Proper used gear sales etiquette.

[fhm555]

It’s a private sale, seller should be honest and buyer should satisfy any cancerns before forking over the cash.
After the transaction is done, the item belongs to the buyer and the cash belongs to the seller.
My rule as a seller is be completely honest and fully disclose what i know about my item.
My rule as a buyer is trust but verify.

 

[Relsom]

I'd try to see what the problem is. There could be a number of reasons why it's performing differently for him than it did for you. Is it possible the guy is putting it up on an amp stand? Those wheels will rattle hanging out in midair like that. Maybe it's just not the supercab he thought it was going to be. Tough call. But if it were me I'd probably take it back. How long after the sale did he contact you with concerns? If no more than a couple of days, yeah I'd take it back.
ps... I thought about replying to the ad myself. Colonial Heights, right?

 

[knigel]

I recently purchased a Sterling Stingray 5 from a guy in a parking lot. No amp, but it was light and the neck was great so I bought it at a good price. Put on new strings, did a set up, played great! Plugged it in...blap blap blap. Changed the battery....blap fart fart. Preamp is toast. Know what I did? Sucked it up and started looking at replacement preamps. As Mike Brady once said:

SUB note (wokka wokka) the customer service at Sterling is top notch. Would recommend.

 

[buldog5151bass]

If it was in good condition when you sold it, you are under no obligation to do anything. My concern is that he damaged it, even by accident, and then you are SOL.

 

[Ross W. Lovell]

I just sold a proper working and sounding BBC 212 "The Tank" cabinet to a gentleman through a Craig's List ad. It was a parking lot sale, he did not try it out, he did his homework and knew what these were all about. He gets back in touch with me after getting it to his home and tried it out. He says it rattles at certain frequencies and will break up hitting certain notes. He did A/B comparisons with other cabinets and amp heads and the BBC is not holding up the the others.

I have been using this cabinet for months at a weekly gig (Fender Rumble 500 head) with no issues. The last gig was a week ago. I bought this cabinet used on Reverb.com months ago. I have another BBC 112 that suites me better.

He said he will try it out at a band rehearsal tonight and let me know how it did. If he doesn't like it he said we will "have a conversation". The BBC line is not for everyone. A friend of mine bought a 1015 and returned it.

I don't mean to be harsh saying "Buyer Beware" but that is the way I feel. I'm not feeling the return if that "conversation" goes that way. Is that bad etiquette?[/QUOTE

Make sure your original speaker/s are still within.

 

[Scottgun]

Craigslist McNutbag

Ha! I'm stealing that.

 

[bassman10096]

Sorry...No refunds.
(fire the drummer for good measure).

 

[bherman]

I f I buy something through Craigslist, the onus is on me to test it out before forking out cash. If I sell on Craigslist, the onus is on me to test the unit and accurately disclose its condition. Once it is out of your hands, you have no idea what someone does with the gear.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

^
He said onus.

 

[Magthegrate]

I sell things with an "out of sight" warranty.

Once it's out of my sight....

 

[cataract]

All Sales FINAL is my motto.

 

[singlemalt]

This meeting in a parking lot thing is weird. I screen buyers over the phone and have them come get the item. I'm ready to demo the item when they show up. I take cash, they leave with the item. We're done. IF they want it dropped off, they need to arrange whatever testing they want or take it on faith. I'd rather they tried it at my place and left satisfied.

If the vibe is strange, the deal isn't happening.

I've met up with a seller at a half way point and bought a bass I did not test, other than turning the truss rod with the tool that came with the bass. But the only reason we did it like that was to save me a couple hours of driving. And it was a great deal.

In this case, I'd have the buyer return the cab, do a quick test and refund if it's good. Just taking the high road. I've had sellers take back stuff that didn't work for me, or seemed to be faulty. What goes around, comes around.

 

[Magthegrate]

This meeting in a parking lot thing is weird. I screen buyers over the phone and have them come get the item. I'm ready to demo the item when they show up. I take cash, they leave with the item. We're done. IF they want it dropped off, they need to arrange whatever testing they want or take it on faith. I'd rather they tried it at my place and left satisfied.

If the vibe is strange, the deal isn't happening.

I've met up with a seller at a half way point and bought a bass I did not test, other than turning the truss rod with the tool that came with the bass. But the only reason we did it like that was to save me a couple hours of driving. And it was a great deal.

In this case, I'd have the buyer return the cab, do a quick test and refund if it's good. Just taking the high road. I've had sellers take back stuff that didn't work for me, or seemed to be faulty. What goes around, comes around.

I'm of the opinion that letting a random craigslist stranger into my home to see all of my expensive gear is significantly more weird.

 

[Dean N]

Don't be under any illusion that cl is anything but a flea market. Would you go back to a flea market a week after you bought something, chase down the seller, and try to get your money back? Or threaten to "have a conversation?" What a maroon.

Don't answer another call from him, even to tell him off.

 

[StereoPlayer]

I'm of the opinion that letting a random craigslist stranger into my home to see all of my expensive gear is significantly more weird.

The garage is as close to my stuff they get.

 

[-Stingray]

This meeting in a parking lot thing is weird. I screen buyers over the phone and have them come get the item. I'm ready to demo the item when they show up. I take cash, they leave with the item. We're done. IF they want it dropped off, they need to arrange whatever testing they want or take it on faith. I'd rather they tried it at my place and left satisfied.

If the vibe is strange, the deal isn't happening.

I've met up with a seller at a half way point and bought a bass I did not test, other than turning the truss rod with the tool that came with the bass. But the only reason we did it like that was to save me a couple hours of driving. And it was a great deal.

In this case, I'd have the buyer return the cab, do a quick test and refund if it's good. Just taking the high road. I've had sellers take back stuff that didn't work for me, or seemed to be faulty. What goes around, comes around.

Sorry, but random Craigslist dude is NOT coming into my home studio to scope out all of my expensive equipment (and bandmates equipment) to test a piece of gear.

Not going to happen.

 

[Dean N]

The garage is as close to my stuff they get.

They don't even get my address. Craigslist sales occur at a neutral public site, anonymously, just like a flea market.

Private groups on Facebook for buy/sell is a much wiser way to go for curb pick-up.

 

[dab12ax7ef]

All Craigslist sales are final in my book. Another “conversation” with the buyer is a very, very bad idea. Think of your safety first. There’s no reason to put yourself in a situation that has the potential to escalate to any amount of heatedness.

 

[Kubicki Fan]

Seems like the OP will now be the one "trying out" his own cab (to determine that it still as it was when it left his hands). What a shame.

I hope OP doesn't go that route.
Caveat Emptor

 

[Mingo Sanders]

This doesn't really apply in the context of selling a bass cab, but what do you think the buyer would do if he found an envelope inside it with a dozen or so hundred dollar bills? Buyer AND seller beware, I say. It's his awesome bass cab now.