Guitars to sell advice

kg648

kg648

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Hi Folks

I frustratingly hurt my back last year and some new guitars which I had briefly used a Taylor acoustic and a Fender Strat that I purchased I now need to move on as I can't play them, it strains me too much.

Where is the best place to sell these days? Is it Reverb or am I better elsewhere?

Thanks in advance.

To be clear this is not a sales thread.
 
kg648 said:
Thank you for that. I’ll proceed with those in that case.
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Facebook marketplace is a good way to advertise for local sales. But in case it isn't obvious, you ideally want to do the actual transaction in person and make sure that you have received the money before releasing your guitar(s). Ignore anyone asking you to post items to them without full payment clearing first.
 
Mr Badger said:
Facebook marketplace is a good way to advertise for local sales. But in case it isn't obvious, you ideally want to do the actual transaction in person and make sure that you have received the money before releasing your guitar(s). Ignore anyone asking you to post items to them without full payment clearing first.
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Oh yes, whatever you do. Payment on collection in cash is much preferred. Don't post and don't even take Paypal.

Oh, there is also sell on commission via a store, but these are usually for higher end items, higher end Taylor or Strats. Especially in today's used market, it's absolutely flooded right now due to people getting instruments during the pandemic and now selling.
 
D-Ranged said:
As mentioned above, eBay, reverb or the dreaded FB marketplace. Although I have bought a couple from FB with no issues.
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I have found Facebook marketplace to be fine as long as you keep your wits about you. There are fake adverts and I reported some that kept appearing reusing the same pictures of expensive guitars advertised at stupidly low prices. So only buy in person. When selling and a buyer asks you to post the item or let someone pick it up for them with some tale about how they will get the full payment to you later, then obviously avoid! You want cash in hand or a confirmed bank transfer that you can see in your account.
 
I also have a nice guitar to sell. I tried listing it on fretboard, but if you are not well known around the boards in general I find no one is interested in your post. I may have to resort to FB marketplace.

It is a shame eBay have now banned cash on collection from their private sales as that would have been the place to sell due to the scrapping for fees for private sellers.
 
Also, with guitars....there is a little cottage industry of bedroom sellers. They specifically eye up Facebook market place for cheap guitars. They will haggle hard, make you think your guitar is not worth what you think it's worth (just check reverb/eBay recent sold prices for a rough guide), and pressure you to sell it to them.

Ignore those.

I would also stand firm with anyone who agree a price then haggle when they turn up for no good reason.
 
warren_1979 said:
I also have a nice guitar to sell. I tried listing it on fretboard, but if you are not well known around the boards in general I find no one is interested in your post. I may have to resort to FB marketplace.

It is a shame eBay have now banned cash on collection from their private sales as that would have been the place to sell due to the scrapping for fees for private sellers.
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I bought and collected a guitar in person for an eBay sale....that person when I collected and paid then left....he cancelled the sale completely. I don't mind but he must have done it so to 1) not having to pay the fees and 2) no come back from me. Not that I would have as I planned to change the pick up and wiring loom completely so even if the electronics didn't work, it would be replaced completely anyway. Not to mention it was a £50 round trip in the car.

I don't know how he did it because I swear we scanned the barcode just before I left. It was only a cheap PRS SE One for £250, so the fees would be like £30 but still....
 
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Raymond Lin said:
I bought and collected a guitar in person for an eBay sale....that person when I collected and paid then left....he cancelled the sale completely. I don't mind but he must have done it so to 1) not having to pay the fees and 2) no come back from me. Not that I would have as I planned to change the pick up and wiring loom completely so even if the electronics didn't work, it would be replaced completely anyway. Not to mention it was a £50 round trip in the car.

I don't know how he did it because I swear we scanned the barcode just before I left. It was only a cheap PRS SE One for £250, so the fees would be like £30 but still....
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If you set the sale up on ebay via messages he still would have been charged fees. EBay track messages and if they see you sell and then cancel the sale they will send you the bill for the lost fees.

It happened to me when I sold a synth cash on collection. I cancelled the sale by accident and a month later received a message from ebay telling me I owed them fees as it was was deemed an 'offsite' sale and that I had used their services to facilite the sale. Luckily it was my first offence and they waived the fees but warned me going forward I would be charged fees if that happened again.

So if the guy you bought it off was a repeat offender, he would have been charged fees for said sale.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
Also, with guitars....there is a little cottage industry of bedroom sellers. They specifically eye up Facebook market place for cheap guitars. They will haggle hard, make you think your guitar is not worth what you think it's worth (just check reverb/eBay recent sold prices for a rough guide), and pressure you to sell it to them.

Ignore those.

I would also stand firm with anyone who agree a price then haggle when they turn up for no good reason.
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I encountered a bloke doing this back in the days of Trade It. He was working in the same office as me and was also buying on the internal company electronic noticeboard. He would claim to be a private buyer and use any tactic he could to get the price down, then flip the guitar and advertise it at a higher price. Sometimes there were loads of guitars for sale on Trade It all with his contact phone number, but he pretended he wasn't a dealer. I suppose he must have made enough money at it to be worth his while.
 
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