Trad in or private sale?

[ezbass]

The beauty of trade ins, as @adamg67 points out, is that it’s immediate and a lot less hassle. Along side that, and a way to justify the drop in instrument equity, is to think did you get £x worth of use/enjoyment out of it during ownership? 

[sammybee]

18 hours ago, TJ1 said:

 

The downside is they charge 10%.

 

 

Not if you use the £1 final value fee offer, which come up every fortnight on average.

Edited March 23, 2021 by sammybee

[No. 8 Wire]

4 hours ago, adamg67 said:

I've mainly bought and sold on Basschat over the last few years, but there are few smaller more specialist dealers where trading in can be a good option. 

Just recently I traded in a bass with Classic and Cool. In this case I didn't want to miss the bass they had as it was exactly what I wanted, and the one I was trading in was their kind of thing, and although very nice not everyone's cup of tea. I probably could have got more on here but could have been waiting weeks or months. As it was I got 85% of what I paid for it and ended up with a bass I like much more.

I maybe could have found one a bit cheaper here but would have been waiting a while.

So in this case I'm very happy with the deal, but I doubt that would have been the case with one of the big chains.

 

Just out of interest, how did you do the trade in?  Did you courier the bass in or go to the premises yourself? 

[uk_lefty]

1 hour ago, sammybee said:

Not if you use the £1 final value fee offer, which come up every fortnight on average.

Need to keep an eye out for that! 

[adamg67]

50 minutes ago, No. 8 Wire said:

Just out of interest, how did you do the trade in?  Did you courier the bass in or go to the premises yourself? 

I wasn't near enough to do it in person, so I sent some decent pics and we agreed the deal, and then I sent the bass down, and then Mark sent the new bass up. Sending the bass via UPS was the nerve wracking bit, I packed it extra properly, checked their small print and paid for the extra insurance and then crossed my fingers until it got there.

I was happy to do it that way with Classic and Cool based on their reputation.

[dmccombe7]

34 minutes ago, adamg67 said:

I wasn't near enough to do it in person, so I sent some decent pics and we agreed the deal, and then I sent the bass down, and then Mark sent the new bass up. Sending the bass via UPS was the nerve wracking bit, I packed it extra properly, checked their small print and paid for the extra insurance and then crossed my fingers until it got there.

I was happy to do it that way with Classic and Cool based on their reputation.

I got my Sandberg VM4 from Mark at Classic & Cool and it arrived very well packed. I'd definitely buy from Mark again. 

Dave

[adamg67]

43 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

I got my Sandberg VM4 from Mark at Classic & Cool and it arrived very well packed. I'd definitely buy from Mark again. 

Dave

My Forty Eight was very well packed, the only dodgy bit was nothing to with Mark, it was TNT leaving it propped against my front door without bothering to check if anyone was in. Quick knock and off he trotted.

Sorry, that should have gone on one of the (well deserved) courier-bashing threads.

[sammybee]

I did a trade in with Classic And Cool a few years ago. It was a very smooth transaction and Mark gave me a very fair price based on photos of my bass (Marcus Miller Jazz) against a very reasonably priced US '75 Jazz RI . I'm not the kind of person who would normally do a trade in - but Mark made the process trouble free

Edited March 24, 2021 by sammybee

[No. 8 Wire]

Thanks @adamg67and @sammybee, good to know how the trade in works if you can't get there in person.