DrumEatDrum
Platinum Member
I stumbled upon this via another fellow DW member. I'm surprised no one else has posted it.
Taken from a Houston area craiglist ad, although I think it applies to just about anywhere used drum gear is listed for sale:
http://houston.craigslist.org/msg/4619531984.html
Taken from a Houston area craiglist ad, although I think it applies to just about anywhere used drum gear is listed for sale:
http://houston.craigslist.org/msg/4619531984.html
Why your stuff isn't selling...
This is not a joke, alot of us take craigslist very seriously when it comes to buying, selling, and trading and when you are dealing with moderately priced goods, you should take it serious too. We don't mind seeing the same ads, but please for the love of God follow these basic guidelines to help you make a sale and we are not left with 2 years of the same ads.
"PDP Drumkit by DW" No, just stop. The two may be under the same umbrella corporation, however the two are very different - just like Toyota and Lexus. If you've ever been in a Camry, you know it's not the same as a Lexus.
"59cm Ziljam symbol" If you don't know what you have...fine, I'll bite and talk you down to $7 and you deliver it...otherwise do some research and fourth grade spellcheck.
"This kits sounds incredible. I probably only used them a dozen times" Again, just stop. If they sound so incredible, why haven't you played on them?
"Only played for 17 hours"...The only thing worse than "only used a dozen times" guy is the guy who flies a plane for a living and keeps a log of the hours he uses items. Just stick with the condition of the equipment... a simply 8/10 will work. Perhaps a 4 stars out of 5 stars. You can even spell it out if absolutely necessary and say four stars out of five stars.
Guitar stands for sale... Unless you are a dealer, this is pointless. You really expect someone to drive clear across our fine Mayor's Traffic Jam, in 98 degree heat, with humidity in the high 80s, and lets not forget that shitty part of 45 and 610 so they can save seventeen cents on a guitar stand?
"Custom anything" Unless you drew the specs yourself, designed your own paint sequence, AND found a new way to route the edges into a perfect dual 45 degree angle...nothing you own is custom. Unless it is in the name ("Yahama Maple Custom, Les Paul Custom) Do not use the C word. Even if you bought a pawnshop drumkit, cleaned it, repainted it, and gave it new pink nickel hardware, it still is not custom. But even with that being said, it has been customized (there is a difference) to your liking. Just because you spent an extra $700 making your $300 drum kit your own does not make it worth $1000. It is sadly still worth $300...Ok, $400 if the pink nickel hoops looks really good.
"I bought it new for $2500, selling used for $2500" Wow. Where do you get your pants made? Surely you must get them tailored somewhere. How else could you get balls that big into your pants? Have you never bought a car and had something tragic happen 30 minutes later only to have the insurance company inform you of depreciation? When you buy something new. Its shiny and new. Even if its still shiny when you try to sell it, it's still used and been handled. This is why big box stores give discounts on open box items - and those items arent even used... Simply opened.
PDP tomtoms, Pearl Kick, CB snare, and Gajate bracket $900- No. Just stop. This could not be more wrong. This is three levels above "snare guy" and that is not a compliment. The musician heirchy goes like this: Snare guy, overpricer, backout guy, mixed up kit, stolen gear guy, counterfiet guy, legit guy, under pricer, "moving away so must sell today" guy, and I'm getting a divorce-come get my stuff so she doesnt get a dime-guy.
And I will close saying it doesnt matter how many pieces your kit has, no PDP, Pulse, Rockstar, CB, post 1980s Ludwigs, or first act drums are worth $1000-not even 700 actually, but I'll assume its a really cool kit so I'll give you up to $1000. Save yourself some time, look up Ebay.com and type in what you intend to sell. Now click completed listings (its on the left). This will show you what the other items similar to your actually sold for and which ones didn't even get a bid. Now keep in mind that Ebay is world wide with access to 7 billion people, whereas CL houston has approximately 400,000 logging on. Just because something sold on Ebay for $1.9 million dollars does not mean someone in Houston will spend that kind of money here.