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02-02-2016, 01:53 PM
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I'm considering giving up on eBay and switching to Reverb.com
The title says it, eBays fees are getting pretty high and I'm thinking about making the switch to Reverb and the forums for 100% of my selling and buying. Has anyone done the same on here?
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02-02-2016, 02:10 PM
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Yep. AGF and Reverb are working well for me. I still like to use EBay for research, though.
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02-02-2016, 02:16 PM
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I haven't eliminated eBay, but it is a last resort. I have had good experiences buying and selling on Reverb.
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02-02-2016, 02:50 PM
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02-06-2016, 08:42 AM
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Initially I thought "what's he grousing about?" Ebay PayPal fees have never been too bad. However, after your posting I looked up seller value fees + PayPal fees. I'll likely not sell there again. There's no way to recoup 10%. PayPal fee of 3.5% I don't mind but not an additional 10% to Ebay - after listing fees.
Thanks for your public service announcement.
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02-06-2016, 10:18 AM
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For many years I've sold stuff on local Craigslist. Seeing you live in the Bay Area too, I think you can have excellent results selling locally as well.
I refuse to ship any instruments after one very bad experience years back. The good news is that there are many players with cash living locally. I've never failed to sell an instrument on local CL. It may take a little longer, but it always works in the end. Since I only deal in cash, I do my sales at either our local Police Station or reserve a private room at my local bank (free). Buyers like that security too!
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02-06-2016, 11:31 AM
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What a timely post. I just sold on ebay and never thought to list on Reverb although I browsed the Reverb site all this week.
I will be switching from ebay though. I used to sell there for years and stopped when all the higher fees and mandatory returns started. I forgot about the fees this last time. My fees were roughly $15 on a $105 item. Ouch! I really wanted the product gone and locally I live in a small, non-musically oriented market so demand was non-existent after waiting some time to sale from a local ad for what I had which is why I accepted the ebay fees to sell there. From now on, I'll remember to use Reverb for selling music stuff. I've also taken to using 5miles, Offerup and any other local sales as well as forum classifieds like this one.
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#9
02-08-2016, 09:18 AM
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Reverb
My 0.02.
I love Reverb and so does my wife. She really digs the online store aspect that Reverb cultivates (letting you pick a name, banner, etc). She takes many of my photos (you can pick out the photos I took very easily) and constantly posts stuff on social media for me. Check it out if you're interested. Search Sunny Valley Music.
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02-24-2016, 08:05 AM
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I read a report in a business journal that Reverb received a substantial investment recently to expand it's business operations into this general market (as I recall it was over $2 million) -
I can only see that it's main competition would be ebay. With ebay fees spiking up and with Paypal cornering a niche market - competition will probably, eventually put a damper on ebay's attitude. I prefer Reverb but do research, probably like the OP, where ever I can find it.
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