Oh the Fun of Selling on Reverb.

mnewb1

mnewb1

HC Refugee
I have new GAS, which means some gear must go.

So two items on Reverb ( one actually just sold today, which was surprisingly fast )

There is nothing like the Fun of Reverb questions...
"So, as a guitar, that means it has strings, right?"

OK, not an actual question, but...

"What pickups does this Guitar have?" Well, since google doesn't work for you, and I have already mentioned they are the original pickups for this guitar, made during this year....and they are shown in the pictures....

Apologies, my Snark is very strong today.
 
I have had right at 40 transactions on Reverb; 90% of those as a seller.
Pretty much all but two transactions (5% of all transactions) were smooth as silk.

As a buyer: One seller sold me a 335 type with undisclosed damage; guitar was eventually returned which cost me nothing except a hassle.
As a seller: I sold a guitar in which I listed the fingerboard radius wrong, buyer didn't want the guitar, I took the guitar back and paid for return shipping.

Overall my experience with Reverb has been quite positive.

YMMV
 
mnewb1 said:
I have new GAS, which means some gear must go.

So two items on Reverb ( one actually just sold today, which was surprisingly fast )

There is nothing like the Fun of Reverb questions...
"So, as a guitar, that means it has strings, right?"

OK, not an actual question, but...

"What pickups does this Guitar have?" Well, since google doesn't work for you, and I have already mentioned they are the original pickups for this guitar, made during this year....and they are shown in the pictures....

Apologies, my Snark is very strong today.
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I have to agree!!!

Only been doing it for the last two years but dang, I have moved a lot of stuff with more to go!!!

Just have too much stuff and I am getting older.
 
dodgechargerfan said:
I may never sell anything ever.

I wouldn’t have the patience.
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I know what you mean. I stopped selling years ago.

I used to sell internationally via eBay long ago. People in other countries often pay more than in the US.

Most transactions went well. Most people I dealt with were good and decent folk. I always treated people the way I wanted to be treated. I tried to accomplish a win/win situation without being greedy or selfish. I issued partial refunds a few times when it was appropriate, even when buyers had not insisted on it. I simply tried to do the right thing. My positive feedback comments reflected it.

I avoided people who were pushy or asked stupid questions. Those people got ignored. I figured, if they were aggressive, pushy or asked dumb questions, they were likely going to be a problem and not worth the hassle.

I only had a few people attempt to rip me off or pull a scam (buyers & sellers). None of them succeeded in leaving me holding the bag. But, the rules were different back then. It’s a bit easier for buyers to rip off sellers now.

I had few unreasonable buyers. Every so often, someone would win a bid on an item I was selling and then start making demands of me. I would explain that the transaction details were spelled out in the listing and if they wanted something else to happen, I’d be willing to cancel the transaction and refund their money. Nobody ever backed out. Some people just think they’re entitled to make demands of others. I was always very polite when explaining that was not going to happen.

Most transactions were not a hassle. But, there are always a few exceptions.

I need to get back into selling again because I have accumulated too much gear. I’m getting older and it appears the technology to take this stuff with me when I pass is, still, not available.
 
I’ve only bought stuff off Reverb. Kinda dread the haggling process, lowballs, and dumb questions.
IDK maybe I’m overthinking it.
I’ve had good luck selling some stuff on here and a couple other forums though. If I decide to sell something I list it for a good deal cause I’m done with it. Not interested in listing something for ages for an extra 10-20% and waste my time haggling.
 
I’ve got a big box full of inexpensive clone pedals I’ve collected over 10-15 yrs as experiments just taking up space that I need to unload. If it was something I really liked I went ahead upgraded to the real thing so most of em are just gathering dust.
None worth more than $50 and most are minis prob only worth $10-15 each that I’ll prob try to sell in batches.
Stay tuned if you’re looking to make a pedalboard for a kid, beginner, or someone on a budget.
 
I’ve never had any terrible experiences as a seller. A couple deadbeats or “oh, could I cancel my order” people over the years. But nothing bad. Never had any major shipping or damage issues with stuff I’ve sold. I don’t take low ballers and question askers personally. It’s just part of the deal.

I’ve bought a couple larger items that were damaged in shipping. One from a totally unprepared, unsophisticated seller who likely wound up eating his mistake because he packed a guitar for shit. And another where UPS fucked up an amp I bought and I and the buyer had to fight them for weeks to get them to finally cough up for repairs when their claims team acknowledged that they fucked up. I once bought a guitar that a dude just wouldn’t accept payment on so I had to get Reverb involved to cancel the transaction. Generally speaking, Reverb support is pretty good.

I don’t sell anything large or expensive any more on Reverb because the fees, the cost of shipping, and the 1099 situation just makes it not worth it if you’re just moving personal gear to buy more personal gear and not running a business.
 
All of my actual transactions on reverb have gone smoothly...no issues with the buyers.
Leading up to that, you have to weed through all the cruft of bottom feeders & weirdos, like you do everywhere you're listing stuff on the internent.
 
Peen Simmons said:
I’ve never had any terrible experiences as a seller. A couple deadbeats or “oh, could I cancel my order” people over the years. But nothing bad. Never had any major shipping or damage issues with stuff I’ve sold. I don’t take low ballers and question askers personally. It’s just part of the deal.

I’ve bought a couple larger items that were damaged in shipping. One from a totally unprepared, unsophisticated seller who likely wound up eating his mistake because he packed a guitar for shit. And another where UPS fucked up an amp I bought and I and the buyer had to fight them for weeks to get them to finally cough up for repairs when their claims team acknowledged that they fucked up. I once bought a guitar that a dude just wouldn’t accept payment on so I had to get Reverb involved to cancel the transaction. Generally speaking, Reverb support is pretty good.

I don’t sell anything large or expensive any more on Reverb because the fees, the cost of shipping, and the 1099 situation just makes it not worth it if you’re just moving personal gear to buy more personal gear and not running a business.
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Yeah, this last summer, I sold my 2016 reboot Minimoog. I prepped the heck out of that including double boxing… I was real nervous as it was in transit, but all went well.
 
jrockbridge said:
I know what you mean. I stopped selling years ago.

I used to sell internationally via eBay long ago. People in other countries often pay more than in the US.

Most transactions went well. Most people I dealt with were good and decent folk. I always treated people the way I wanted to be treated. I tried to accomplish a win/win situation without being greedy or selfish. I issued partial refunds a few times when it was appropriate, even when buyers had not insisted on it. I simply tried to do the right thing. My positive feedback comments reflected it.

I avoided people who were pushy or asked stupid questions. Those people got ignored. I figured, if they were aggressive, pushy or asked dumb questions, they were likely going to be a problem and not worth the hassle.

I only had a few people attempt to rip me off or pull a scam (buyers & sellers). None of them succeeded in leaving me holding the bag. But, the rules were different back then. It’s a bit easier for buyers to rip off sellers now.

I had few unreasonable buyers. Every so often, someone would win a bid on an item I was selling and then start making demands of me. I would explain that the transaction details were spelled out in the listing and if they wanted something else to happen, I’d be willing to cancel the transaction and refund their money. Nobody ever backed out. Some people just think they’re entitled to make demands of others. I was always very polite when explaining that was not going to happen.

Most transactions were not a hassle. But, there are always a few exceptions.

I need to get back into selling again because I have accumulated too much gear. I’m getting older and it appears the technology to take this stuff with me when I pass is, still, not available.
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That is what I have done. Comes to a point where gear is sitting upon gear and I am not a brick and mortar store.
Lerxst said:
All of my actual transactions on reverb have gone smoothly...no issues with the buyers.
Leading up to that, you have to weed through all the cruft of bottom feeders & weirdos, like you do everywhere you're listing stuff on the internent.
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I have had a couple of bad ones but many good ones. Percentage wise, less than 3% were bad which too me is a great ratio of 97% positive transactions.
 
dodgechargerfan said:
I may never sell anything ever.

I wouldn’t have the patience.
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I'm in this camp.

I sold a Budda head that had zero issues on The Gear Page once. The buyer called me on the phone and grilled me for about 40 minutes like he was vetting me for a security clearance. Maybe he had gotten screwed before, but finally I more or less had to ask him if he wanted it or not.

Finding a box for it and packing it properly was a whole other nightmare. I just thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster that he didn't decide he wanted to send it back and get a refund.

Anymore, I think if I want to start moving gear, I will probably only list on local FB pages, only accept cash, and only deal with people who I know or have heard of or are at least friends of friends.
 
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