TimR Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 You could look at it another way. If the basses were identical in your eyes, it makes your bass now worth £850. Happy daze! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1433499152' post='2791528'] What he's valued it at and what he'll get are two different things, but in the end he might just get someone to pay that much. Should you be annoyed ? If you really want to be...but I'd take the chuckle option. [/quote] This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 If you where happy with the value of the trade at the time then there's nothing more to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) [quote name='4-string-thing' timestamp='1433498506' post='2791507'] A couple of weeks ago, I traded my cheap Chinese double bass for a Fender Modern Player Jazz via one of the bass player groups on Facebook. No problem, both were valued around £300-£350, met up and swapped instruments both seemed happy. Now I see my bass is being traded again but he's valued it at £850! I don't even think they were that much new! Should I be annoyed that even if he gets £500 for it, [color=#0000ff][b]he's made a healthy profit from my bass[/b][/color], or should I just chuckle and think "good on him"? Generally when I see adverts on Basschat where people buy stuff then realise it's not for them, they usually just try to get their money back when they sell it on and I would see this as polite, but a £500 profit? [/quote] I see how it may sting a little, but... it's NOT YOUR BASS. You agreed to a deal, so presumably you were happy with it. So what it the next owner manages to make a profit? Sorry if it sounds a bit harsh Edited June 6, 2015 by mcnach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 As has been said previously, once you've completed your own deal, then whatever happens afterwards is out of your control. I've sold basses here where the new owner put them up for sale shortly afterwards for more than I sold them for. You think, "ooh, maybe I could have got more on my original deal"? However, that's the way things go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Why should you worry. It is his bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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