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People don't wanna risk exposure? But exposure is the greatest currency available in the modern world. Who wouldn't want that?
But there’re people who have secrets that are better of secret and thus people might have this in there thoughts “should I really reveal me secret? What if people made fun of me because of the secret I just exposed; shall I even expose my secrets at all?” (Oh and also what if the secret happens to be a murder?)
Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.
I know right? To think I've been playing all these gigs for it and some lucky dogs out there have people willing to fly to their residence to just hand it over? I should have gotten into retail instead of music...
lol
Dude, what the F. I followed your advice and ordered the freshest Bass. The mail came today and time to groove. I opened the box and it was filled with fish. And you think bass players are stupid. I'll be waiting for that kiss
Fish is supposed to be "brain food", which means bass players won't eat it.
Adam Fox damn, straight! The closest I get to fish is chichen of the sea. Add some bbq sauce and pesto. I serve them at my flat earth society meetings.
dude, bring em to Davie504 so he can make more bass meets bass vids 🤔
Al R sure! Uhhhh, how do I do that?
idk, maybe if you're lucky you can contact him directly
about the bass meets bass, again it's a matter of precision and luck
How to protect yourself
#1 don't be silly, wrap your willy
Or else you might make a bass player
Hey, I may have badly irradiated my balls in the past, but not that badly.
Don't be a dummy, come on her tummy
Or my favorite one: "A hug & a snooze, you can't lose!" Keep it in your pants and just cuddle up with her; it's basically "Outercourse." Doing that means you can save potential kids for when you're *sure* you're ready for them.
ejaculate and evacuate
*cough cough* jared dines *cough cough*
Lol actual kek
That hurts.
great tips!
WU is garbage, i've gotten scammed a couple times through it
Sorry to hear that, Rudy.
you prolly dont care at all but does any of you know a tool to log back into an Instagram account?
I was dumb forgot my account password. I love any tips you can give me
"I can give you a guitar for a $1700 and a shoutout"
SomeGingerDude too relatable
"which makes as much sense as the Fahrenheit scale!"
I died laughing.
Jack Blood I'll do one better, in some industries they use decimal inches instead of going metric.
The imperial system is complete bullshit.
There's two kinds of countries, those that use the metric system, and those that have landed on the moon.
May I remind you that the Mars Climate Orbiter disappeared because people used Imperial instead of Metric? Also, people from those countries you say use Metric measurements to build spaceships and planes instead of Imperial because it's a lot more precise. So yeah, so much for "Imperial measurements took the US to the moon".
Wrong. The Orbiter mishap was because SOME people were using metric while OTHER people were using imperial. This is a communication error (a very stupid one)
Literally minutes before you uploaded this video, I was googling for advice on this EXACT topic. I'm considering purchasing a cymbal for $750. thanks for content
Glad I could help, Joe!
what cymbal? I'm curious because that's really expensive
It's the Zildjian K Custom Dry Complex ride. A Bill Stewart signature series that was discontinued in 2005. Also, Im Australian so the price goes up heaps
“Unfortunately, bass players are people too” needs to be on a t-shirt.
Also, “Do humanity a favor and light yourself on fire, asswipe” should be on a t-shirt too.
TDay2K I second this.
Not just t-shirts - on national flags!
Dude I died from that part 😂
I once ordered a 17 strings guitar...
That's not a guitar, that's a mistake.
Ok Jared dines
Another good public place to meet up is the Sheriff station. I've done a couple sales in their parking lot and they are cool with it, plus you know if someone doesn't want to meet up there they are probably trying to scam you.
Wow! Great suggestion!
Exactly this. Have done this many times.
Great advice Glenn! I would also add that in the UK, the added cover is a waste of money. I run a charity campaign... Basically people donate to my GoFundMe, I buy guitars, review them on UA-cam, then sell them with 100% of proceeds going to a local kids charity. I bought & sold a Harley Benton Flying V as part of this campaign & the new owner received it damaged. The courier firm KNEW I was sending a musical instrument when they sold me the insurance. They then refused to pay as "we do not cover musical instruments". I looked into it some more & found that (in the UK at least) there are NO courier companies who will compensate for damage/loss/theft of musical instruments. They'll still sell you the insurance cover though. Please mention this... People need to know.
When buying a used instrument, ALWAYS take some tools with you and make sure all the adjustment screws work INCLUDING the truss rod. If you don't, you just bought some useless junk. Learned that lesson the hard way.
Sound advice i always to this too! Truss rod should be first, or its a pretty piece of fire wood!
5:50 Well, you CAN check their eBay feedback and easily filter just the neutral or negative ones in the last 1-6-12 months, and in some (or most?) cases, also see what items those were about, so it kinda depends. There's also the odd chance that, among thousands of buyers, they also had to deal with a handful of asswipes to went straight for negative feedback, before (or without) trying to resolve the issue.
It's worth looking from both sides of the issue, wouldn't you say? Or just apply some reason / common sense...
*Huge value video!*
Love the vide Glenn. By any chance do you plan to do a "flip side" video for selling musical gear? Any tips on listings, what to put in and leave out of an add, or anything like that?
Cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪
Actually, that's a fucking great idea!
I need to make sure my wife doesn't see that, or she will try to get me to sell some stuff!
Bill Nicholson That'll be the first tip, don't get married!
Caolán Willett I second this idea.
Selling can be rough. I have not used REVERB yet, but am looking forward to it. On Ebay, I ended up doing something where I could restrict bids from new accounts, or accounts with low feedback. This was after someone "bought" my expensive double pedal, and then told me that they "changed their mind, because they found a better one."
I looked through things, and that guy bought a cheap off-brand single pedal.
This caused me a great deal of problems, because I was selling the pedal because I really needed the money. But thanks to THAT jerk-off, I would now have to wait something like ten days before I could re-list
This is a great suggestion for Glenn, because selling online can be just as perilous. I know there are idiot buyers out there, and there must be buyers who are scammers.
I bought a Guitar Hero guitar on eBay for $36 (they're usually like $60) and the seller said he was finishing up finals for school and would ship it out the next week. Okay, fine, that sucks when I paid for six day shipping that was another $20, but whatever, I just want the guitar. The thing finally ships and I don't receive a tracking number for the package, only the message from eBay saying the seller had shipped the item. Another week goes by, still no item, so I message the guy. It takes him another week to get back to me and when he does all he says is "I'm on vacation, my co-worker was handling my eBay stuff." At that point I just said fuck it and got my money back from eBay cause it had been like a month and I was done with this guys bullshit.
Even in the plastic instruments business, there's still scammers lol.
trevster jesus did prices on them really go up? i should see about selling my old guitar hero guitar
Remorse the guitar hero controllers aren't really all that expensive. The DONGLES needed to connect them on the other hand can (and often will) cost more than the controllers themselves.
Cristian Lopez good thing mine is complete
Remorse it depends on which guitar it is. The white xplorer shaped ones you can get like $40 to $60 for, the rest of them usually around $30 to $50.
Cristian Lopez Yeah, most people now play Clone Hero (look it up) on PC with Xbox controllers which are usually wireless, and to get an adaptor to connect it to your PC it’s like $20.
TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. I bought a Peavey supreme XL with a Peavey XXL 4x12 cabinet for 100 bucks off Facebook. Before I left I asked if she had a guitar there so I could plug in and try it she said yes. I drove 40 mins to get there and she met me at the door saying her boyfriend had just left for band practise but that the amp worked great. I brought it home only to realize that the pots on the head were fucked and rendered the amp unusable as I don’t have the know how to fix it. When I told her this she said “how do I know you didn’t break it on the move, it worked great” meanwhile we know that kind of damage doesn’t happen to a solid state amp in transportation lol. At any rate I told her I was putting her name all over the Facebook buy and sell groups because she ripped me off. She then told me to just sell it all to someone else. Later that night she called the police and gave them my cell phone number because members of he buy and sell group began messaging her! Total shit show. On the plus side I was able to sell the cabinet that night and got my money back but still. First time I’ve ever been ripped off buying used gear. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. even if buying online, get them to film it and show the serial number and a code word on a piece of paper of random words and letters.
Agree. i always make sure it's okay if i bring a guitar to plug in. so far i've bought three used tube amps through local craigslist ads and haven't had any problems, but that's why i prefer craigslist and local music go rounds to ebay. i can inspect the item and test it before i buy it. i've definitely ordered from ebay, non-local music go rounds, guitar center online used, and reverb, but it's always a little bit of a risk, and overall has gone good enough, but not as good as buying and testing in person. I've definitely called people up to look at amps and they freak out when i mention i wan to plug in and hear the amp before i buy it. oddly enough, it always seems to be people that want too much money for the amp, or want you to 'make them an offer'.
b a d s o y I should have but she said she had one there and it was no biggie. Just one less thing for me to grab so I said screw it and left right away
I stopped at Facebook.
bassax7045 there was nothing wrong with the cab, so selling a Peavey XXL 4x12 slant cab in excellent shape for 100 bucks was a good deal for the buyer.
Fuzz Demon I’ve bought loads of great gear off Facebook dude.
This is a great video! I would also use Music Go Round!
x2. Nothing but good experiences from that place. The employees were friendly as well.
(+Dat Boy) That place is the best! It’s the only music store that I can stay just for hours because there’s a lot of stuff, the prices are good (because it’s all used, as well as good prices for used gear, and at least at the one I go to they give you a lot of discounts), they’re honest, you can try everything out beforehand (this isn’t for this store in particular, but it is a bonus from online), and the employees are so nice because they actually care about music and want the best for their customers. The only problem with it is when you lose track of time because you tried so much out. 😆
Dude this is why I love your videos. I’ve been buying and selling stuff on eBay for a while now so I knew most of this stuff but I still learned something. And a lot of younger kids might not think about these things so you’ve probably saved a load of them a whole lot of grief and money. Cheers from Manchester England and keep up the amazing work!
That "meeting them" thing in the first tip really works btw
Best deal I ever found was 50 dollars on craigslist for an Ibanez Gio and an Ibanez amp. Well, it was 50 for either and 90 for the lot, but even 90 bucks is a really good deal considering everything was and is high quality, plus he marked the lot down to 50 bucks just because he liked my spirit!
This was a few years back, maybe 4 years ago? I still have them both. The kit was my first electric guitar and amp, and while the amp has been replaced (i just use the amp while doing repairs and that) the guitar has a feel to rival my 800 dollar fender :)
POINT IS: this all happened because I was able to meet him. If it were me buying online from god knows who, who knows what would happen. Be smart, be safe, visit them :P
Sweet deal! My first guitar was an Ibanez Gio as well! Great guitar awesome neck!
This is great. Best video I have seen for a long while. All great and very practical tips. Thanks Glenn.
Thanks for the advice on how to better scam people.
Excellent video. You just saved god knows how many people from getting scammed!
But if you're shipping within the US, it might be a good idea to avoid USPS. Holy incompetence, Batman!
Great video man! I work for one of the companies you suggested using and you would be surprised by how many sellers are oblivious that there are dishonest schmucks out there. All great and true advice!
Glenn, great episode. I think videos like this make your channel useful and accessible to non-producer/music people, which ultimately helps you along with your audience. Keep up the good work!
Hey there! Just recently found your channel. Very entertaining and informative. Thank you and keep up the good work! (I'm a bass player and your jokes crack me up, as do your subtle hair flips and the slight distortion you put on your closing vowels :D)
I got me a walrus audio RED for 100$
Damn good deal
Not a scratch or biff on the pedal, killer chainsaw sound
Contact the seller and make sure it’s spiffy
Use Reverb
This is a great video. Massively helpful. Thanks Glenn!
Absolute gold!
Thanks for the most excellent tips!!
I once bought a bridge from a Nigerian prince who's bank accounts were frozen. The sale went well (my check was cashed) however I'm still waiting for the title and receipt. any help?
Hahaha... just wait 2 or 3 days more... :)
There's a lot of princes over there. Are you sure you sent it to the right person? Probably best to send another check, just pay close attention to the address. A lot of those guys have the same name but live at different addresses. It was most likely an honest mistake. Nigerians, particularly the Prince's, are very honest people in my experience.
Just wait until your next Irish lottery win. You’ll have that money back and more.
I am pretty sure the prince got overthrown by a revolution and your bridge was set on fire. I red it on a Nigerian email. Trust me!
I'm a representative of the Prince of Nigeria. I can provide the title and receipt for a minor transfer fee to cover legal expenses. Please contact me at prince_representative@not419fraud.ng
Thanks for all these rips. I was a little late to the party to online shopping for being young. So far I've had fairly good luck on Reverb but I didn't know of all the potential scams. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the great advice, and Thank You to all of your wonderful Partreon's. I love your site.
Always the bass player jokes😂i love them. I also love how people take them extremley serious. Can't say anything without offending someone. Just makes the joke funnier
A word of warning on "Signature Required" packages, I've had a FedEx driver leave one 5 houses down the street with people I really don't know and put a note on my door saying where they left it. I did eventually get my package, but it had been opened. I would definitely recommend setting up an account with the delivery service the seller is using and using the "Hold for Pickup" option. It's less convenient, but it's the best way to make sure you get your stuff.
I agree with that, especially with FedEx. I bought a camera a couple months ago; the seller shipped it via FedEx & I'm guessing they forgot to pay for Signature Required because the driver left it across the street from me because he got confused about the house number. Luckily my neighbor saw my name on the package & left it on my doorstep when they got home. "Hold for Pickup" is a great option to have when you think you won’t be home when a package arrives.
That thumbnail is so you Glenn! Love it.
I purchased a brand new Shecter Omen 6 for $60 off of Craigslist. I was super sceptical at first but after I contacted the seller she agreed to meet me at the local police station. There's a spot in the police parking lot for online transactions and is video monitored. The seller had no hesitation or problem meeting me and she mentioned that she was trying to sell the guitar for almost a year lowering the price over those months. She originally purchased online Amazon for $325 but didn't want to return it after she played it twice and was too heavy for her. Also, purchase other gear from people and had them meet at the same location or somewhere in public. The ones that were hesitant or flaky were bull crap deals and I walked from immediately. I found and purchased all types of studio gear at very inexpensive prices along with guitars and bass's too.
There are scum bags out there but also amazing deals. Go with your gut and the advice on this video. Just weed out the douche bags and score killer deals. If it's too good to be true call the people out and ask to meet at the police station, it's either an awesome deal or a bs deal. Either way you will find out quickly with the sellers intentions.
Just another video where Glenn is helping to make our lives SO MUCH EASIER!!! Thanks man!!
Great advice Glenn!! Thank you!!
Taking a photos of reciepes is a nice idea that I will implement for sure. Thanks Glenn.
great video glenn! these definitely apply to facebook groups etc as well! i was nearly stung once due to being naiive at the time
One of the best and informative episodes! 💪🏼
Some great advice there. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
I really enjoy these kind of video's. Keep it up Glen!
Amazing video. Keep it up Glen!
Thanks for keeping it easy to understand for us bass players, otherwise this video would have gone over my head. Appreciate it 🙌
Great video Glenn! Last year I was NOT buying, but selling on a local site. I got a mail from a guy supposedly in Ukraine who was intrested in my bass. He told me that he'd FIRST send me money + the shipping fees through PAYPAL. I got a mail from PAYPAL that he send me the money but couldn't be claimed until I sent the shipping money to a shipping company of his choice through WESTERN UNION. To trust him he also sent me a photo of his "id". He even had A FAKE FACEBOOK PAGE, of course recently created with just one photo. They're REALLY trying hard. And in the end even the PAYPAL mail was fake, it wasn't from PAYPAL'S official mails.
After your review on the Art Pro VLA and some research, I picked up a used Art Pro Channel 2 from Guitar Center for $200. Great little piece of gear, never would've thought of picking up any gear from them without your help. Thanks Glenn!
Great video, Glenn. Spot on.
Advise #10 is absolutely a MUST! Im a very active seller and you dont believe how many people are trying you to scam you.... even if they dont want to scam you, stupid or lazy people may also cause losing the package or something else. In 15 years of selling experience, there are a lot of stories to be told.
The tragedy here is that people who aren't into music recording aren't gonna see this invaluable gem of a video.
Very Informative Thank You and Rock On!
Outstanding! Thanks Glenn
I work for the USPS, thanks for the incidental shout out. Love your vids
Great Video. I agree with every bit of advice and use all of those. i'd recommend one more tidbit. Research the gear and find out what the usual problems are with it! so you know what to look for when testing it. forums and youtube reviews are great for this. i've worked in manufacturing and know that everything has some kind of weak point that usually breaks first or most often. find out what that point(s) is before you go to buy it and check for it specifically when you test the gear.
Jared should see this. He can really indeed learn a few tips.
Thanks for that post. That is awesome Glenn.
As always great video big man!
Rampant bassophobia in Glenn’s videos 😬🤔. Very problematic.
Awesome vid. I’m looking to buy a used Synyster Custom here pretty soon so knowing what to look out for is pretty damn useful.
Very great episode. Thanks, definitely some things I didn't know. Need more. Like rules on getting paid, releasing materials, what materials to release and how not getting screwed when the "client" "needs" material ASAP and will get you the money "tomorrow".
Been screwed that way too many times. Mixing a doc now that I won't release material until I get the check and they have a deadline for a festival.
Maybe include how to invoice as well, as doing "hand shake deals" you more than often get screwed.
It seems easy for many to want to be trusting when buying wanted gear! Thanks for sharing brother!
This video is super helpful! Thank you! I’m always afraid to get scammed because I live in a hospitable and kind town
Hey fellow Canadian, thanks for super practical advice, appreciate it...hi from Victoria bc. I just buy from Canadians on reverb, hassle free all the time, except for the guy who thought a piece of ceiling tile in a package would protect a pedal but instead coated everything in white dust!,
Wow, thanks Glenn, there’s a ton of good info in this video.
Awesome info as usual. Most of this stuff is pretty common sense but some of it like the shipping insurance and signature was stuff I probably wouldn't have thought about in the past. If I ever get around to selling some of the stuff I've been meaning to unload on Reverb I'll definitely remember to do that! xD
You planning on shooting a movie? F35 is an amazing camera by today's standards still! Overkill for UA-cam. Need a good expensive head for that camera, PL lenses too
Can finally afford one, totally don't need it for UA-cam. :(
Great video, very informative!
Great tips, didn’t even think of some of these
I would really like to see a sequel about how to make an effective ad. Point out things that people miss all the time, but are just common sense. Take more than one picture at different angles, check the value before you list, write more than one sentence in the posting body, use proper spelling and grammar, etc.
I got an add of you while watching this.
So technically, you didn't get an ad? Thats pretty cool
Same :D
That happens to me on pornhub
So Glenn got paid because he paid for his ad?
This is awesome and we'll needed.
Great advice Glenn!!!!
Thanks man. Good looking out.
THANK YOU GLEN!
Holy cow!!! An ad of Glenn's prog metal tutorials on a video that is from Glenn!!
This would be Glen's video of the year. He has not posted anything better than this in a long time.
Bass player jokes!
Damn I was hungry for 'em!
MOAR
Great video Glen!
Yup! Well said Glenn
Excellent advice!
Well that was useful! Thanks Glenn
Speaking as someone who has been in the logistics business since 2005: signatures on delivery have saved my clents from shady people and they are great for me too! Always always always get as much info as possible for proof of delivery.
Can't believe I've never seen this vid. Great info.
Best advice video ever. Thanks. :)
Speaking of making a transaction in person....something cool I found out about here, one of our local police departments encourages people to use their parking lot for things like Ebay and Craigslist.
Great tips. Thanks!
a Glenn video on sunday??
Hey Glenn, thanks for the info! Was wondering if you might do a video on mid/side processing and how it can be used for rock and metal.
Thanks again fron the states!
I used to buy and sell electronics on Craigslist when I was a teenager. I started small then slowly built up to high end exspensive items. I always met at police stations. The cops are super stoked about you being safe and cops have a ton of friends and love buying shit...so hey free marketing too.
As far as meeting in a public place, a lot of police departments here in the States are actually offering to let you do exchanges for Craigslist in their parking lots, or even inside the station. I think that's a great thing. Don't think anyone is going to try to rip you off, or worse, in a police station.
Thanks for this! I've been using the used market VERY extensively and I've found some amazing deals and some big bullshit scam artists. You can find Epiphone Prophecies for 80€ or you can find someone buying acoustic foam from wish.com and selling it for 10x the price. It's amazing how you can gauge peoples moral integrity from what they're selling you
Thanks for the tip about brokerage fees. I typically don't ship outside the US, but sometimes I relent if a quality buyer really wants the item and sends me a nice message. Unless I'm selling something that is worth at least a couple hundred bucks, the shipping is almost always enough to destroy the value of the deal. It is usually cheaper for a customer to buy an item brand new from Amazon or musician's friend than it is to buy it from me, unless I want to lose money on it. That, and eBay's shipping estimates never let you include insurance and signature required, so you always lose money unless you overstate your dimensions and weight when setting up your auctions, which can make you appear less competitive. If you are doing one or two items once in a while, eating a few dollars in shipping isn't a big deal on big ticket items. But when you are consistently sacrificing 10-15% of your profit margin to Xtra shipping expenses, plus the almost 20% cost of doing business securely with eBay and PayPal, you are taking a huge hit to your profits and need to make up for it by turning extra volume, which means extra work, which also means you are taking away from your capability to get something else done. After you figure in your own expenses like time spent and shipping materials, sometimes it just isn't worth it. Always figure in ALL your costs before you decide if you made a profit on something.
Great advice. Your the best man.
Thank u I’m about open a Second hand music shop with some of my friends. And this video has actually ben very helpful
THANKS GLENN!
Ah man! You opened up an old wound! I got scammed by some scumbag many years ago and ended up a grand in the hole!
Just glad I’m a whole lot older and wiser now!
It never fails to confuse me how hard scumbags work to keep from working....
thanks man very informative.