Great advice Rich. On the flip ide I saw a MIM standard strat (Ebay) that had dodgy/fuzzy pictures but when I did zoom in I could barely see it had hipshot locking tuners and a Gilmour switch. It had a couple of very minor scratches, checked the seller feedback and that was good. I put in a bid at the start price and low and behold won it for that price. I'd taken a punt ... anyway guitar turns up two days later well wrapped and inside a good quality hard case (this had not been listed). So guess the seller didn't take care to list it correctly and I got a damn good guitar at a really good price along with those extra goodies.
For packaging, it's worth looking into some stuff called "T Bord Floor Protection" - it's relatively cheap and what builders put down to protect floors from impact damage. It's only a couple of mm thick and cheap enough to line the box with. Also any excess you can roll up and use as support for the top/bottom and sides as much better than bubble wrap for the outer 'shell'.
Alright Rich! Good advice all round. Yeah, Reverb is super hit and miss. I've had things sell almost instantly, and then some items take months. Usually I find it's the 'big' brands that sell quickest, see it with guitars, amps AND pedals. Can't sell a Jet for love nor money right now, but those kind of brands and the 'internet' brands tend not to hold their value so some management of expectations is needed. It can be a waiting game on Reverb, but Ebay does tend to shift stuff a lot faster.
Hey buddy how’s it going? The budget brands go for peanuts unfortunately. Which model Jet is it? Definitely expectation management is key. EBay bugs me because of reasons stated but they certainly sell. You’re not coming up in my feed, are you still posting at the moment?
@@thenovicenoisemaker Yo! It's been an absolute clown fiesta over here the last few months bud - you've not missed any uploads, but I've got a few bits to show people soon :D It's a Jet JS800. Nice guitar, but just isn't getting played right now! Hope all is well with you and the lovely wife?
Wow great video Rich, very helpful as I am about to dip my toe into the ebay world and shift some of my guitars. ( It all sounds exhausting. ) As for packing - I purchased a new Ibanez S1070 last week new from a major UK retailer - they shipped it in a crappy gig bag with minimal paper wrap, I could feel it moving in the box....smashed to pieces. Heartbreaking beautiful guitar a well......so sad.
@@thenovicenoisemaker I know right !!!! My heart is broken ..... I understand things can slip through quality control when you are busy trying to orders out of the door, so I wont name and shame the retailer (I'll text you). What an incredible guitar tho....for a brief short moment I was holding the holy grail of guitars.....the fretboard.... WOW.
@@thenovicenoisemaker The original supplier cannot get stock for a few months but another UK dealer has the blue version for £100 less - its tempting but I think I will need to pay the extra hundred pounds and get the tiger eye/charcoal finish.......it was better than anything I have played before.
Great video and wise words Rich. Glad you had a good holiday. Andertons sell their guitar shipping boxes ready made up with packaging already inside for £9.99 on their website. They are excellent 👍🏻
Bit of advise for guitar newbies and I say this as my pal got scammed. Some people on ebay try to sell the old mexican standard strats as the new player series. My pal sent me a pic saying just scored a player series for £350. The base plate(neck heel piece of metal) had the F logo on it but I counted the frets and it only had 21 instead of 22 that's on a player series. The seller changed the base plate. Also if a seller sells you a strat claiming the pickups have been upgraded. Don't buy unless you can see a pic of the actual new pickups, the back of the pickups in particular. I once bought a player series when it was claimed it had a set of texas specials on it but when I took the pickguard off it was player series pickups. I phoned the seller to point this out and his exscuse was he bought it second hand and thought it was texas special 😂😂 I sent it back and got a refund and postal refund. Hope that helps some peeps.
