Ziinda
Active Member
After checking out Craigslist again after many years of avoiding it simply due to the constant scams going on there, I noticed that people selling there are few and the prices they're asking are beyond anything that I think will ever bring a sale.
Finding a deal there is not going to happen. It appears that there are 3 or 4 people that buy up anything in the area and try to resell it at ridiculous prices. Even if it's in great shape I still can't see how they'll make any sales unless their just trying to show off their stuff and don't care if it sells. I've gotten used to just skipping anything sold by those 3 sellers since it's easy to spot their posts.
It's like they take prices from Reverb (which I have yet to find anything priced reasonably after years of looking) and raise it even more and try to make a local sale with prices meant for nation wide sales (that typically never sell) with little interest.
Selling nation wide might allow a higher price since there's more chances for a person who's looking for specific pieces and could be willing to pay top dollar for a perfect piece. When you're selling at a local level that price is never going to be close to what they're asking on Reverb. I see the exact same stuff and even stuff I sold to others in the past, posted at prices I know will spark no interest locally.
I priced those pieces at half of what they're asking and it still took 6 months before I had anyone interested in it. I see the exact sales posted each time I check and nothing is selling yet the prices remain far beyond real. With shipping costs now, the chances of making as sale on a 150lb set of speakers that need shipping is going to be so expensive that buying them makes no sense. Let alone the size of the package and crating stuff to haul by semi is even more.
Finding a deal there is not going to happen. It appears that there are 3 or 4 people that buy up anything in the area and try to resell it at ridiculous prices. Even if it's in great shape I still can't see how they'll make any sales unless their just trying to show off their stuff and don't care if it sells. I've gotten used to just skipping anything sold by those 3 sellers since it's easy to spot their posts.
It's like they take prices from Reverb (which I have yet to find anything priced reasonably after years of looking) and raise it even more and try to make a local sale with prices meant for nation wide sales (that typically never sell) with little interest.
Selling nation wide might allow a higher price since there's more chances for a person who's looking for specific pieces and could be willing to pay top dollar for a perfect piece. When you're selling at a local level that price is never going to be close to what they're asking on Reverb. I see the exact same stuff and even stuff I sold to others in the past, posted at prices I know will spark no interest locally.
I priced those pieces at half of what they're asking and it still took 6 months before I had anyone interested in it. I see the exact sales posted each time I check and nothing is selling yet the prices remain far beyond real. With shipping costs now, the chances of making as sale on a 150lb set of speakers that need shipping is going to be so expensive that buying them makes no sense. Let alone the size of the package and crating stuff to haul by semi is even more.
Wonder if he's a White Van scammer or someone who got gipped and is trying to make some money out of them or still hasn't woken up?