Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Discuss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juri Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Humanity = A wretched hive of scum and villainy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 I work with the public everyday. its no worst on craiglist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faldoe Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 There are certainly some good people out there. You see less in modern civilized societies; we're the least civilized. Craigslist; had far more positive than negative experiences. Met a lot of nice people; sellers, buyers, musicians; met my room mate on Craigslist like 5 years ago in the musician's section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lolque? Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 I've never had an issue on craigslist. As long as you just keep a watch out for douche bags, you won't have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted March 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Craigslist; had far more positive than negative experiences. Met a lot of nice people; sellers, buyers, musicians Actually, you are right. I've made friends on Craigslist also, and I've had only positive buying experiences. And thankfully I can easily spot the scum. But it still boggles my mind how many people there are who think they can dupe someone into paying more for a used piece of gear than what it costs new. Better yet, they continue to post the item repeatedly for weeks on end as if someday a sucker will finally appear and make it all worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor. Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Except for the guy who said he didn't want to lowball, and then proceeded to offer me $15 on a $50 pedal, I've had nothing but positive experiences on the Omaha CL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Villano Dude Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 I usually haven't had terrible experiences on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ItchyFingers Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 met my room mate on Craigslist like 5 years ago in the musician's section. Is that the codename for the m4m section of SF Craigslist? Just kiddin, faldoe! San Diego has a decent Craigslist, but too many folks trying to pawn off used gear for retail prices. I've had some decent scores, but honestly would prefer to order stuff from retailers or manufacturers online than go to some dude's house or meet them at Starbucks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Player99 Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 I stay away because phishers post stuff at really good deals just to harvest your info from you. Then all at once I started getting tons of scam emails and never a reply from the seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 Except for the guy who said he didn't want to lowball, and then proceeded to offer me $15 on a $50 pedal, I've had nothing but positive experiences on the Omaha CL. Omaha craigslist is a joke.. except the one time I saw a fender rhodes go for $200! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterstomach Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 The last thing i sold was a guitar. I was asking a more than reasonable price, but times being what they are, i wasn't getting many responses. I had to relist it several times, maybe four. Everytime i relisted it, within several hours i would get a text or email from this same guy asking if i wanted to trade my les paul for his korean bolt on neck blue and red swirl jackson v. Everytime he wrote it like it was the first time he had seen my ad. The ad even said no trades. If it had been identical everytime i would have thought it a scam, but we went back and forth a little the first time and i'm convinced it was a real person, just a very dumb one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arthurdent'd Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 I have been stood up for 3 different meet-ups to sell an amp this week, aggravating as hell. Not to mention the extreme lowballers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ispunk Posted March 14, 2012 Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 I'd say more delusional and clueless. Have had a couple good deals on CL but mostly the ads/prices are so ridiculous I just or like this one... Fender Altimat Chorus Amplifier. Great amplifier for at the house or for playing out somewhere. Asking $200.00 OBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oinkbanana Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 one time I meet a guy at school to sell him a DD3. he insisted on taking my photo as a guarantee the pedal worked. eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faldoe Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Is that the codename for the m4m section of SF Craigslist? Just kiddin, faldoe! San Diego has a decent Craigslist, but too many folks trying to pawn off used gear for retail prices. I've had some decent scores, but honestly would prefer to order stuff from retailers or manufacturers online than go to some dude's house or meet them at Starbucks... na the m4m section is the m4m section. A lot of assholes in that section though. Never really had any terrible low ball experiences before. I had one guy come and demo my Banzai Cold Fusion I was selling for like almost 30 mins. I gave away a bunch of old computer stuff - in the FREE section, this younger Asian lady and older Asian man came to get it all - like 5 towers, old laptops (trust me it was all nothing worth selling). We load some stuff in to their car and the guy comes back to the girl whispering something to her and she says "oh we can't take this, too old" and they want to give it all back. ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor. Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Omaha craigslist is a joke.. except the one time I saw a fender rhodes go for $200! You just never see any of the good deals because I snatch 'em all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crxsh Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 My local CL generally sucks. Not much worth buying if you're not on the hunt for something called a "FENDER SQUIRE GUITAR" or other (usually overpriced) crap. But I have had a bit of luck here and there. Managed to buy (and later sell) a pair of cheap basses and a lower end Martin and Taylor acoustic on there in the past couple years or so... and just recently bought an older Big Baby for a nice price too. Also pulled off a nice trade with some local barcrawler for that Mesa I had a few years back. Outside of the Analogman TS I bought and flipped last winter though, I'm not sure I've seen more than 5 or 6 pedals even worth looking at on there though. Oh, and tomorrow I'm buying a cheap e609 for comparison purposes. But outside of those few gems, anytime I list anything of significance, I get tons of scammers, pfishers and nut jobs. Real pain in the ass. Still better than eBay though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 You just never see any of the good deals because I snatch 'em all up. share the wealth! seriously.. the only good deals I ever see is when you post your gear on craigslist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bluto Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 I've been getting asking price lately. People here just don't know how to haggle. I actually MADE money when I sold my Blacktop JM because the retail price shot up after I bought mine. Not too shabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted March 15, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 Recently a guy was selling an EHX pedal for a great price, so I called, and soon realized that the ad was only bait to get me to listen to a longwinded sales pitch about a bunch of expensive gear. Eventually I just said I only wanted the pedal. He said he'd call back in a few days, but I never heard back. I have to admit it was a sneaky and clever ploy, but it was annoying nonetheless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boytbpc Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 I've had good experiences in Denver and Ottawa, ON. In Ottawa there was a music store that offered to let customers use it as a meeting and testing location for craigslist trades. In Denver, I just met everybody in the secure lobby of my building and led them to the community center room where I had the goods setup. Figured that was secure and anonymous enough (600 apartments, no name given). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members emtoth Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have 3 children- and very low funds. So Craigslist is a way for me to trade around and try alot of different gear. I have traded amps prob 5 times on cl. My last trade was a Jetcity Picovalve that i bought for $100 - traded for a mint Peavey Ultra 410. The guy bought the Peavey new in 99. He was sooo happy to get the Picovalve. I am still amazed at the Ultra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Turd Furgison Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 i have had a few good deals on cl, i once made a couple of trades and went from a paperclip to a house in kipling, sk. sometimes i miss that clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plaidbeer Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 It's gotten better now that I'm no longer selling synths as I got way more low-ballers and tire kickers when dealing with synth-heads (especially those who were just starting out) than with guitarists. Everyone I've met to do a deal with has been pretty cool. I've never felt threatened or creeped-out by anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.