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02-01-2011, 11:59 PM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | When you sell stuff in the TB ads
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Well, I posted about this a while back and got in trouble, but hopefully I'm in the right place now.
When you're going to sell something, why not take five minutes and clean it up before you take the pictures? I'm a lot more likely to buy something if it doesn't have three years of dust and crud accumulated on it. I'm not interested in buying dust and crud.
When I sell stuff, I get it looking as close to new as possible so the recipient feels good about the deal when he opens the package. It makes people more likely to want to deal with me in the future.
That is all.
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02-02-2011, 12:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Salt Lake City, UT | | I did clean it up before the pictures, it just took a long time to sell.
OH! You mean, clean it up before shipping too? 
I agree with you, also don't throw your oldest, crappiest strings on the bass. Once I was sold a bass that was pictured with a nice set of alloy strings, when it arrived it had a haggard beat to hell set of nylon wrapped something on it. That was a disappointment. |
02-02-2011, 12:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Good point, to be honest, if I see a piece that has the remnants of whatever on it, I tend to think 'you didn't make the effort to clean it up to show it, how much effort did you put in to looking after it? It is a bit of a turn-off, when it would take 30 mins maybe to show it properly and make it that much more attractive to buyers, 'tis a little bit lazy imo.
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02-02-2011, 12:26 AM
|  | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Munjibunga  Well, I posted about this a while back and got in trouble, but hopefully I'm in the right place now.
When you're going to sell something, why not take five minutes and clean it up before you take the pictures? I'm a lot more likely to buy something if it doesn't have three years of dust and crud accumulated on it. I'm not interested in buying dust and crud.
When I sell stuff, I get it looking as close to new as possible so the recipient feels good about the deal when he opens the package. It makes people more likely to want to deal with me in the future.
That is all. | I couldn't agree more, man. Who wants to buy something that actually looks used, hehe. I also try to clean my stuff up to make it more presentable for sale.
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02-02-2011, 12:28 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Meh. I've never seen a bass polished at a retail store. Fingerprints, whatever. Crud, that's different.
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02-02-2011, 12:40 AM
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sales geek Portland Music co. | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: portland or | | | I set up personally every bass that comes into my shop and try to keep 'em all polished all the time. New strings too. It's neither difficult nor time consuming. I LIKE doing it. I LIKE seeing people go "Wow! This bass plays great!" Why would one do business with people who don't care? |
02-02-2011, 06:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cincinnati | | | I agree... clean it up. AND when you take a picture, be mindful of the background. I saw a pic of a bass for sale and the guy just held it up and took a shot with his cell phone. There in the background was his wife slugging down a beer while watching TV. I would have thought basic salesmanship was natural thing.... hmmmmm.
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02-02-2011, 06:50 AM
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02-03-2011, 12:06 AM
| | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BassChuck I agree... clean it up. AND when you take a picture, be mindful of the background. I saw a pic of a bass for sale and the guy just held it up and took a shot with his cell phone. There in the background was his wife slugging down a beer while watching TV. I would have thought basic salesmanship was natural thing.... hmmmmm. | Maybe the wife comes with the bass, eh?
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02-03-2011, 02:26 AM
|  | Bartle doo? | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Missing Mountains | | | Couldn't agree more. I will not consider buying something that looks like it came out of the basement or sat on the side of a gravel road. Presentation is everything in marketing. I've had money, found what I want and skipped right over the add because it was dirty.
Also +1, if you're going to sell an instrument, put a new set of strings on it. Even if it's a set of $30 Ernie Balls. That's a small investment to put good vides on a sell and possibly secure future business. Especially considering how much money that person is giving you for it.
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