AustinHing
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This is a rant and I need to get this out of my system.
So the story goes like this, 3 months ago, I put up my Enya M6 tenor up for listing on a local buy/sell online platform. I’m selling it only for the reason that I’m just not a tenor player.
I put it up at 40% less (which is 60%) of the original retail price. I thought it’s a pretty fair price for a good quality instrument with no defect, no scratch no nothing and is merely played for a week. I would go as far to say the condition of the uke is as good as a brand new uke out of the box.
So I got plenty of offers, but almost all of the potential buyers started at 40% of the original price. And so the haggling war started and it’s tiring and time wasting. I stood by my price and need to justify it over and over again. Some are pretty rude and demanding, using 1 worded question or a talk down tone or both despite me answering in my best customer service oriented manner. And plenty of them simply left the chat dangling with no more further response when I said my price is firm. The only one that didn’t haggle simply stop conversation in the midst of arranging a meetup. I recognised that I’m in Asia (Singapore) and haggling is a part of the culture here. But some folks simply want it cheap. And is ridiculous cheap and expected to have all the bells and whistles as well. This applies to everything in Asia, not just ukes.
Anyway I’m now pretty jaded about the whole charade. I intend to take down my listing very soon. Perhaps it’s a sign that the uke god is showing me that I need to practice on a tenor scale as well.
End rant.
So you guys have any such stories to tell?
So the story goes like this, 3 months ago, I put up my Enya M6 tenor up for listing on a local buy/sell online platform. I’m selling it only for the reason that I’m just not a tenor player.
I put it up at 40% less (which is 60%) of the original retail price. I thought it’s a pretty fair price for a good quality instrument with no defect, no scratch no nothing and is merely played for a week. I would go as far to say the condition of the uke is as good as a brand new uke out of the box.
So I got plenty of offers, but almost all of the potential buyers started at 40% of the original price. And so the haggling war started and it’s tiring and time wasting. I stood by my price and need to justify it over and over again. Some are pretty rude and demanding, using 1 worded question or a talk down tone or both despite me answering in my best customer service oriented manner. And plenty of them simply left the chat dangling with no more further response when I said my price is firm. The only one that didn’t haggle simply stop conversation in the midst of arranging a meetup. I recognised that I’m in Asia (Singapore) and haggling is a part of the culture here. But some folks simply want it cheap. And is ridiculous cheap and expected to have all the bells and whistles as well. This applies to everything in Asia, not just ukes.
Anyway I’m now pretty jaded about the whole charade. I intend to take down my listing very soon. Perhaps it’s a sign that the uke god is showing me that I need to practice on a tenor scale as well.
End rant.
So you guys have any such stories to tell?