Buying / Selling Gear around Christmas?

[skankdelvar]

I'm thinking of unloading* scads of old musical tut that's laying around the house while concurrently going on a GAS-propelled rampage. Call it rationalisation, if you will. That's how I've sold it in to herself.

So with Christmas coming up, what should I do? Sell [i]before[/i] and buy [i]after[/i]? Or Buy before and sell after? Or both before or both after?

Lord knows, it's difficult enough prioritising what to sell and buy without having to think about when to do it.

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Edited December 8, 2013 by skankdelvar

[steve-bbb]

give it away

tis the season of good will and all that blx

[discreet]

Sell before and buy after! No, wait...

Edited December 8, 2013 by discreet

[RhysP]

Wait until Easter.

[flyfisher]

You're running out of time to sell before . . . .

[Johnm93]

Drop it off round mine...

[discreet]

Do it AFTER Christmas but BEFORE New Year. Everyone's bored off their tits then and are trawling the interweb for a consumer capitalist retail fix and looking to spend the Christmas cash they were given by their rich in-laws (yeah, right).

[discreet]

What have you got GAS for, Skank? I think we should be told.

[Dingus]

If you want a serious answer, sell then buy, because then at least you will know how much cash you have realised from the prospective sales. It's all pie in the sky until the punters put some money in your hot little hand, so if the money from the unwanted gear is important to you then wait and see what you can get then go shopping for more stuff .

I am currently selling some D'Addario strings on Basschat , and so far the unreasonable bastards who who pass themselves off as the members of of this site have failed to buy them , despite my bargain price, easy payment terms and promise of complete satisfaction and the chance to win a night out with one of the actresses from Hollyoaks , so I wouldn't take it for granted that your gear will sell automatically.

Edited December 8, 2013 by Dingus

[discreet]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1386527018' post='2301088']
...the chance to win a night out with one of the actresses from Hollyoaks...
[/quote]

That's putting me right off to be honest.

[casapete]

Actresses????

[The Admiral]

I have picked up some major bargains on eBay after Christmas - including a beautiful Yamaha BBG for £110 last year - as a spare for the one I bought new for £400. Same colour, not a scratch on it..........

But back to the point : I actually don't spend any money before Christmas, as I have won stuff on eBay with very low bids in January, which I think is down to alot of people a) having their credit card bills in etc and being skint, so there are few buyers around, and a lot of stuff gets listed,as the skint are looking to raise some cash.

I'd therefore say - sell before and buy after.

[Guest bassman7755]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1386527018' post='2301088']
the chance to win a night out with one of the actresses from Hollyoaks ,
[/quote]

second prize is presumably 2 nights out ....

[lojo]

Set your price by what you think you want not by the time of year, then advertise it , if it goes then it doesn't matter what time of year it is, if it doesn't then you've lost nowt but understand alittle more about the market

[skankdelvar]

Some very useful advice, Gents.

Thank you.

[Johnm93]

No probs - happy to help.

[Bassassin]

As an unashamed gyppo gear-flogger, rule-of-thumb is avoid Christmas, as most people don't have money for gear before, and don't have money [u]at all[/u] immediately afterwards!

Rein in the GAS & wait for the January pay packets!

Jon.

[Thunderbird]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1386527470' post='2301095']
That's putting me right off to be honest.
[/quote] Would an ACTOR be more up your street mate? lol

[earhook]

Blew my combined xmas funds from all who would contribute on a washburn b20 off ebay on sunday night.
Might have been cheaper at some other time but xmas is when you have a spare bit of cash from the inlaws.
Careful parcelforce. ..