Is it just me, or does anyone else in and about the Ottawa area find selling gear to be a hassle? It seems there is barely ever anything worthwile up for sale, or very little interest in things when you put them up for sale yourself. I find that a little odd since we have a fair population in this area and there are quite a few good stores so I guess there must be quite a bit of good gear floating around.
It seems everytime I put something up for sale as I've done every now and then localy I get hit with many lowball offers. I know thats normal but I am yet to sell one thing at what I would even consider fair market value. I always have to go WAY below ebay, way below what local used stores (like Songbird) charge for gear that is in BETTER condition than what those places sell. Sometimes I just end up trading stuff in and take the big hit just so I dont have to deal with all those lowballers.
This year especialy I've been trying to move a lot of stuff around. I've managed to move half but still have several items left (they are up on the spam thread lol).... and I am finding it very difficult to do localy. This has changed my approach to buying gear. I am not so inclined to impulse buy anymore as I was before. My attitude before was "heck I'll just buy it, when I get bored of it I can just sell it". Well it seems the "just sell it" part is way more difficult around here than I anticipated. Now I just take things slowly and try to get stuff that I know I will keep for a long time, because I know it will be difficult to move.
Dont mind me, just frustrated and wanted to get it off my chest.
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It seems everytime I put something up for sale as I've done every now and then localy I get hit with many lowball offers. I know thats normal but I am yet to sell one thing at what I would even consider fair market value. I always have to go WAY below ebay, way below what local used stores (like Songbird) charge for gear that is in BETTER condition than what those places sell. Sometimes I just end up trading stuff in and take the big hit just so I dont have to deal with all those lowballers.
This year especialy I've been trying to move a lot of stuff around. I've managed to move half but still have several items left (they are up on the spam thread lol).... and I am finding it very difficult to do localy. This has changed my approach to buying gear. I am not so inclined to impulse buy anymore as I was before. My attitude before was "heck I'll just buy it, when I get bored of it I can just sell it". Well it seems the "just sell it" part is way more difficult around here than I anticipated. Now I just take things slowly and try to get stuff that I know I will keep for a long time, because I know it will be difficult to move.
Dont mind me, just frustrated and wanted to get it off my chest.
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