karlfer

With me being a magpie gear whore who changes gear more than often than his under crackers, the fee is very reasonable, to get to a large, specific group of buyers. I always post on here 1st. 2nd call is the varying FB groups, probably a day later. The Bumtree and FEEBay usually a few days later. If I need to sell something, I will advertise it in as many avenues as possible. I do think the market here is generally very realistic, although I do get the impression bass gear goes for a bit more on the continent. Mods, please feel free to edit, but, sometimes, when I see something come up from some of our continental friends, I think to myself, you ain't gonna get that price from somebody in the UK. Honestly Mods, not any kind of incitement, just a personal observation.

Chris it was an absolute honour to meet you. Same hometown, school and college helps, but the years have been a LOT kinder to you This guy is just amazing to deal with folks, fully recommended. All the best and enjoy the Sterling, wish I could play it as well as you!

Stuart is an absolute gent, the kind that makes Basschat so bloody good. My thanks Stuart.

[quote name='andy67' timestamp='1446478627' post='2899654'] Oh, Oh was it the Rick? [/quote] No Andy, non of the Ricks. I spouted that most MM US Sterlings go for around £650/£700, then promptly put mine up for £750 I actually did a bit more research and found historically they had gone from about £650 up to around £900 . That's me, gob in gear, brain in neutral!

[quote name='Damonjames' timestamp='1446228289' post='2897986'] 900 quid for a brand new 2 band Stingray is mental! I'm currently looking for one which I guess is good news for me, but a bitter pill for anyone trying to sell one! [/quote] They only had 2, both standard colours and I got a feeling they were reduced to get them through, possibly by the UK distributor. One thing is for sure, by Tuesday I'm going to regret a previous comment about what particular basses seem to sell for

Bass Direct were advertising 2 new Stingrays last week at £900

My Fender P/J is rare in the UK. Only 6 Sea Foam Pearl and 6 Black made it to the UK. It's not old. It's not for sale. But it is rare (in the UK). Don't know why I fet the need to make this post tbh

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1445952134' post='2895626'] F) Karlfer is flooding the market [/quote] Cheeky [quote name='Kev' timestamp='1445955122' post='2895676'] Completely agree about those kind of distances, and agree that if the buyer is travelling too then there should be no contribution expected. However, if a buyer in Scotland wants me to deliver their bass to them ( I am in Warwickshire) as they don't trust couriers and they don't drive themselves , offering to do so for petrol money is imo perfectly acceptable. [/quote] Spot on Kev, couldn't agree more. It's down to having sensible negotiation. Sometimes folk don't do themselves any favours with the wording on their adverts. "No offers" "Collection only" whilst setting out the terms from the off, will undoubtedly cost the interest of some potential buyers. "Prefer collection" "might be prepared to talk about price" send out a much more positive vibe to potential buyers. If they then look, and see good photos of a good bass at a reasonable price...................... I come back to the main point really. If you want to sell something you have to put the effort in and may need to make some small compromise. I have an awful rep as a gear whore, but quite a lot of what I have done recently has involved trades and a little bit of money. This is because I needed to shift two of my Ricks on and obviously couldn't do it here. By taking various part ex's and then moving them on, I have finally got the money I wanted for the Rick's in the 1st place. It took me a long time and 6 transactions, with quite a few compromises, but I got there in the end. Now, back to the purdy piccys