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Post by Johnkenn on Dec 18, 2022 10:05:18 GMT -6
I know I shouldn’t be offended…but offering 35% less than the item is listed for, gets you an immediate decline. Wish there was a way to automatically decline an offer under a certain threshold.
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Post by beyer160 on Dec 18, 2022 10:24:04 GMT -6
There is. Look at the bottom of your Shop Policies page, there's a box to check that automatically rejects offers below 64% of asking price.
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Post by Johnkenn on Dec 18, 2022 10:44:46 GMT -6
There is. Look at the bottom of your Shop Policies page, there's a box to check that automatically rejects offers below 64% of asking price. Right, but it’s not adjustable. I don’t want an offer say - less than 10% under asking |
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Post by schlep on Dec 18, 2022 11:41:00 GMT -6
I agree with what you are saying.
Have considered pricing the item at what you think is reasonable and what you will accept and list as a ‘Buy It Now’ only type listing?
This is a good fit for me personally as it omits the lowballs.
Craig
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Post by bentley on Dec 18, 2022 15:16:39 GMT -6
I used to include "lowball offers will be cheerfully ignored" on my listings. But seriously, over the past couple of years I've gotten an increasing amount of ridiculously low offers on my items, most all of which were reasonably priced to begin with. Had a few items that lingered and I'd get and reject the same offers over and over from the same people. Wish there was a way to block certain buyers after they've exhausted your time and temperament. I used to counter and include that it was my rock bottom price but I stopped doing that after it was apparent most people aren't serious buyers unless it's an absolute steal.
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Post by ericn on Dec 18, 2022 16:35:08 GMT -6
Yeah idiot low ball offers are one of the reasons I have pretty much quit selling on the major sites. Being polite and pointing out how much off of market purchase prices offers were was met with the expected lack of respect. Depending how quickly I want to move something I might entertain a lower offer.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 17:13:12 GMT -6
A good deal of people are selling broken stuff on reverb, ebay, and facebook marketplace and should be paying for you to haul it away.
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Post by the other mark williams on Dec 18, 2022 17:44:39 GMT -6
A good deal of people are selling broken stuff on reverb, ebay, and facebook marketplace and should be paying for you to haul it away. I've heard of more scams in the last couple years than I'd ever heard of before. Buying gear on Reverb and getting sent stuff that was just straight up broken. And not in a "Whoops, UPS must've dropped it"-kind-of-way. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 18:07:50 GMT -6
A good deal of people are selling broken stuff on reverb, ebay, and facebook marketplace and should be paying for you to haul it away. I've heard of more scams in the last couple years than I'd ever heard of before. Buying gear on Reverb and getting sent stuff that was just straight up broken. And not in a "Whoops, UPS must've dropped it"-kind-of-way. Its certainly changed the buying / selling landscape. I don't bother with either sites and sell to audio retailers on rare occasions, they don't offer much in comparison to online marketplaces but I'll take less money for less hassle.
From thereon if I can't get a demo unit and try it out for extended period I'll move on. At this point I've only sold one item in the last three years and I plan to keep my current studio setup pretty much the same for next two decades. Buy once, buy right that's my new motto.
I mean it doesn't give me much to talk about but the perks outweigh the negatives.
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Post by Ward on Dec 18, 2022 18:22:23 GMT -6
It's just the way of the world now. Costs have increased twice as much as income has. People in our racket (for want of a better term) have less capital to work with. Seller asks $1000 for something, a reasonable price Buyer thinks "If I could only get it for $800, I could get the necessary things to go with it" So buyer offers $650, hoping you'll meet in the middle. Some sellers will say "Ok,$900" Buyer offers "750" Seller says "Best and final offer is $825" and the deal is done. Haggling is common with everything now. You'd swear we were in the Caribbean. On eBay, you can set the threshold to automatically reject lowball bids . . . so there's that. or craigs list or Farce book marketplace. Q. What are you selling anyhow? We need a classifieds section here.  |
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Post by mattbroiler on Dec 18, 2022 19:21:01 GMT -6
This could get annoying if you are selling a lot and getting a lot of these lowball offers to deal with / reject
I usually put something to the effect of "serious inquiries only" when it gets to be $500 or more priced items - kind of trying to sound snobby and drive off some of the low lifes from the get go
I recently had someone straight ask me what is my lowest price I am willing to go on an item recently so I told him my low price. He did not get back to me about buying the item but that's fine it was refreshingly straightforward communication for a change.
regarding scams I just bought something at a good discount from a reverb store in Miami a few days ago and they are sitting on it for days and not shipping yet. This store has thousands of five star reviews but it just smells sketchy to me like it's one of these duplicate storefronts that is one store with multiple sites under different names. I hate it when people take a long time to drop items off to the shipper after purchase. I messaged with a question and they replied back with two words of text speak non-communication that turned out to be a lie (we only have one item in stock even though there are more listed on their site). Hope this one comes through okay but at this point this is triggering my scam radar like the discount is for a damaged item and I should think about cancelling now before it ships...hmmmm
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 19:29:34 GMT -6
Reverb is starting to become like guitar center selling broken stuff or used stuff as new.
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Post by eyebytwomuchgeer on Dec 18, 2022 19:52:50 GMT -6
I stopped doing Offers on my sales. I just list the stuff for a tiny bit more than the typical selling price on Reverb or Ebay and just wait for a sale, or, somebody will PM me with a reasonable offer.
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Post by ericn on Dec 18, 2022 20:40:00 GMT -6
Reverb is starting to become like guitar center selling broken stuff or used stuff as new. This has always been a problem, but especially with some manufacturers you can get someone shut down really quick. 1. If you’re not a dealer, it ain’t new, some manufacturers do sell through distributors, but a number have very specific “ not for resale “in their dealer agreement. 2. If the box is open it’s either demo or b-stock. It would be nice if the manufacturers would make the effort to shut these fraudulent asseipes accountable. Yes it is mail fraud to sell used as new, in some instances it’s fraud to put “ new “ in the title and then clarify in the listing. |
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Post by spindrift on Dec 18, 2022 21:40:34 GMT -6
The bad behavior happens on both the buyer and seller side on those sites. It’s pretty unfortunate. I much prefer transacting with those I know or at least have an affiliation with, like folks on this site.
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Post by Blackdawg on Dec 18, 2022 22:07:08 GMT -6
Yeah I've been getting a lot of low offers. I mean I get it, I low balled stuff and ended up with it. So it can work. So people do it.
But now with the higher fees and such. I don't want to see much below what I'm asking either. Otherwise it's just not worth the effort.
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Post by ericn on Dec 18, 2022 22:25:13 GMT -6
Yeah I've been getting a lot of low offers. I mean I get it, I low balled stuff and ended up with it. So it can work. So people do it. But now with the higher fees and such. I don't want to see much below what I'm asking either. Otherwise it's just not worth the effort. There very much seams to be this idea that what ever price you list at you will take 20% less. In the grand old days if you saw something at a sweet price you asked questions about the condition and closed the deal before someone else could! |
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Post by theboris on Dec 18, 2022 23:18:58 GMT -6
i had some expensive dynamics ship to me in a box with nothing more than some newspaper above and below the mics, nothing protecting them from banging into each other throughout the cross-country journey. i took video of opening box, and wrote seller, who dodged polite and straight-forward questions... after a pity party, some bizarre logic and math, and most impressively, insinuating i must have staged the photos, he offered a good % as a refund right before i was going to open a case with reverb. funny thing is i would have accepted less of a refund if he wasn't such a douche about it. i was able to repair or replace most all of the damage, and all sound fine now. i get some version of this once every 1-2 years, so i guess i'm lucky overall.
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Post by theboris on Dec 18, 2022 23:23:37 GMT -6
which is also why i'm glad that this post should hit the requisite 15 posts to be able to list a few things in the RGO classifieds!
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Post by bchurch on Dec 19, 2022 8:28:23 GMT -6
I go to their store and offer $1.00 on every item whenever possible.
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Post by svart on Dec 19, 2022 8:54:58 GMT -6
Unfortunately Reverb has a reputation for having prices about 30% more expensive for used gear than elsewhere, so I don't really blame folks for offering 30% less.
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Post by ericn on Dec 19, 2022 9:29:18 GMT -6
I go to their store and offer $1.00 on every item whenever possible. So that was You😎 |
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Post by beyer160 on Dec 19, 2022 10:07:26 GMT -6
There is. Look at the bottom of your Shop Policies page, there's a box to check that automatically rejects offers below 64% of asking price. Right, but it’s not adjustable. I don’t want an offer say - less than 10% under asking Ah, I see. That'd be nice to adjust based on your current level of GAS/desperation. I usually put "Price is reasonable, in no hurry to sell" in my ads to discourage lowballers, I like to think that it works a little bit. |
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Post by Ward on Dec 19, 2022 11:19:52 GMT -6
Reverb is starting to become like guitar center selling broken stuff or used stuff as new. As soon as you read "bought out by an income fund" you know what's coming next. And it isn't good business. |
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Post by tim on Dec 19, 2022 21:29:24 GMT -6
I used FB marketplace for the first time to sell some big PA speakers and good god I had to wade through a mountain of shit offers, weirdos and no-shows for 2 months. And they were priced to move to begin with! Ultimately a cool dude bought them so it worked out.
Reverb was great when fees were lower as they cut into eBay’s business and they weren’t taxing transactions on used equipment.
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