Where to sell used keyboards?

msmeritt · Post by **msmeritt** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:34 am

I have three keyboards -- a digital piano, a MIDI controller, and a synthesizer -- that I'd like to sell before I get a new one I have my eye on, and I have absolutely no idea what's the best way/place to sell them. Any advice would be appreciated. I'm in New York State if that would make any difference. The three keyboards are:

Yamaha NP-30 (with optional power adapter and all original instructions/packaging) -- http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical- ... mode=model" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 (with all original instructions/packaging) -- http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct04/a ... tation.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Kawai K1 synthesizer (with original power adapter and instructions, plus a nearly-new gig bag) -- http://www.vintagesynth.com/kawai/kawaik1.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks again for any advice.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:10 am

Amazon is a good way to go. Craig's list is also an option. I wouldn't touch eBay with a 10 foot bid.

kgdrum · Post by **kgdrum** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:48 am

+1 Craig's list
Gear Slutz and VI-control both have classified sections(got my MacPro @VI)
GC also buys used gear if the others don't pan out for you.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:55 am

The only thing with CL is you don't know who you're letting into you home or studio. Amazon has been been very positive but of course you have to ship.

HCMarkus · Post by **HCMarkus** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:53 am

I love threads like this... "Where do I sell this (insert link to your gear) ?" Can't think of a more creative way to violate the no ads policy of this forum?

If you asked the question without the links/descriptions, I'd respect you in the morning MSM.

msmeritt · Post by **msmeritt** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:02 am

I know so little about the keyboard market, I provided the links in case anyone thought that particular things might sell better at particular places. I'm not asking anyone to buy. I haven't posted at Craigslist, Amazon, eBay, or anywhere else I could put up an ad, not yet, because I'm honestly asking the question about where is worth posting. Not to mention that I highly doubt anyone here would buy anything I have, since it's all fairly low-end compared to most of what most people here probably use, and who here is going to bother to pay to ship something like that? No deception intended. Think what you will.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:11 am

I didn't see this as a for sale ad at all, although placing it in the recording section wouldn't have been my first choice. I don't think it violated the for same policy at all. No prices, no nothin' like that.

msmeritt · Post by **msmeritt** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:15 am

Thanks.

No other section seemed a better choice to me.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:19 am

I would have gone with the o/t theoretical myself, but different strokes...

HCMarkus · Post by **HCMarkus** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:10 am

Sorry to be snippy Mr. Merit. It just rubbed me the wrong way when it was the first post I saw this morning.

I have seen too many similar posts in the past, and don't understand why a detailed description of the goods for sale (with original power adapter and instructions, plus a nearly-new gig bag) has anything to do with the question being posed to the forum.

Apologies, as always, to all whose intent is misunderstood.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:24 am

That's the difference between us HK - I get snippy later in the day... like around NOW!

LOL!

Is it 5PM yet?

Frodo?

mhschmieder · Post by **mhschmieder** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:30 am

I have to agree on MLC's eBay comment -- after my latest fiasco, it is doubtful I will use them again as a seller, as seller's have almost no protections anymore.

To sum it up, someone bought a high-end item from me using the BIN option, 12 hours before its second renewal was about to end, and without asking questions first, then abused the "buyer protection" feature by returning it for a refund when they "discovered" that it was "broken, because it only goes to -10 dBFS" -- something that could have been resolved in five minutes had they bothered to do their research. As a result, I have lost twelve hours of my last week in pro bono "tech support", the extremely messy aftermath of a reversed PayPal charge and eBay return, etc.

I doubt this is at all uncommon an occurrence, given that they take buyers at their word and don't even check with sellers even when they have documented proof (via spec sheets) that a buyer is either lying, being deceitful, or is just plain mentally lazy combined with being compulsive and impatient.

I was almost going to put a more detailed version of this as a new topic in the off-topic forum, to warn others, but this is as good a place as any to alert people of the caveats of that auction site as it stands today. It was way better years ago.

Craiglist, on the other hand, has improved a great deal, and now has a simple mechanism for renewing ads so that you don't have to take the trouble to keep uploading your photos.

I didn't realize Amazon had a used service; I thought they merely served as a search engine and third-party arbiter for other used sites?

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:36 am

Amazon is the only site I use to sell. I'll buy off CL and maybe off eBay but I'll only sell stuff on Amazon. Pretty easy, frankly, and they have to pay in advance. Never had a return on anything except one item that I had placed in the wrong description. I just left the guy keep it since I got the damn thing for free. LOL!

mhschmieder · Post by **mhschmieder** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:37 am

MLC, thanks for the simple and straightforward answer.

I'll look into it when my unit returns on Monday.

Now I just have to pray he didn't sabotage it to "get back" at me for not reading his mind in advance of his impulse buy.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:40 am

Who you callin MLS!

MOTUnation.com