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Would this put you off as a buyer?

#24
Nine,
I'm going to side with you on this.

Not because the seller may or may not be rude,
but because even though the seller said "no offers",
it is still good business practice to negotiate on certain items.

If he doesn't want to sell bad enough,
you have the same right not to want it bad enough.

Although your reason comes off sounding emotional,
it is still just as valid as a business reason.
In fact, how many transactions have been made strictly because I like Sam better than Dave.

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#26
Not a totally unreasonable offer, but also not unreasonable that the seller turned it down. He'd have to take more than just one hit: He loses the nice case for the same $2700 deal he's already firm on, but he also now only has the crappy case for the $1800 instrument that he'll also probably have to drop the price for because he's now forced to include the crappy case on that one.

So you get the better bass + a new case for $2700 (hit for him) he gets a crappy case and a less valuable instrument he'll likely have to sell for less too (another hit for him).

Depending on the demand for the $2700 deal, I'd have turned you down also.

OTOH, if you offered to compensate him extra for the good case, keeping in mind the additional loss it would have caused him on the other instrument, I might have been willing to deal.

As for the curt response, he probably got 45 offers just like yours and probably worse that morning before you sent your offer in. He was probably already fed up and understandably so.

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#27
9c1ny said:
So I was looking at a bass on Reverb and a large volume seller has a bass I like priced at $2700, the bass is within a fair price range for what it is although on the high end, one of the downsides for me is it has a non original damaged case. The sellers price is firm, no " make offer" feature

The same seller has another bass of the same make, model and vintage with a nice original case but the color and condition of the bass is less desirable so its priced at $1800

again this is a high volume seller with 300+ instruments listed.

I had emailed him and said I would be interested in purchasing your $2700 bass if you would swap out the case with the case from the other listing.

He replied with one sentence that he " wouldn't be willing to do that "

Me personally, to make a sale, I would be happy to, in my opinion the condition of the case really has no bearing on value of the instrument it's more the fact I already have several basses with worn broken cases.

The demeanor of the reply makes me want to take an antacid for my G.A.S and move along


Am I unreasonable?
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Depends on the bass, of course, but it does seem like an unreasonable response. We're not talking g about a $300 bass, after all.
 
#30
I'm wondering if the bass is actually only worth $2500, the seller is hoping for $2700, and the good case would make it a square deal? In any event, the buyer should move on. I recently made an unsolicited, reasonable offer to a seller for an overpriced marginally popular bass part. The guy went bezerk on me. Oh well, I tried.
 
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#38
I've heard various reports of an increase in broken items during the pandemic, different employees , longer transit times etcetera

Call me old fashioned but to take a bass that you bought solely to sell for profit and to swap cases with another bass of the same make and model that you also bought solely to sell for profit shouldn't be any big deal for a $2700 sale


It's crazy to me to sell an excellent condition bass in a poor condition case while you sell the same bass in poor condition in an excellent condition case

I hardly think I'm being illogical, I've bought and sold in excess of a hundred basses in the last several years and could write a thread of the ridiculous questions, demands and offers I have received
 
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#39
If you really want something, then you buy according to the seller's terms. If you want to change the seller's terms, you should expect nothing. Has nothing to do with being reasonable or not - his instrument, his rules. There is always another buyer, always another seller.

Life is as simple or as hard as you make it.
 
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