Is it just me, or does anyone else only seem to attract c***s on there?
I put some pedals up. Someone wanted my Caverns V2, so he messaged me.
“Hi Mate (I’m not your mate) is the Caverns still available?”
”Yes”
”Great. What’s your best price?”
“£140”
”Ok. Does that include postage?”
“Yes”
”Tell you what, I’ll give you £100 and I’ll buy right now”.
”Hello?”
”Hello?”
”Let me know?”
“I told you my best price”
“They’re not much more new mate (yes they are, and I’m still not your mate, especially now). Reverb averages around £120 (no it doesn’t). I can go to £110 but that’s it“
I mean seriously, what sort of negotiating is that? I’m not desperate to sell, or a charity, and he seems to think he’s doing me a favour by offering such a ridiculous amount.
I have a good mind to accept £100 then take a chainsaw to the pedal and only send him 2/3rds of it.
Rant over.
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They don't appear to have that option, however eBay's completed listings would suggest that somewhere around £120-£125 would be more the norm
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I get the annoyance about the price thing but not the use of mate as a cordial greeting.
Stuff like "I really want this guitar, will you accept 50% of your asking price" and "Would you meet me 60 miles away for no extra petrol money" or my favourite "I'm doing you a favour offering you 50p for this guitar, it's value is only going to fall" from a regular poster who sells loads of used gear at his music shop nearby.
I don't like acting this way when I'm buying stuff, but I can't help feeling like I might be missing out judging on the proliferation of people who negotiate like this, as presumably it must work sometimes for them to continue with it?
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The ball's in your court, mate.
No, but you can buy the remaining 1/3rd of it for £45.
If you're getting more than two two thirds of the retail price for any piece of current production musical equipment you’re doing very well indeed. Or it’s Strymon/Chase Bliss
Most people don’t even say hello it’s just straight in with ‘postage’? ‘Case’? ‘£100’?
I now completely ignore those messages if you can’t even be bothered to say hi and be polite
Re. the "mate" thing, some people don't see the problem, some people really do. To the extent that if you ever get any training on dealing with random members of Joe Public , particularly pissed ones, you'll get explicit instruction not to use it, no matter how friendly you are. It's a good way to get chinned.
'What's the most you'd pay?' I replied, adopting a more forthright approach than normal to try to fit in.
He then told me they were selling on eBay for half my listed price and gave an example that was a vaguely similar model but in a different finish, older year, and with different pickups etc., so basically only the name on the headstock was the same...
My price seemed fair compared to all examples I could see elsewhere, incidentally.
I was polite enough to tell him that in that case we weren't going to be able to agree a deal, and he didn't respond, which was good because further communication seemed pointless. But, rather than ignoring these people altogether,I suppose the moral of the story is to allow them their own style of negotiating up to the point it becomes absolutely clear that is a lowball artist you're dealing with, just in case.
You’d hate reading my incoming emails and messages. So much so your head might explode. “Mate”, “pal”, “bud”, “buddy”, “chap”, “dear sir”, “man”, “dude”... they’re all used and appreciated. Try not to get too rattled by someone using a term of endearment towards you.
On the subject of Facebook selling groups... no worse than the fretboard, eBay, gumtree etc.. it’s all the same group of people using different names.
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