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Post by Martin John Butler on Jun 16, 2021 15:23:26 GMT -6
Omicron9, facebooks Marketplace ads are free. I'm selling lots of household items lately, I'm downsizing post-divorce. Two of the bigger ticket items sold through Marketplace. No issues, nice people, cash or Venmo in hand. They were hard to sell items as well.
Nothing''s failsafe, but local facebook sales have really been a great help to me. I've also sold a few pro audio things and mailed them, but the buyer's sent me money first.
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Post by Omicron9 on Jun 17, 2021 7:17:44 GMT -6
Omicron9, facebooks Marketplace ads are free. I'm selling lots of household items lately, I'm downsizing post-divorce. Two of the bigger ticket items sold through Marketplace. No issues, nice people, cash or Venmo in hand. They were hard to sell items as well. Nothing''s failsafe, but local facebook sales have really been a great help to me. I've also sold a few pro audio things and mailed them, but the buyer's sent me money first. Thanks, Martin. I'll look into it for sure. The pieces I'll be selling are fairly high-end. It would be nice to meet in a neutral location for a cash transaction if possible. -09
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jun 17, 2021 7:40:46 GMT -6
Greetings. It's time to cull the heard/racks a bit. I usually do this on Ebay. Have bought from Reverb, but never sold on it. For those of you who sell on both, which do you prefer and why? TIA, -09 I have 124 transactions on Reverb and the majority have been hassle free. A couple items I received not as described and received a partial refund which I was satisfied with. I sold a pair of compressors that the user claimed didn't work as stated, they were returned, and magically worked fine. Otherwise, it's been smooth sailing. Facebook has mostly replaced Craigslist at this point. I'm much more likely to purchase on Facebook at this point because it's still tax free. Being taxed on used, personal sales is a scam and I have a hard time getting behind that.
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Post by jmoose on Jun 19, 2021 12:17:09 GMT -6
I'm much more likely to purchase on Facebook at this point because it's still tax free. Being taxed on used, personal sales is a scam and I have a hard time getting behind that. Don't think I'd call sales tax on used gear "a scam" but it is a sign of things getting overly complicated with a lotta hands in the pie. Lets say you wanna sell a microphone and I want to buy your microphone. Traditionally, whether it was 20 years or 2 days ago... if I bought that used mic from a brick & mortar store... you traded it in or left it on consignment? I'm paying sales tax on that purchase. The store provides a service and pays rent & utilities, employees, all sorts of taxes blah blah blee blee. Now if I bought that mic directly from you and paid cash Uncle Sam doesn't get involved. That's a simple deal between two people. And as an aside but not to be overlooked point... generally private parties are "as is all sales final". If I blow up that mic 6 weeks later its my problem. Either figure out how to get it fixed or throw it away. Now if I bought your used microphone on Reverb? Etsy wants to make their $250 million bucks back 3% at a time. Paypal wants their cut. Might even pay with a Mastercard too... and maybe you generate a USPS shipping label and so on... everyone taking a little nibble and keeping track of those pennies. All of a sudden Uncle Sam goes woah... hey there's a lotta money getting tossed around on used microphones! Where's our cut?! So now everyone gets treated like a brick & mortar store regardless if you sell 3 microphones a year or 300. Everyone takes their nibble. Along with that "equal treatment" on payment came equal treatment of buyer protection and returns. Even if somethings listed "ALL SALES FINAL" someone will complain enough to someone who'll listen and offer buyer protection and return policies. That used mic I bought and blew up 6 weeks later? Yeah... we're gonna chargeback and seize your funds... After all nobody knows if your an actual store with a full time guy handling reverb sales or just a guy punting his old shit for new shit. Its all the same now. Least amount of hassle & costs for both buyers and sellers? Bypass the whole system and deal 1 on 1.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jun 19, 2021 13:00:25 GMT -6
I'm much more likely to purchase on Facebook at this point because it's still tax free. Being taxed on used, personal sales is a scam and I have a hard time getting behind that. Don't think I'd call sales tax on used gear "a scam" but it is a sign of things getting overly complicated with a lotta hands in the pie. Lets say you wanna sell a microphone and I want to buy your microphone. Traditionally, whether it was 20 years or 2 days ago... if I bought that used mic from a brick & mortar store... you traded it in or left it on consignment? I'm paying sales tax on that purchase. The store provides a service and pays rent & utilities, employees, all sorts of taxes blah blah blee blee. Now if I bought that mic directly from you and paid cash Uncle Sam doesn't get involved. That's a simple deal between two people. And as an aside but not to be overlooked point... generally private parties are "as is all sales final". If I blow up that mic 6 weeks later its my problem. Either figure out how to get it fixed or throw it away. Now if I bought your used microphone on Reverb? Etsy wants to make their $250 million bucks back 3% at a time. Paypal wants their cut. Might even pay with a Mastercard too... and maybe you generate a USPS shipping label and so on... everyone taking a little nibble and keeping track of those pennies. All of a sudden Uncle Sam goes woah... hey there's a lotta money getting tossed around on used microphones! Where's our cut?! So now everyone gets treated like a brick & mortar store regardless if you sell 3 microphones a year or 300. Everyone takes their nibble. Along with that "equal treatment" on payment came equal treatment of buyer protection and returns. Even if somethings listed "ALL SALES FINAL" someone will complain enough to someone who'll listen and offer buyer protection and return policies. That used mic I bought and blew up 6 weeks later? Yeah... we're gonna chargeback and seize your funds... After all nobody knows if your an actual store with a full time guy handling reverb sales or just a guy punting his old shit for new shit. Its all the same now. Least amount of hassle & costs for both buyers and sellers? Bypass the whole system and deal 1 on 1. Fuck taxes on used equipment in general then. Down with the taxman!
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Post by jmoose on Jun 19, 2021 15:20:37 GMT -6
Fuck taxes on used equipment in general then. Down with the taxman! I believe a few years ago there were a couple lads from Liverpool who wrote a song about that... Heard they did ok for themselves. Had a minor hit or two, made a few bucks that were quite likely heavily taxed.
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Post by stratboy on Jun 19, 2021 17:01:17 GMT -6
Greetings. It's time to cull the heard/racks a bit. I usually do this on Ebay. Have bought from Reverb, but never sold on it. For those of you who sell on both, which do you prefer and why? TIA, -09 I have 124 transactions on Reverb and the majority have been hassle free. A couple items I received not as described and received a partial refund which I was satisfied with. I sold a pair of compressors that the user claimed didn't work as stated, they were returned, and magically worked fine. Otherwise, it's been smooth sailing. Facebook has mostly replaced Craigslist at this point. I'm much more likely to purchase on Facebook at this point because it's still tax free. Being taxed on used, personal sales is a scam and I have a hard time getting behind that. This. I haven’t counted my transactions, but there have been plenty and almost all trouble-free. The one or two times they weren’t, I appreciated Reverb’s help with resolving. Like others have said, take plenty of photos and pack well!
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Post by Guitar on Jun 20, 2021 2:53:24 GMT -6
I dual list on Ebay and Rerverb, then ship to whomever pays first on whichever site.
Sometimes RGO for my DI boxes. Sometimes Facebook for "used" plugins.
I tend to get scammed more in person so I prefer anonymous, faceless sales. I'm not a hard driving business head deal shark, it's not easy for me to adopt that mindset and I tend to get pushed over by aggressive people, so I avoid it at all costs unless something is impossible to ship economically.
I've had some "nightmare sales" on ebay but who hasn't at this point, anyone that's been selling for 20 years or more. Par for the course? Gotta get rid of all this stuff. I tend to list low-ish prices for quick-ish sales. The fees are nuts and we live in corporate oligarchy, not a democracy. Still trying to respond to that idea.
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Post by swafford on Jun 20, 2021 13:29:12 GMT -6
Reverb - I've had 91 world wide transactions on everything from high end guitars to coast to coast shipping of Ampeg B15(s) to old broken stuff that people strip. Score 91-0.
Ebay always ~feels~ sketchier, but I've been problem free there as well for 3 times as long. It's definitely my go-to for used camera gear, "slightly out of date, yeah, I'll take a chance on that" large format film and, um, growing supplies. Sucks you can't buy soiled underwear there anymore, but freedom, amirite? I wonder what the porn is like on Parlor.
Doesn't matter the selling cost - I factor it in the price. There is either a buyer or there is not. [Narrator: there is usually a buyer.]
Craigs List is always entertaining, but rarely profitable, but when you need to dump 6 SBK racks, find some 703 that fell off a truck, contact your comrades in the district marxist cell on the latest CRT thinking or salvage some 100 year old rough cut pine board for studio wall covering from a collapsing barn that is getting ready to make way for the newest strip mall that will for sure feature really bad pizza (you've been to Cincinnati?), it's the place. Craigs List is the place. Great for used doors also.
Facebook is like getting fvcked by the Devil. I'm sure selling stuff there is fine though. And reach arounds are available. Feels so good.
waiting for the rapture, Swafford
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