so I’m really happy with the choice of that model.
I’ve seen a lot of people say they got the promo deal. It was actually still going on at GC until just a couple of days ago, I think, but I had no idea about it, and I wasn’t on the market for a larger Taylor anyway, so I wouldn’t have bought two on the promo special. However it did cross my mind after the fact that I could’ve bought both, and attempted to sell the larger one to recoup the money, leaving me with the smokin’ deal on the GS Mini. No wait- the Carbon Burst wasn’t part of the promo. But the mahogany was, and the mahogany was gorgeous!
But anyway, yeah so far I’ve been really satisfied with how comfortable it is.