I don't get it
 

Actually there are a lot of things I don't get, but the point of THIS thread is:

People on ebay who keep listing the same bass at the same price for months on end. I'm thinking of buying a Carvin 6 string and there are a couple on ebay that are listed at well over twice what others are actually selling for. They've been there since I've been looking which is at least two months.

Does anyone know why they just keep re-listing at the same price when they don't sell month after month?

Thanks.

This isn't really even a pet peeve, I'm just curious if anyone has an explanation.

i'm pretty sure their are a few L1000s that have been on there for over 6 months

You can always send them a note suggesting they lower their beginning price. Nothing wrong with letting them know you're interested, but not at that price.

Some people man, some people.

I see the same in bicycles(would likely see it in basses except Im not in the market and haven't even been browsing lately)- there's a couple of 10-15-yr-old bikes that WERE high-end when they were new, but the guy keeps listing them at 2 or 3x their original price, like they're *rare/collectible, etc*... I also do not get it

Here's another bass that's gonna be sitting on ebay maybe for years....http://www.ebay.com/itm/Celebrity-Ov...92f5f9&afsrc=1

Told the seller that it was only worth a few hundred and he says that it's worth more because it's rare :/

I sent a few messages in the past for items that were overpriced. The seller never seems to care. I guess they're counting on the sucker born every minute deal coming through for them.

Maybe the wife told them to sell it and they put it on ebay with a price nobody will buy it at so they can keep it.

That's how it's going for most of the times : They have a price in their mind and keep at that price as long as it's for sale on the internet. I would say that after 2 or 3 months, they should lower the beginning price. Not directly by half or something, but maybe $50 of the beginning price (depending on how much they ask, of course :p)

If the seller isn't desperate for cash, why wouldn't they be patient? If it's a high-priced instrument, it may take a while to sell. There are fewer people looking to buy Foderas than Squiers, and the Fodera buyers typically have something specific they want. Somebody may come along who just loves the bass I am selling, except that mine has a maple fingerboard and he only likes rosewood boards. So, I will keep waiting until someone comes along who wants the exact bass I'm selling. It may take a while. There are some new instruments that have been in dealer's inventory for well over a year.

If the person is selling an item new, and they are an authorized dealer, there may be agreements in place that won't allow them to list an item for below a certain price.

I do the same if I'm not in a hurry. I have a price in my head and put it for sale for that price. People can try to negotiate. And if I really want to move it, I'll lower after a while.
There's bound to be some uninformed person buying your **** at a too high value eventually. Just a matter of patience...

they don't need the money. maybe their wives are insisting they sell some basses so they list them higher than they will sell for so they can say they are "trying" to sell them.

who knows.

Using an actual example, there is a 6 string Carvin that has been for sale for $1750 for several months and there have been several basses which are the same make/model/etc. that have sold for under $1000. I don't know why they think someone is going to pay $750 more for their bass.

I had a similar experience recently with a set of studio monitors. Some sellers seem to either be looking for a sucker, or don't truly intend to sell them.

Don't they lose money on listing fees when it doesn't sell?

There is a thread about this Ebay listing :
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/awe...al-day-943975/

As you can see, I posted a link about somebody selling one for under $200. So as a favor for the seller, I also sent him the link. But it's still there, lol

The OP mentionned instruments with a price tag twice the current market value. Not the ones that are expensive because they are high end instruments

+1

It only takes one sucker buyer to make an oddly-skewed deal go very well for the seller...so long as the seller's not in a rush, why pay attention to reality when you can take advantage of a possibly uninformed shopper?

Seems like an example of either scamming the uninformed, or they have no concept of depreciation, or it's someone who thinks everything they own is made out of gold...all 3 are equally annoying.