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Reverb increasing seller fees
- Thread starter BunchyMutt
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From Los Angeles to NYC, using UPS or FedEx ground, in the $50-$90 range,.....depending on weight, box size and insurance.
Major metropolitan area to major metropolitan area will be lower than shipping to an out of the way place. I shipped a bass from Maryland to more rural Colorado a year or year and a half ago - $140.
Maybe you're lucky. I haven't shipped a bass for that cheap since 2008-2010.
You're right, I'm probably being a too conservative for average bass prices. My estimate was probably more like the average for a guitar. That may even be a bit low for a guitar.
Central TX. smack dab in the middle of the South USA...$80 AVG +/- $15 for me the past couple months for basses in cases, insured. One or two days extended travel estimates as well.
Like me you're in California so shipping to the east coast is a grip. I've stopped selling stuff on eBay too because shipping is just too much and no one wants to pay it.
$80 is a lot from Texas. I've got some cheaper instruments I'd like to part with that are great basses but who wants to pay $80-$100 to ship a $300 bass?
I feel bad because I think I was the person who started this trend, but even from Memphis, TN there was a significant price jump when shipping to the west coast. I started advertising purchase prices of +$20 for anyone buying west of the Mississippi. If you guys can ship for less than $100 then you’re doing something significantly different than I was - or prices have recently adjusted downward.
I know what you mean. The expensive instruments, people are fine with paying the cost. But, the cheaper basses/guitars, it gets hit or miss.
And when someone is willing to pay the price to ship a cheap bass, I almost feel guilty charging them, like I did something wrong. I sold a cheap $350 Wishbass to a guy in Virginia recently, and it cost $75 to ship it. I felt guilty, like I was ripping him off, because of the shipping.
It’s one of the things that motivated me to start buying a higher priced level of gear, even when I didn’t feel like my playing justified it. It’s easier to flip without taking a bath on shipping. If shipping costs $100 for either a $700 bass or a $2,000 bass, then I’d rather try to flip the $2,000 bass. I think folks on the $2,000 bass market are more willing to pay shipping (or at least split it), and/or it is easier to bury the shipping cost on the list price and say “shipping included.” Fortunately, I could afford to make that choice, which clearly isn’t an option for everyone.
True enough.
However, from my perspective, if I were that worried about selling online and thinking of all the things that might go wrong I wouldn't even bother.
On a positive note it's good to know that most of the things we worry might happen to us hardly ever do.
This is shameful. With millions of musicians’ unemployment running out 7/31 people will be forced to list their gear. What a terrible attempt to capitalize on musicians’ misfortune, and a wonderful attempt to disenfranchise their whole customer base. I’m absolutely done with them as of 8/1.
Over 5% versus 3.5%? Even with fees factored, I usually get better prices for my gear from Reverb.
Just the supporting member cost, but sale prices are generally lower and shipping is expected to be included in the sale price. Also, other than leaving a +1 or a -1, there is no recourse offered over a bad sale on TB.
Cool. I still they offer a wider audience that would help customers in a down economy versus selling on Craigslist.
Sale prices are lower because there isn’t a fee here so we don’t tack that on. I’m willing to bet net haul isn’t any lower here.
