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Any interest in a new way of selling gear?
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Hi all,
I'm sure we've all had those bits of gear we've been trying forever to get rid of to fund new stuff/make space.
The missus was telling me recently of a method of selling used on her baby sites/forums for classifieds called 'dipping'.
From my (still limited) understanding, it works as follows; the seller decides on a price (inc. Postage) they wish to sell an item for. This total is then divided into X amount of 'dips', which in effect, act almost like raffle tickets. When the total amount of dips have been sold, and the seller has received the full amount of his selling price, a draw is made and the 'winner' gets the item. The seller gets his full valuation and the buyer potentially gets a big bargain.
If someone was particularly interested in an item, they could buy more dips etc. Apparently there are sites online to make the draw absolutely random and to negate any bias.
What do you guys think? Any potential in that or is it more trouble than it's worth?
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Think it's an interesting idea but stuff isn't shifting as most people haven't got readies in the pocket. There's been some proper bargains on here that hang around for ages. I can't see many people saying ohh I've got a one in fifty chance of not giving a fiver away after not winning the last ten dips at the same cost each.
I'd risk a couple of quid maybe for a £50 or £100 item.
I'd be much less inclined to spunk £10 to get into the hat with a hundred others for a Les Paul.
There is a site called random.org to make draws but it's still open to abuse...
Something like this would need to be properly regulated and well supported to work.
But it brings many problems along with it.
What happens if the item doesn't sell? Do you give refunds?
What happens if the seller doesn't release the goods?
Etc etc
but how many people want to gamble on getting an obscure fuzz pedal or similar?
100 people gambling a £1 each? (or some gambling 5/10/20 etc)
i would be happy to do it as a seller, but i'm not a gambler so i probably wouldn't ever be interested as a buyer/gambler
The sheer organisation of it is probably the main drawback to be honest!