That's a rather important piece of information to leave out of the first post. If you can't adjust the relief then there might be validity in having to file a small profile of relief out of the frets.
What was the bass, Modulus or Wishbass?
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eBay Issues: Buyer wants $450 for fret level
- Thread starter ChadHidsley
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That's a rather important piece of information to leave out of the first post. If you can't adjust the relief then there might be validity in having to file a small profile of relief out of the frets.
What was the bass, Modulus or Wishbass?
Kind of confusing information. When the buzz is after the 12th fret means that the bass has to much relief to much concavity. When is buzzing on the first frets near to the nut means the neck is convex. Looks to me that is just set-up. Don't get cut on the scam.
Seriously. This situation could go from bad to worse if you waffle on this with an Ebay goofball. I'd try and just get the instrument back as well. ASAP
Ebay seems to always side with the buyers. I had a similar run-in with a Douche bag who bought a bass head off me. He swore up and down that is wasn't working right, so I had to go through the whole rigamarole of getting him to send it back.
As I expected wasn't a thing wrong with it... and I sold it the next day on CL to a non-douchebag for a 0% fee.
I am 100% through with selling anything worth more than $40 on Ebay, the fees are too high for the value they add.
You would have to sell something for 15% more than you wanted just to turn a 2% profit... So if you need to get $600 out of bass you need minimum $659 sale price to jsut pay your Ebay and Paypal fees.
Also- on my last bass sale, it miscalculated the shipping by $18 which I ate! (When I checked with Paypal they told me this is a known issue with Ebay shipping)
As I expected wasn't a thing wrong with it... and I sold it the next day on CL to a non-douchebag for a 0% fee.
I am 100% through with selling anything worth more than $40 on Ebay, the fees are too high for the value they add.
You would have to sell something for 15% more than you wanted just to turn a 2% profit... So if you need to get $600 out of bass you need minimum $659 sale price to jsut pay your Ebay and Paypal fees.
Also- on my last bass sale, it miscalculated the shipping by $18 which I ate! (When I checked with Paypal they told me this is a known issue with Ebay shipping)
You haven't been keeping up with the rise in eBay fees. You need to sell it for $690 to get $600 after the fees.
And they also charge eBay and PayPal fees on the shipping charge!!
You are correct I forgot they charge the 10% on shipping charges to. So $690 would be the break even point, what a crock of ****. Guess I lost more on my last deal than I thought.
I sold a Warwick bass on ebay last month for $999.
Ebay fee -$92.50
Paypal fee -$29.28
So you have to charge about 13% more just to break even...
Plus the fact that they are now also taking a fee out of the shipping cost paid by buyers completely blows my mind... So now we have to overcharge for shipping too
Ebay fee -$92.50
Paypal fee -$29.28
So you have to charge about 13% more just to break even...
Plus the fact that they are now also taking a fee out of the shipping cost paid by buyers completely blows my mind... So now we have to overcharge for shipping too
This completely changes the situation.
So this bass has a graphite neck? It's highly possible that it could take $450 to fix this problem. Take the bass back, have it fixed and sell it, or sell it clearly marked as "needing repair".
Is this one of the Cutlass basses recently sold on ebay? The green one??
I also had Modulus fix a neck/fretboard and a complete refret on a non-Trussrod Quantum fairly recently and it still was less than $450.
I would personally take it back, assesss the issue if there even is one and resell it.
Re. ebay - you can give the buyer the money he wants, or you can take the bass back. There are no other options. ebay does side with the buyer 95% of the time (for good reason). If you refuse the return and enter into a dispute with the buyer, ebay will almost certainly force you to refund the money, and you'll get negative feedback for your trouble.
Your decision of course, but I can tell you what I would do (and have done).
If you know the bass had no issues when you shipped it, then tell the buyer to return it for a full refund (minus return shipping cost). You need to separate yourself from this buyer. (and put him on your 'blocked bidder' list)
Just eat the original shipping and call it a day. Why offer to pay for fret work if you know the frets are good? Fret leveling will likely cost more than the shipping cost you'll have lost, anyway. Relist and wait for a better buyer.
Curious, how many feedbacks does your buyer have?
I agree, take the return and offer no other option. That is the only thing you're obligated to do as part of the ebay return policy if you do not want to dispute the claim. Let's see what he does when he has to return it.
Buyer friendly is right. eBay is the biggest rip-off for sellers selling guitars etc... I just paid 10% ON TOP of Paypal's 3.5% (which eBay own also, correct?)
So to sell anything worthy of ebay, you have to bump up the price 13.5% just to break even. If you're selling a $1k bass, ebay takes it's 13.5% then you're barely over $850 in pocket, not including shipping.
I've made my LAST eBay sale. Buyer only now.
Tell that guy from eBay to eat it. Take the bass back or give him $90. Good Luck.
So to sell anything worthy of ebay, you have to bump up the price 13.5% just to break even. If you're selling a $1k bass, ebay takes it's 13.5% then you're barely over $850 in pocket, not including shipping.
I've made my LAST eBay sale. Buyer only now.
Tell that guy from eBay to eat it. Take the bass back or give him $90. Good Luck.
Buyer had 0 feedback...won the bid 5 secs before end (...and created an ebay account the day off)
Did a check up on the person and appears to be a legitimate musician though
Did a check up on the person and appears to be a legitimate musician though
I sold an Aphex Para EQ on ebay a couple of years ago. I knew there was nothing wrong with it. Buyer emails me and says that "even though it was packed very well, it does not work and he wants to take it to his tech to checked out/repaired" I told him to send it back to me and I would check it out. If it was not working I would send him another one (I had two) or refund his money. If I found it to be working properly, then his options were a refund (minus shipping) or he would pay to have me ship it back to him.
I never heard from him again.
Tell the guy to send your bass back.
I never heard from him again.
Tell the guy to send your bass back.
