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Selling Advice - Been a Looong Time
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Hi Folks,
Not sure this is the correct section (admin please move if there's a better place).
It's been a long time since I've been on here, I hope you are all good and doing well.
I'm potentially gonna offload a lot of gear. I started playing when I was 11 years old and am now 45 and barely play anymore so have amassed quite a bit as I got older and could afford things and heavily indulge in GAS.
I'll probably be selling quite a lot of pedals, 4 or 5 guitars, 3 or 4 amps etc. and that won't be half of it. I'll be keeping a few things for the times I do have a noodle or record something. I'd just be de-cluttering and using the funds to do something special for my Wifes 50th this year and would be very important to her. Might as well make use as the gear is just sat here. I'm currently getting an idea of fair prices.
I'm just looking for a bit of advice from those more in the know with selling as I don't know where to start these days.
I've not used eBay for years and it seems to be a den of thieves and problems now for sellers.
Is it better to sell on here?
Am I better selling in small batches as I have a feeling it will be quite difficult to manage the amount of items I have?
Anyone that's done a big offload like this your advice would be appreciated whether with selling on here or alternative methods.
Help avoiding scammers too would be great, what to look out for and so on
Many Thanks
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Yeah maybe see here first and then stuff of no interest take the hit on eBay.
The hardest bit is deciding which pedals to keep, gonna require a play test lol
Where R u then?
I'm going to regret this, I can tell. Go on then, what are you thinking of selling (and for god's sake there better hadn't be a Rickenbacker in there)?
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Between work and a few things going on, its gonna take me a few days to whittle things down. I'll be back
Agreed, cheers and some good extra pointers so thanks for that. I'm gonna start here before anywhere else.
I will always prefer to sell on here though as a rule
Facebook can be okay but I tend to avoid it because of timewasters
I know what you mean with Facebook Marketplace, my wife had a period of using it a lot to de-clutter, the amount of people and no shows was insane. Something that should of been easy was hard work.
I get the feeling the cost of living issues are starting to nibble at people and it may not be the best time to sell, though good gear priced sensibly should always find a buyer.
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Cheers, yeah I'm gonna start here, then Facebook, the eBay final. It's gonna take me a while - lots of stuff and once I start selling I need to sell it all to fund the thing for my wife and make it worthwhile
WOW - where abouts I'm in Great Sankey - u don't wanna by a job lot of gear do you lol?
Ahh just up the road