Buying/Selling Best Practices

[Cwilliams1214]

I'm new to Rokslide and have some scopes that I would like to sell in the future. Does anyone have any words of wisdom for the best practices for selling or buying on forums? Is it essentially just an honor system? Is it typical to request payment prior to shipping, or vice-versa with a purchase agreement or something.

 

[JFK]

Offer to take a phone call or FaceTime so the buyer knows it’s not a scam.
Price things to move and you’ll deal with less people and less back and forth
Good communication. When selling something I make it a point to treat it as if someone bought from a store. Get it shipped ASAP, send them tracking. People are extending a fair bit of trust when they buy something from a stranger sight unseen and pay up front. Return the favor by showing them you are who you said you are and that the thing has shipped.

 

[Cwilliams1214]

Offer to take a phone call or FaceTime so the buyer knows it’s not a scam.
Price things to move and you’ll deal with less people and less back and forth
Good communication. When selling something I make it a point to treat it as if someone bought from a store. Get it shipped ASAP, send them tracking. People are extending a fair bit of trust when they buy something from a stranger sight unseen and pay up front. Return the favor by showing them you are who you said you are and that the thing has shipped.

I appreciate that insight. Thank you!

 

[Wheels]

Always get full payment before shipping.

 

[Axlrod]

First, establish a presence here. No one is sending a stack of money to a stranger that joined 3 days ago. Not being rude, but you wouldn't either.
Once you have 8-12 months and some meaningful posts:
Take good pictures, outside in natural light.
Post all the specs etc. The more detail, the less questions you need to answer.
Research the value of your item, if you are close to new price, they would rather buy a new one.
Put a single price including shipping. Flat rate USPS priority is the same price to everywhere execpt maybe AK & HI. It's easy to research.

Oh and welcome to Rokslide! This is a great place to learn stuff (and spend money on new stuff you learn about ). And we can always use your unique experiences to teach us stuff we didn't know.

 

[fwafwow]

First, establish a presence here. No one is sending a stack of money to a stranger that joined 3 days ago. Not being rude, but you wouldn't either.
Once you have 8-12 months and some meaningful posts:

I agree with all of what @Axlrod said, but especially the above. There is a decent amount of scams, on both the buy and sell sides, so as a brand new member you will probably have a smaller universe of buyers, will need to agree to Goods & Services, some verification, and may need to price below what a longer standing member could charge / or some combination thereof.

My $0.02

 

[Cwilliams1214]

First, establish a presence here. No one is sending a stack of money to a stranger that joined 3 days ago. Not being rude, but you wouldn't either.
Once you have 8-12 months and some meaningful posts:
Take good pictures, outside in natural light.
Post all the specs etc. The more detail, the less questions you need to answer.
Research the value of your item, if you are close to new price, they would rather buy a new one.
Put a single price including shipping. Flat rate USPS priority is the same price to everywhere execpt maybe AK & HI. It's easy to research.

Oh and welcome to Rokslide! This is a great place to learn stuff (and spend money on new stuff you learn about ). And we can always use your unique experiences to teach us stuff we didn't know.

I hear you there. Kicking myself for not joining earlier I'm building out a custom Tikka and am trying to sell some gear before diving into the next thing. I appreciate the reply!