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Best Website for Selling Used Gear? Reverb? Ebay? Other?
Hey!
I need a piece of advice and I'm sure I will find good advice here.
I bought and sold A LOT a music gear these past 15 years. But I was in Montreal, a big city, so it's always easier to sell stuff there.
But now I live in a small town and it's more difficult to sell musical gear localy.
For this reason, I was looking for alternative.
Maybe I'm wrong, but Ebay looks like a website near his ends.
Reverb? Everything is more expensive on Reverb that what I'm used to.
If you want 150$ in your pocket for the thing that you sell, now you have to add the fees of Reverb + shipping.
Any others alternative?
Is it easy so sell on Reverb? And do I have to refund a customer that is not happy with what I sold to him? Obviously, I always try to write the more precise ad possible to avoid surprises.
I have a couple of thing to sell and I'm probably will go with Reverb, but I'm just curious to read your thoughts on the topic.
Thanks!
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I want to sell a couple of things and figured I’d be using ebay, kajiji or craigslist. I’ve bought and sold things on all three through the years.
I didnt know ebay was on the way out. I used it heavily over the last 5-6 years but for collecting vintage dip-pen nibs, not musical instruments. The nib scene seems pretty lively on ebay lol.
I sold my mother-in law’s really cruddy old 80’s stereo system on kajiji a couple of years ago. It was sold within 2 days.
You can list on both at the same time. If it sell on eBay, you take down the reverb ad at no cost.
Ebay is cheaper, at least in the US. 3.5% vs 5%.
I've slowly gone back to ebay. Ebay seems to help far more when there are disputes. Reverb seems to be on the side of reverb.
Edit: that being said, i have no issues selling on reverb if it sells.
You can sell for no cost on SweetWater. I sold a keyboard there, no problem.
We have a place called Music-go-round here in the Rockies. But there are stores elsewhere IIRC
Facebook Marketplace is a popular one, though I tend to have better luck on Craigslist in terms of how much I can sell things for.
They have a couple in the St. Louis area as well. That place is awesome for rack gear and mixers when I need to buy something like that and give pretty decent payouts for used gear.
I don't have a FB account, but my sister put a couple of ads for me. Here is how it always ends:
Me placing my ad:
"Description of the item + YES IF THE AD IS ONLINE, IT'S AVAILABLE".
Person1:"Is you item available?"
Me:"Yes, when do yo wanna take it?"
Person1" ............................................"
No news, no comment, nothing.
Yeah, bots are an issue on all the main places you can sell gear sadly. I always ignore inquiries that seem to be blatantly ignoring the details in my for sale posts.
@Montreal_Music : what makes you think eBay is on its way out?
It’s against eBay’s terms and conditions to list items for sale on other platforms.
On Facebook in UK we have a group “Synths for Sale UK” seem quite popular. Not sure if you have a similar group across the pond.
eBay charges a whopping 12.9% on gear that isn’t a guitar or bass. Specifically the guitar and bass category 6%. That pricing oddity is definitely a direct response to Reverb’s much lower 5% fees. I use Reverb for that reason, and subjectively believe it has been around long enough to be on musicians’ radar.
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822
fees must have changed. I knew they wouldnt keep it at 3.5% for long. either way, i dont care. i'm not gonna bicker over a few bucks. whatever gets it out of my door quickly.
i find it super irritating on reverb when you allow offers, you have 12 people watching your listing, but no one reaches out. And it stays there for months. There should be a method to email all those watchers (they can remain anonymous) and make a blanket offer to anyone watching.
i also dont think they are real people most of the time...the watchers...
People may be watching just to observe price development