i'm selling my son's drum kit on Craigslist. haven't gotten many bites and maybe i'm just being cranky but i refuse to respond to an email inquiry in which only 2 out of eight words are spelled correctly.

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"Success isn't about how much money you make. It is about the difference you make in people's lives."--Michelle Obama

But.. They're Drummers!!!

Hang in there. It takes a long time to sell music equipment on craigslist. What I've found is that if you want to sell it quick, you have to sell it so cheap that someone will buy it just to flip it. Otherwise, you just have to keep posting it until the right person sees it (and has the money!). For musicians, the money part probably doesn't happen very often ;-)

p.s. have you ever tried trading gear in at guitar center? I've wondered whether they make decent deals. I'm not real optimistic, or I probably would have tried it by now. kj.

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Hang in there. It takes a long time to sell music equipment on craigslist. What I've found is that if you want to sell it quick, you have to sell it so cheap that someone will buy it just to flip it. Otherwise, you just have to keep posting it until the right person sees it (and has the money!). For musicians, the money part probably doesn't happen very often ;-)
kj.

actually, it's been posted since july 4th but i realized afterwards that that was a lousy time to post so i've let it sit. now that labor day is over i'll step up with reposting regularly. thankfully, i'm not in a rush.

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I'm looking for a kit to put in my rehearsal studio, so drummers will stop @#$%& about hauling theirs over here. Where in the world are you?

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I'm looking for a kit to put in my rehearsal studio, so drummers will stop @#$%& about hauling theirs over here. Where in the world are you?

Atlanta GA area.

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I'm looking for a kit to put in my rehearsal studio, so drummers will stop @#$%& about hauling theirs over here. Where in the world are you?

Atlanta GA area.

Bummer

GC is well known for low-balling on trades--this wouldn't be bad if their resale prices were decent, but they're not. Good thing I've become pretty good at scrounging up deals outside the music store frame of reference, the latest being an Alvarez classical for $22.50 at goodwill.

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i'm selling my son's drum kit on Craigslist. haven't gotten many bites and maybe i'm just being cranky but i refuse to respond to an email inquiry in which only 2 out of eight words are spelled correctly.

Not cranky-- that's the way you have to handle craigslist. If they're not willing to put much effort into an initial contact, pretty poor chance that they'll put much effort into following through on any arrangements...

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Just respond with "I'm sorry. I don't speak this language. If you can respond in English I can answer any questions about the drums". For most teens, the bulk of the writing that they have done in their lives is on a phone. To them, that IS English.

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Just respond with "I'm sorry. I don't speak this language. If you can respond in English I can answer any questions about the drums". For most teens, the bulk of the writing that they have done in their lives is on a phone. To them, that IS English.

Tru dat!

You could ask him what he got on his IQ test...

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