binky_bass

Found it! Offer made.

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Same here! Though through private message he did say £1000 outside of eBay. Tempted to punt £800 and drive up there!

Sorry, got my wires crossed with another thread about a gumtree scam!!! Yeah I've seen this feedback. Spoke to the guy again today and he's now said he'll take £1000 for it. Not sure I want to give him the business now! 😂

Where are you seeing this feedback??

I put a bid on this during it's first 'run', it sold for £1020, then it was almost immediately re-listed. I messaged the seller and he said "he was messed around by the buyer" (obviously BS) so I said "OK, I'll be happy to pay the £1020", and to that I got no reply! The guy clearly bailed as he thought he'd get more. Douche.

My 7 string Overwater is quite WAL-ish in sound. The woods used are not dissimilar to WAL. Chris May builds a great bass, don't be out off by the pre-owned retail price, think of it as a damn bargain!

It's a fantastic bass, excellent build quality, sounds superb. Not light, but it more than makes up for the weight in all other areas. I did debate selling it but swiftly withdrew it! Too good to sell.

You mean MY 7 string!

@ped, the ads really aren't a bother, if they help keep the site going then leave them in situ! Unless there's another reason for wanting to remove them.

£20 for a year is quite fair. At the rate eBay/PayPal charge you only need to sell one thing on Basschat for £143 or above and you're better off! Assuming you don't wait for the £1 eBay fees. Also, selling bits and pieces where you ask £50 or less is free, great for the little bits!

I cart my giant planet of an amp around at least once every week if not twice and have never had those problems. Have been doing so for 16 years! Albeit with a different rig probably every year or so. Most amps are designed to be moved around. I always secure my rig so it moves as little in transit as possible and am very aware of my braking and driving while my gear is in the car. Really never had any issues! Maybe there is some other common factor at play? Maybe your evil second personality sabotages your amps!

@paul_c2 without meaning to be rude, is it you doing something that is causing these blowouts?? Or possibly a common theme like using the same plug socket that's dodgy? I've had more amps than I can count from the cheap and old to the new and expensive and I've never had any of them blow up! Seems like the amount you've had go bang on you might suggest a common theme!

While that may be very true, there is a culture of trading as mentioned before. I myself, as well as @Hellzero are quite prolific in that we have both listed a large number of expensive, high end, gear and very often end up trading. It's a fantastic way of playing some of the very best instruments money can buy. I have over the years amassed a herd of basses I am very lucky to own, and very often chop and change with others who play similar basses. If I counted up every instrument that I've ever owned through trades it would probably be over a thousand at least! I do agree though that some prices are just crazy, and that those basses can be seen on the forum for years! But hey, if the seller is happy to wait indefinitely for a buyer and doesn't want to move on price, then it's their instrument and they can do that if they so wish! Personally, I'm not sure of the point in doing that, but that's their prerogative!

Gumtree needs to operate some kind of rating/feedback system. Even Schpock has a feedback system. I think Gumtree did trial something a while back, but stupidly the default rating was 1 out of 5 so made everyone look terrible instantly!

I agree with this, but I have listed things on BC that have either never sold or taken a long time to sell, whereas on eBay it will be sold within a week. BC is a great place to sell if you're happy to potentially have to wait a while for a buyer. Where I often buy a poorly treated guitar/bass to fix up and shift on, eBay works better for me as I want the guitar out the door and sold ASAP. Horses for courses and all that! I have bought and traded MANY things on Basschat, usually trading high end basses. Something you can't do on eBay. So for me, both serve different purposes. Mass selling - eBay. Trading - Basschat.

An example: I recently sold a Crafter Acoustic on eBay, it went for £230ish. Someone else selling the exact same model without postage and a starting bid of £150 hasn't had a sniff of action and it's been on eBay for months. Postage is key! As well as (IMO) following the other rules! Now my ex-Crafter is happily being played somewhere in North America courtesy of eBay's international shipping programme.

Absolutely true. 4 - 7 are just common sense really! But so many times people list things for high prices with terrible photos, no description, no postage and complain when it hasn't sold. 4 - 7 should be employed for anything you sell on any site!