My Ken Smith BSR5GN and CL

No harm in trading pics?

 

eh, kinda weird situation...I think you'd have better luck posting a trade offer in the tb classifieds honestly. We are all bass players here, meaning you have not only a greater chance of finding what you're looking for in a trade, but also someone who cares about the welfare and upkeep of their instrument as much as you do. Seeking someone who is willing to trade their Ken Smith BSR6GN for your BSR5GN seems like kind of an unrealistic request for a website like CL...but hey! I could be wrong.

 

If he's willing to make the trek why the issue?

 

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Huh???

 

Take the pics, in the time you have been asking on here about taking the pics you could have already taken them and had him email you back saying yes or no.

 

Whats the harm in sending him some pics... I dunno why the issue with the pix but its perfectly reasonable for someone to ask to see some pix of an instrument before a deal.
Our motto here is " no pix... no bass" right???

 

Again you asked us what we all thought. 80%+ say take the pics. why argue over it. sure most people on CL are flakes who have no intention of coming through. But if the man live in philly, its about an hour and a half drive. Put yourself in his shoes, would you drive an hour and a half to MAYBE trade a bass? If it we're me I would like as many photos as possible before i make the drive.

 

One pic wouldn't be enough for me if I was a buyer. I prefer to use email for comms until I'm serious about a deal.

As for CL, iirc where your ad is posted is based on what you put as your home location. So if he lived in Philly but wanted people in NYC to see the add he'd post an ad listing NYC as his location so it would show there.

While there are plenty of scammers, those two things don't seem that out of line.

 

Sometimes a request for photos is to see if you actually have the item. I've asked for that before. I'll even ask for a specific photo to see if the bass in in their possession. If someone balks at that, I might wonder what their issue is... but I'd probably move on. I go by my gut with CL due to the large number of scammers.

If your gut tells you something's fishy, move on.

 

You're looking to do a trade worth $3k+ and you can't be bothered to send a potential buyer a couple extra photos??? Having done enough deals, I can tell you that a person should NEVER drive 2 hours without having seen an up-to-date set of photos of the complete bass.

I would never buy and instrument from you.

 

To be blunt. Your pic looks like some sort of stock pic. If I were talking to you I would be worried that the pic you posted wasnt even the bass I was going to get. Combined with the fact that you would not post/email any more pics I would likely walk away from you because I would be afraid that you were a flake. Being blunt that is....