Does this Rickenbacker trade offer seem legit?

Unless you two are local, there’s no way in hell I’d send a bass to someone with no feedback or any other type of accountability. I’d do that with a TB’er with lots of feedback and clear experience shipping basses, but that’s about it.

 

Sounds fishy to me.

 

Unless the other side resides very close to you, it's a hard pass. Those type of deals are only done locally or with someone you know and trust, not with a stranger from the Internet IMO.

 

This all sounds really wrong. I would pass.

Bones

 

Agree to the deal. Have the ric shipped to you , and ship your bass upon arrival.

the ric isn’t worth 500-700 more than your bass, unless it’s a squier.

 

I would do it here, because I know if I got screwed I could count on TB'ers local to the guy to pay him a visit lol But I would never do it through Ebay, especially with someone with no feedback.

 

What kind of bass did you say you have, again?

 

So you’re asking if it seems legit to send a perfect stranger your bass and hope he sends you one in return that you feel is worth nearly twice as much?

Let’s put it this way:
If you don’t mind giving this guy a bass for free then go for it.


The again maybe it’s Brand new with only minor looting damage and he really does intend to trade instead of selling it in like 20 minutes for more than what you’re asking for your instrument right?

 

Well if it's a vintage Aria it's worth a nice chunk of money. Also as stated by others don't deal with random people online if they're not local to you, you're almost asking to get scammed. Not trying to be negative and it's not that i don't trust strangers, but on Internet you have to protect yourself and assume the worst IMO.

 

Trading is something I would do only with a well-known person that I trust. From experience, you could suffer from trader's remorse down the line. If it is someone close by that you know, you can always reverse the trade later.

 

Even if a legit Ric, you could end up with a stolen bass. I would pass unless he wanted to ship the bass to you first for inspection.

 

I wouldn't do it because there is no recourseif things go wrong. However his rick is not worth that much more than your SB

 

Same. I wouldn’t trade with a longtime eBay member with lots of feedback who wasn’t local. You never know who’s going to rip you off and there’s no recourse through eBay for trades. Talkbass is different because we’re a community. I’ve done lots of trading on here and have never thought twice about it. Also never been ripped off and only had one negative experience. But trade on eBay? Yeah nah. Plus there are some pretty convincing chickenbackers out there.

 

eBay rule #2: no feedback, no love.

 

I wouldn't "trade" on eBay anyway. There is no transaction protection. eBay will wash their hands of it when it inevitably goes South. Sounds way too good to be true. Therefore....

 

Is this a late April fools post? Are you seriously asking if you should send your bass to a complete stranger with ZERO eBay feedback in the hopes that he will send you a bass worth $500 - $700 more?

 

+1 for use of Lady Whiteadder