Question about putting my bass on consignment...

[Bobbo 77]

Hola,
Well, because of economic's and such, I have to take my 1999 Sr5 to a local store to sell on consignment...my question is, is a sell price of $700.00-$800.00 to little for the Bass? (that's the price I get after the sell fee of 25%). I'm kinda running out of time, with Christmas creeping up. The store figure's they can move it, since they are short on GOOD basses on hand in their store.

 

[Aussie Mark]

eBay and Paypal fees are a whole lot less than 25%. Or, the fees at this forum are 0%. Or TalkBass, the fee is a contributing member fee ($25?). You've got far better chance of moving a SR5 at the best price at any of these places rather than your local store, purely because you open up your sale to a far bigger market.

 

[the unrepentant]

i think $700-$800 isn't a bad price in itself. I think you would get $800 online on say here or TB, and taking into account paypal fees, it's not too bad

 

[five7]

ebay and paypal fees are a whole lot less than 25%. Or, the fees at this forum are 0%. Or talkbass, the fee is a contributing member fee ($25?). You've got far better chance of moving a sr5 at the best price at any of these places rather than your local store, purely because you open up your sale to a far bigger market.

+1

 

[Bobbo 77]

Órale my friend's!
Thank's for your replies. I might have to try the forum or E-bay route instead, I knew I'd get informative feedback here!

 

[Mogee]

If you open the ebay up to international you will most likely get $100 to $200 more.

 

[maddog]

ebay it and make the buyer pay for shipping.

 

[LowMoJo]

If you list your bass on online somewhere for that same price it will likely move very quick and reach a wider audience. You'll just have to deal with shipping. That's a very good deal for an SR5