Items For Sale

[sted]

sorry again

won't happen again.

[Steve the DJ]

My tuppence worth...

I hate to 'make an offer' as sometimes the seller takes the offer as being insulting.

That's their fault for inviting offers, if you don't have a firm figure in mind you have to accept that people will be "cheeky" or may just have a very different valuation to what you expect.

Their loss.

Or possibly yours if they were prepared to let the item go for a song.

I agree - if you want to sell something, be straight down the line about it. If you're unsure what it's worth, research it on ebay (you can do a completed items search), or be honest and say that you're not sure what it's worth, but you'd like a minimum of £XXX.

My recent experiences show me that eBay is not always a fair indication of value in the current market.

I have tried to sell items in excellent condition at below the average eBay figure with zero success.

Looking at "best offers" seems the only sensible way forward with some items at the moment.

There seems to be more equipment bought and sold on the forums than ever these days, and yet when the free auction site was running as part of this site, hardly anyone listed anything.

A sign of the economic times perhaps? It is certainly driving the prices of second hand "China specials" through the floor, although quality kit is holding up nicely IMHO.

[Shaun]

A sign of the economic times perhaps? It is certainly driving the prices of second hand "China specials" through the floor, although quality kit is holding up nicely IMHO.

No, I don't think it's that. 3 days after DJ Bids ceased, the for sale section was booming again.

It's like everything we try do to improve the site, lots of folks talking the talk with promises of involvement, but when it comes down to it only a few really back it up with actions. It's disheartning.


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[Corabar Entertainment]

It's disheartning.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

And me.

Just look at the offers of help we had for the venue database before it was on here and how many people actually did help when the new site was published.

[wensleydale]

No, I don't think it's that. 3 days after DJ Bids ceased, the for sale section was booming again.

It's like everything we try do to improve the site, lots of folks talking the talk with promises of involvement, but when it comes down to it only a few really back it up with actions. It's disheartning.

Off topic I know but my main reason for never using DJ Bids was that it had a much smaller audience than ebay and was really trying to do something that ebay was already doing, and doing well.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Off topic I know but my main reason for never using DJ Bids was that it had a much smaller audience than ebay and was really trying to do something that ebay was already doing, and doing well.

Ebay had to start somewhere.

It is very disheartening when people get great use from this site and yet don't ever seem to want to support it to help it grow.

[Corabar Entertainment]

...and I would also mention that DJ Bids was brought in because quite a few members were saying that the forum was turning into a buying and selling site, but people couldn't be bothered to list on DJ bids whereas they did on the forum

[DeckstarDeluxe]

well you have to take the rough with the smooth sometimes though guys. I mean Im very gratful for the site and its improved my djing abit but more so the rest of the things that are required to run a mobile disco company.

I know its easier saying it than doing it but dont let it get you down too much.

Could always run a small competition for the forum members?? free pat and pli upload for the most submissions per area???

[ppentertainments]

well you have to take the rough with the smooth sometimes though guys. I mean Im very gratful for the site and its improved my djing abit but more so the rest of the things that are required to run a mobile disco company.

I know its easier saying it than doing it but dont let it get you down too much.

Could always run a small competition for the forum members?? free pat and pli upload for the most submissions per area???

And cover the forum with more cr....... i mean rubbish.