Now, my favorite seller comment is "if this doesn't sell in 48 hours....I'm raising the price!"
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"Thinning The Herd"
- Thread starter Bobby King
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Same here, if i want it and the price looks close, and there is contact info, you can call it a little village if you wanna.
Smooth_bass88
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Personally, I don't think it's anybody's business why a seller is selling his bass. And he should not feel obligated to share that information.
The biggest problem I have when
thinning the herd is to get my brand off the bass I'm selling.
thinning the herd is to get my brand off the bass I'm selling.
I've noticed that some of the comments about this subject are from members with no history of buying and selling here, oh well it is the Internet so anything is possible.
It's of interest insofar as the buyer wants to buy something good and therefore will be reassured by a reason for selling that doesn't make the bass seem likely to be a piece of junk.
Smooth_bass88
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If the item is accurately described and the seller has 100% positive feedback, would not that be good enough?
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I have 6 Longhorn style basses. Does this qualify as a herd?
It will often be good enough to get a sale, but it doesn't answer the obvious question every buyer of a used bass has: If this bass is so great, why don't you want it anymore?
I dislike the cliche's because they're irrelevant to the transaction -- we all know most of the folks here are flipping and gassing, and sometimes people genuinely have a different reason, and there's nothing wrong with any of that. But none of that changes the value of the instrument, and it very often is attempting to. "Don't need to sell" means "I'm asking too much and won't negotiate," "practically new" means "I think I should get practically retail price for it," "gotta pay some bills" means "please don't haggle me down," etc. But again -- it's all fair game, even if a bit annoying. In fact, "thinning the herd" is one I'm less bothered by because it's one of the more honest ones.
My bigger peeve: if nobody is interested in your listing, and you post the "why no love for [my overpriced item]" bump. I still think there should be a rule that once you throw out that kind of post, it becomes fair game to discuss your listing price in the thread
My bigger peeve: if nobody is interested in your listing, and you post the "why no love for [my overpriced item]" bump. I still think there should be a rule that once you throw out that kind of post, it becomes fair game to discuss your listing price in the thread
I dont get it either. When my pile of basses gets too big, i just throw a few into the yard for the kids to play with. I tell them to get off my lawn right away though.
I buy and sell alot of gear locally..
Between my bass gear and my sons guitar gear.
I never ask why someone is selling something because frankly it doesn't matter much to me.
That being said I do see alot of reaccuring cliche's that I find amusing.. That's all
Between my bass gear and my sons guitar gear.
I never ask why someone is selling something because frankly it doesn't matter much to me.
That being said I do see alot of reaccuring cliche's that I find amusing.. That's all
The only peeve I truly have is where it comes to trade offers.
And this is mostly local cl...
If you aren't interested in someone's offer I don't find it horribly inconvenient to politely say so instead of ignoring it.
When I offer something for trade I do often get silly offers but I still respond to them.
Common courtesy I guess.
And this is mostly local cl...
If you aren't interested in someone's offer I don't find it horribly inconvenient to politely say so instead of ignoring it.
When I offer something for trade I do often get silly offers but I still respond to them.
Common courtesy I guess.
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