Selling Guitars - eBay or Reverb?

[Dave2P]

Anyone used Reverb to buy or sell a guitar in the UK? Better than eBay (mainly from the aspect of dealing with clowns)?

TIA, Dave

[Ekona]

When i sold a couple recently, I used eBay and Facebook. The latter is especially useful now it has a proper way of selling items via the Marketplace, although I had no issues selling on either site in terms of idiots.

These weren't high-price ones though, so if your ones are the big bucks then Reverb might well be better. I have no experience of that though, sorry.

[Dave2P]

Thanks for that - I hadn't considered Facebook but will have a look.

Cheers.

[andy-xr]

Everything I've ever seen on Reverb indicates to me that the seller thinks it's worth far more than the market does.
Likely the place you'd list and show your partner that you are of course trying to sell it, it's just the right buyer hasnt turned up yet.

If you want to sell it on the third to tenth message Facebook groups. If it's a bit beaten up and you want shot, eBay.

[JLC25]

Reverb good for high end and vintage, but every seller wants the highest price- eBay good for general bits, but every buyer wants a good price.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you selling? May know people who can ask around and find a buyer.

[singlecoil]

I've been looking on eBay recently and it seems to me that sellers there are very optimistic about the value of their guitars. So much so that when I wanted a LH demonstrator I bought a new one (admittedly for trade price but that's not a big discount compared to online retail prices).

[Dave2P]

JLC25 said:

If you don't mind me asking, what are you selling?

Nothing special - Jackson Dinky Minion which my youngest has now out-grown, and an 80s MIJ Ibanez Roadstar I rarely play - just looking for a fair price from someone who'll enjoy them.

Fair to say the eBayers I've dealt with for music stuff have all been great so far... consumer electronics appears to be another demographic entirely though...

Thanks for all the comments about Reverb; I'll let them run on eBay for a bit and try FB if no luck.

[JLC25]

Ibanez still have a fairly good following online - joining a forum may help - Jemsite? (Although they're more into the Jem/RG etc. lines)

[Evangelion]

I've sold gazillions of guitars on eBay and never had the slightest problem with any of them - I've even managed to reunite a couple with their previous owners.

However I only deal with UK buyers, and it's strictly collection only. I don't like packing or posting high-value items and if I'm willing to drive a few miles to pick up something nice, then I don't see why others shouldn't as well.

[rlw]

Reverb fees are a lot lower.

You could always join thefretboard.co.uk and put an ad on there