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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 3:45:30 GMT
I just sent a message to a guy advertising an amp on Facebook. It's an older Farfisa amp absolutely mint, , two channels each with bass. mid, and treble controls, high or low impedance, with reverb, two 15's, with the original cover. He says the controls may need cleaning because it hasn't been used in years. Original owner, bought in Italy. He's asking 25.00. Hard to say no at that price. I told him I'll pick it up tonight or tomorrow. We'll see what happens.
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Post by infant on Jun 8, 2021 3:55:20 GMT
I didn’t know that Farfisa made amps. I know they made organs back in the 60s and 70s. That’s a good, rare find.
Is it a tube amp? Has it been converted to 110V North American voltage? If the speakers are ALNICO, they’d be worth many times what you are paying
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 4:27:18 GMT
I don't know about the voltage. I checked and Italy's 220, but the original owner is Canadian so he may have bought the export model. The ad doesn't say anything about voltage, so I assume it'll run on 110. I've looked this amp up online and it sounds like a winner. Virtually all the things I've read describe it as 2 x 12 rather than 2 x 15, which would be fine. They also say the reverb is a spring unit and absolutely lush. Some places describe it as a 90 watt amp, some as 70 watts, but in every case, the ask prices are between 600.00 and 800.00, so I think I've found a winner. The guy's messaged me back and says I can pick it up tomorrow, mid afternoon. Even if it's the wrong voltage, a 2 x 12 speaker cabinet is worth the money to me, but I have a hunch that it's going to be a 110 model, based on the fact that he says it's been used in a lot of big shows but the controls might be noisy because it hasn't been used in years. I can hardly wait.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 4:37:41 GMT
I just looked a little further into it and one guy who's repairing on says "it has 4 EL34, 2 ECC82, and the preamp has transistors. I'm liking what I'm reading so far. I've also looked at a well-used version of the same amp on Reverb for 432.00 which shows the back panel and lists the operating voltage as 117 volts, so there's definitely an export version that operates on North American power.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jun 8, 2021 11:13:13 GMT
At $25 with that tube complement that is a joke of a price- a steal. Imagine if they were the original tubes and you wound up getting Telefunkens or Amperex?
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Post by infant on Jun 8, 2021 13:48:25 GMT
Go for it! Just open it up and check to see if the filter caps have any leaks or bulges. If it hasn’t been used in a long time, they’ll have dried up and will probably have a very short life. You can change them your self if you have a soldering iron and a multimeter. It’ll cost you about 5 bucks per cap, usually 4-5 filter caps in there. Just make sure you drain the voltage on the old ones before you do any work on the amp.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 1:17:15 GMT
The seller asked me to text today to tell him when I was coming. This morning at work, since I don't have text, I asked one of the girls in the office to text for me. A few minutes later, she got an answer.....The guy went ahead and sold it from under me....He said he was over-whelmed with about 80 phone calls after he agreed to sell it to me, and went ahead and sold it to someone who offered him more money. I was disappointed, but the girl who helped text my message was completely pxssed off...She texted the guy again, told him what an ignorant asshole he was and promised that he'd be reported to Facebook Maeketplace as someone who can't be trusted. I'm let down, but I'd told them at work that it seemed to good to be true and I wouldn't believe it until the amp was in the trunk of my car. I think I'm done.....I won't waste any more time even looking at Facebook Marketplace in the future.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jun 9, 2021 1:44:12 GMT
The seller asked me to text today to tell him when I was coming. This morning at work, since I don't have text, I asked one of the girls in the office to text for me. A few minutes later, she got an answer.....The guy went ahead and sold it from under me....He said he was over-whelmed with about 80 phone calls after he agreed to sell it to me, and went ahead and sold it to someone who offered him more money. I was disappointed, but the girl who helped text my message was completely pxssed off...She texted the guy again, told him what an ignorant asshole he was and promised that he'd be reported to Facebook Maeketplace as someone who can't be trusted. I'm let down, but I'd told them at work that it seemed to good to be true and I wouldn't believe it until the amp was in the trunk of my car. I think I'm done.....I won't waste any more time even looking at Facebook Marketplace in the future. Too good to be true is right. That really stinks, but between us, you can punish Facebook messenger for his post, but it doesn't change the fact that this guy obviously priced the amp too low. What would you do if you posted to sell something for $25 and someone offered you $400? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 2:01:11 GMT
The seller asked me to text today to tell him when I was coming. This morning at work, since I don't have text, I asked one of the girls in the office to text for me. A few minutes later, she got an answer.....The guy went ahead and sold it from under me....He said he was over-whelmed with about 80 phone calls after he agreed to sell it to me, and went ahead and sold it to someone who offered him more money. I was disappointed, but the girl who helped text my message was completely pxssed off...She texted the guy again, told him what an ignorant asshole he was and promised that he'd be reported to Facebook Maeketplace as someone who can't be trusted. I'm let down, but I'd told them at work that it seemed to good to be true and I wouldn't believe it until the amp was in the trunk of my car. I think I'm done.....I won't waste any more time even looking at Facebook Marketplace in the future. Too good to be true is right. That really stinks, but between us, you can punish Facebook messenger for his post, but it doesn't change the fact that this guy obviously priced the amp too low. What would you do if you posted to sell something for $25 and someone offered you $400? Well, everyone in the office at work universally agreed that the seller had done something slimey. They said that, at the very least, common courtesy and sales ethics dictated that he should have called me and given me an opportunity to meet or beat the higher offer. I would have done that....I had 220.00 cash in my jacket pocket and would have outbid the guy that eventually got the amp. I did what everyone else said was the right thing to do.....I reported him to Facebook Marketplace, which apparently will reflect in his public sales profile and make it hard for him to do other sales in the future.
Incidentally, I've been in the sellers position....Last summer when I was really tough for money, I advertised my modified 1963 GIbson EB3 bass for sale on Used Victoria for what I had paid for it (400.00). I got a call almost instantly, and told the buyer from Victoria that I'd sell it to him if he could come up to Duncan and buy it the same day. Afterward, I got numerous other calls, including one guy who said he'd drive down from Comox and pay me 1500.00 for it. I told him I already had committed it to another fellow who had already left and was driving 35 miles from Victoria and I was ethically obligated to sell it to him, particularly since he was taking a long drive to get it. He was pretty disappointed and made some really uncomplimentary remarks about what a dumb bastard I was to turn down almost four times the money I was going get from the guy in Victoria. I said sorry, hung up, and while I regretted not getting an extra 1100.00 dollars that I could have used, I knew I'd sleep well that night. I have expectations that other people should treat me the way they'd want to be treated.
I've learned a lesson though...I won't waste any more time trying buy on Facebook Marketplace. At least when you deal with a retail store, they won't screw you over.
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Post by infant on Jun 9, 2021 2:23:58 GMT
That really, really sucks.
You can’t blame marketplace for this f*ckup. I’ve bought stuff on marketplace and never had a problem. Unfortunately, this guy was a huge @$$hole by not even giving you a chance to match the other offer. I’m starting to think that he was trying to play a bidding game to see how much he could get because you were ready to go pick it up right away and he told you to wait a day or so ( if I recall correctly)
Oh well, maybe Karma will even things out and the guy who bought it will find that the entire amp needs an overhaul and the speakers are shot….or maybe he’ll turn it on, blow a filter cap and take out the transformer!!!
Boy, I can be evil….
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Post by Die Bullen on Jun 9, 2021 11:08:35 GMT
Too good to be true is right. That really stinks, but between us, you can punish Facebook messenger for his post, but it doesn't change the fact that this guy obviously priced the amp too low. What would you do if you posted to sell something for $25 and someone offered you $400? Well, everyone in the office at work universally agreed that the seller had done something slimey. They said that, at the very least, common courtesy and sales ethics dictated that he should have called me and given me an opportunity to meet or beat the higher offer. I would have done that....I had 220.00 cash in my jacket pocket and would have outbid the guy that eventually got the amp. I did what everyone else said was the right thing to do.....I reported him to Facebook Marketplace, which apparently will reflect in his public sales profile and make it hard for him to do other sales in the future.
Incidentally, I've been in the sellers position....Last summer when I was really tough for money, I advertised my modified 1963 GIbson EB3 bass for sale on Used Victoria for what I had paid for it (400.00). I got a call almost instantly, and told the buyer from Victoria that I'd sell it to him if he could come up to Duncan and buy it the same day. Afterward, I got numerous other calls, including one guy who said he'd drive down from Comox and pay me 1500.00 for it. I told him I already had committed it to another fellow who had already left and was driving 35 miles from Victoria and I was ethically obligated to sell it to him, particularly since he was taking a long drive to get it. He was pretty disappointed and made some really uncomplimentary remarks about what a dumb bastard I was to turn down almost four times the money I was going get from the guy in Victoria. I said sorry, hung up, and while I regretted not getting an extra 1100.00 dollars that I could have used, I knew I'd sleep well that night. I have expectations that other people should treat me the way they'd want to be treated.
I've learned a lesson though...I won't waste any more time trying buy on Facebook Marketplace. At least when you deal with a retail store, they won't screw you over.
I agree with your co-workers that this was a slimy thing to do. I guess I have a higher tolerance for this stuff because things like this happen all the time where things are sold out from under people and I kind of feel it is a case of "easy come easy go". Reporting him to FB messenger is one thing, but not using the service ever again seems extreme. Do you honestly think that Facebook has any insight into this situation and that their controls should have worked better? That's like punishing the billion sellers on EBAY for one bad experience. But that's up to you. |
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Post by johnreardon on Jun 9, 2021 11:37:23 GMT
Well, everyone in the office at work universally agreed that the seller had done something slimey. They said that, at the very least, common courtesy and sales ethics dictated that he should have called me and given me an opportunity to meet or beat the higher offer. I would have done that....I had 220.00 cash in my jacket pocket and would have outbid the guy that eventually got the amp. I did what everyone else said was the right thing to do.....I reported him to Facebook Marketplace, which apparently will reflect in his public sales profile and make it hard for him to do other sales in the future.
Incidentally, I've been in the sellers position....Last summer when I was really tough for money, I advertised my modified 1963 GIbson EB3 bass for sale on Used Victoria for what I had paid for it (400.00). I got a call almost instantly, and told the buyer from Victoria that I'd sell it to him if he could come up to Duncan and buy it the same day. Afterward, I got numerous other calls, including one guy who said he'd drive down from Comox and pay me 1500.00 for it. I told him I already had committed it to another fellow who had already left and was driving 35 miles from Victoria and I was ethically obligated to sell it to him, particularly since he was taking a long drive to get it. He was pretty disappointed and made some really uncomplimentary remarks about what a dumb bastard I was to turn down almost four times the money I was going get from the guy in Victoria. I said sorry, hung up, and while I regretted not getting an extra 1100.00 dollars that I could have used, I knew I'd sleep well that night. I have expectations that other people should treat me the way they'd want to be treated.
I've learned a lesson though...I won't waste any more time trying buy on Facebook Marketplace. At least when you deal with a retail store, they won't screw you over.
I agree with your co-workers that this was a slimy thing to do. I guess I have a higher tolerance for this stuff because things like this happen all the time where things are sold out from under people and I kind of feel it is a case of "easy come easy go". Reporting him to FB messenger is one thing, but not using the service ever again seems extreme. Do you honestly think that Facebook has any insight into this situation and that their controls should have worked better? That's like punishing the billion sellers on EBAY for one bad experience. But that's up to you.
It's a difficult one this. As you say, it happens all the time on these sort of places.
I've had people offer me more than my advertised price for a guitar, when I've told them it's already promised to someone else. I've always said 'No, but I'll keep their details in case the promised sale falls through'.
In most cases, my sale went ahead, but I have had one or two time wasters who didn't turn up to buy and when I went back to the other person, they said sorry, they had bought something else.
You take a chance with these 'buy and sell' places. Leave reviews, good or bad if you can, but to not use it again is a bit extreme
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Post by zontar on Jun 10, 2021 7:27:16 GMT
While it hasn't been music gear, I have sold stuff via online options.
(Some vehicles, a tent trailer, etc)
My way of doing it is never guaranteeing a sale to anybody--often they don't show up & the others you turned away went elsewhere--and you may not make the sale.
I told people who express interest, the first person to show up with cash gets it.
That way you sell it.
With the tent trailer one guy wanted to buy it, but had to wait until pay day.
I told him if nobody else buys it first, you can.
When someone showed up a day or two later & paid for it, I did send him a message to say it was sold, so he didn't show up.
Of course these days with people less likely to go to somebody's home, etc--and meeting up in other places (As well as spell's examples of people travelling further distances) it could complicate that.
But yeah--if I had arranged to meet someone and someone else called up I would say something like --if the previous buyer doesn't show up or declines to buy it, you're next--or something like that.
Neve had anything sell out from under me--but have had tomes where it sold before I could ask--and the ad wasn't updated yet.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jun 10, 2021 11:13:48 GMT
While it hasn't been music gear, I have sold stuff via online options. (Some vehicles, a tent trailer, etc) My way of doing it is never guaranteeing a sale to anybody--often they don't show up & the others you turned away went elsewhere--and you may not make the sale. I told people who express interest, the first person to show up with cash gets it. That way you sell it. With the tent trailer one guy wanted to buy it, but had to wait until pay day. I told him if nobody else buys it first, you can. When someone showed up a day or two later & paid for it, I did send him a message to say it was sold, so he didn't show up. Of course these days with people less likely to go to somebody's home, etc--and meeting up in other places (As well as spell's examples of people travelling further distances) it could complicate that. But yeah--if I had arranged to meet someone and someone else called up I would say something like --if the previous buyer doesn't show up or declines to buy it, you're next--or something like that. Neve had anything sell out from under me--but have had tomes where it sold before I could ask--and the ad wasn't updated yet. Probably a sensible thing to do- just tell them first one with cash in hand takes it. It is very irritating when someone says they want you to hold something and then after you do they never show up. I'd probably only really care if something was sold out from under me if I had to travel a long distance to pick it up and then found out. |
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Post by infant on Jun 10, 2021 13:35:13 GMT
I’ll usually change the ad to state “pending sale” if someone plans on coming within 24 hours. I put the others in a first come, first serve queue and will email the first two or three to tell them that if the other person doesn’t show up, I will let them know.
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Post by johnreardon on Jun 10, 2021 14:55:43 GMT
I’ll usually change the ad to state “ pending sale” if someone plans on coming within 24 hours. I put the others in a first come, first serve queue and will email the first two or three to tell them that if the other person doesn’t show up, I will let them know. I do the same |
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Post by zontar on Jun 13, 2021 1:01:27 GMT
the main thing is expectations being set beforehand--so both seller & possible buyer are on the same page.
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Post by Bill h on Jul 3, 2021 6:48:17 GMT
I think the guy lowballed it to start a bidding war and got what he wanted. Just because your not making a deal face to face doesn’t mean you throw integrity out the window, what an ass.
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