Other option is to buy both basses and sell the bass and case you don't like...
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Would this put you off as a buyer?
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A smart business person would find a way to make that deal. A decent case is important, especially for an expensive instrument If the case you requested wouldn't work for the seller, then an alternate case, if available, or a modest discount would be offered to try and make the deal by a smart seller. We can't control what other people do, and obviously, this seller either didn't want to make a deal with you or isn't particularly smart. Regardless, let it go and move on. Another bass, likely better and/or cheaper, with a good case will come your way. Be patient and don't give up on negotiating. It's good for the soul.
So, over here, we have a buyer that is not happy that the seller won't take his offer of switching cases to make
a sale.
Over there, in another thread, we have a seller who is not happy because he sold a P bass with heavy LaBella Jamerson strings on it. The buyer took those strings off and when he put regular strings on it. The bass had shown a back bow. Because to use those heavy strings, 110-52, on it, the truss rod had to be tight. The buyer also found a neck shim (no biggie) and felt the bass was misrepresented. Reverb stepped in and found in the buyer's favor.
Rather than talk to the buyer and alleviate his fears and tell him to loosen the truss rod. He did like our buyer in this thread. Decided to come here and tell us about it
a sale.
Over there, in another thread, we have a seller who is not happy because he sold a P bass with heavy LaBella Jamerson strings on it. The buyer took those strings off and when he put regular strings on it. The bass had shown a back bow. Because to use those heavy strings, 110-52, on it, the truss rod had to be tight. The buyer also found a neck shim (no biggie) and felt the bass was misrepresented. Reverb stepped in and found in the buyer's favor.
Rather than talk to the buyer and alleviate his fears and tell him to loosen the truss rod. He did like our buyer in this thread. Decided to come here and tell us about it
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Yah, but.... people selling basses online aren't all "business persons" and for some of us the bottom line is not the most important thing.
Anyway, to answer the original question. Nope, it wouldn't put me off. I just didn't get the deal I wanted.
I still have my money in my pocket. What it all comes down to is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine.
Sorry, Alanis
If you wheel and deal often. You will see that happens. No biggie
I still have my money in my pocket. What it all comes down to is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine.
Sorry, Alanis
If you wheel and deal often. You will see that happens. No biggie
Okay, I'll bite. If the bottom line isn't the most important thing, what, then, is the bottom line here?
You can always ask if a seller will do something, but they don't have to. But if you want him to devalue another item that he's selling, I would hope that you offer an increase in your offer over the listed sale price. Let's say he wants to do the deal, he would need to take down the listings, re-photograph everything (at least the pics of the case with the instruments), edit the listing to reflect the changes and then re-list the items. Then hope you don't flake out and don't disappear. He would need to make the changes to the listing because if he doesn't, then you can claim the item was not as listed and ask for compensation or a return. So, his saying "No" is completely understandable.
Making a deal. Money is the only bottom line. But not everyone is all that motivated that they feel like they have to bend over for every request. See @CyberSnyder's post above mine for a realistic description of what's actually being asked for. Sometimes it's just not worth it.
Selling used gear as an individual is different than being a salesperson as an occupation. If I'm selling a 1932 P bass in baby pink, I only need to find one buyer, I'm not like an auto salesperson that needs to sell 20 vehicles each month, or whatever their quotas are. If one buyer is a very high maintenance buyer, I'd rather wait a few days and sell to someone else.
Who's talking about bending over or a high maintenance buyer? Check to see if you aren't reading more into the scene than what's written. I don't get the sense that the OP low-balled a bid. The OP met the price and asked for a decent case. That seems to be a fair request on an expensive instrument. The seller certainly has the right to say no. Was that a smart move? Sure, if it's high demand pink bass priced well. Not at all smart if you are interested in selling the bass in such uncertain times as these when no one is playing out making money. You don't have to be a business person to have common sense.
Same on the other side of the fence. If I encounter a seller sitting in his lawn chair, selling his high, maybe overpriced bass with a crap case and he doesn't wanna get real. I let him sit in his lawn chair and move on down the row
It's all good.
Still, it all comes down to, he doesn't have to sell and you don't have to buy.
Absolutely. And when that's the case, you just walk away and wait for the next opportunity.
Same on the other side of the fence. If I encounter a seller sitting in his lawn chair, selling his high, maybe overpriced bass with a crap case and he doesn't wanna get real. I let him sit in his lawn chair and move on down the row
Sure, there's always a reasonable in between, but the seller is taking most of the risk in the transaction when PayPal or Reverb can pull the money back out of your account if the buyer doesn't like something. I've had a few people that wanted to buy something and they were asking too many super detailed questions. That usually points to someone that wants to use that against you for a "not as described" complaint. I thank those people for their interest. Some sellers look like they really don't want to sell their instruments - like when I saw a '93 or whatever Sadowsky listed as 'Mint'. That's pretty much impossible, and then they describe the parts that were replaced and the price is almost what a new Sadowsky would cost. That's a seller that doesn't want to sell.
Anybody not accepting reasonable offers the week every musician in the country just lost their jobs will regret it beyond description in a month. He'll likely sit on that bass for years....
If you hold out for a couple of months, you'll find a better bass with a nice case for half the price or less.
If you hold out for a couple of months, you'll find a better bass with a nice case for half the price or less.
1. Dude says “no offers” but you breach that and offer anyway, and get upset when the response is not to your liking?
2. False assumption about shipping in a slightly broken case: I have received instruments packed in NO case at all, triple boxed in cardboard, arrived flawlessly. So what’s the deal?
3. Many of us use high-end gig bags exclusively, and can give a rats a$$ about a hardshell case.
2. False assumption about shipping in a slightly broken case: I have received instruments packed in NO case at all, triple boxed in cardboard, arrived flawlessly. So what’s the deal?
3. Many of us use high-end gig bags exclusively, and can give a rats a$$ about a hardshell case.
Nope. I HATE to dicker, I expect people to ask what they want for stuff and represent it accurately and either I am or am not willing to pay what they want for it, that's how it ought to be and how I operate. If I were you, and especially cared about said case, yeah, I would've asked about that other case. If I were then told no, I would accept it and be fine with it. If the case is a dealbreaker, it's a dealbreaker, but that's apparently the way it has to be.
this all day long for me too. I have a history in sales. I would lowball again and still ask for the case and then say you can pay immediately and remind the seller how long the bass has been on the market and not sold. If he says no. Continue to follow similar and in one month make the same offer or lower. Be aggressive.
And I think that is what we have here. A seller that doesn't want to sell unless his offer is accepted.
Nothing to whine about. You just move on, I hear yah
Wish I had an answer for you but I don’t because I wouldn’t pay that much for any bass..
