AnotherScott Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 You can buy with PayPal, but if you sell, you MUST provide your bank account number and routing info and use the Reverb Payment system. They will not pay you with PayPal. Same with eBay. Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Seems PayPal is getting shunted aside. Maybe some of their employees should dust off their resumes. Grey Quote I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I thought they had a maximum fee or something??? I'm not sure if the 1.5% (shipping insurance) tacked on to an item that sells for $1,500 or more is a new fee. I hated that when I saw it recently...so I used my UPS account to ship it instead. Problem solved. dB I should have done the same thing. The Reverb shipping price is usually lower than UPS so I didn't even consider it. Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Hughes Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Really, no PayPal? You can buy with PayPal, but if you sell, you MUST provide your bank account number and routing info and use the Reverb Payment system. They will not pay you with PayPal. I've gotten all my payments through PayPal (the last was about a month ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I've only had one experience with reverb so far, and it was extremely negative. It was while I was working in Durham NC. A local seller had an instrument I wanted, but Reverb's rules meant I couldn't pick it up in person. Understandably, it's related to their verification process. I'd write more, but the forum is freezing up all day so I can't see what I'm typing. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 This is actually not true, Mark. It is up to the seller, and certainly anyone can do local pickup if the seller allows. Look how many products on Reverb are local pick only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Motif Max Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 IDK Mark, I contacted a seller who happened to live right across the river in the next city before I bought an item, and they changed their listing to local pickup. I bought it and picked it up locally (Emu PROformance Plus). All I had to do extra was mark that I received the item in my Reverb account. Quote Yamaha: Motif XF8, MODX7, YS200, CVP-305, CLP-130, YPG-235, PSR-295, PSS-470 | Roland: Fantom 7, JV-1000 Kurzweil: PC3-76| Hammond: SK Pro 73 | Korg: Triton LE 76, N1R, X5DR | Emu: Proteus/1 | Casio: CT-370 | Novation: Launchkey 37 MK3 | Technics: WSA1R Former: Emu Proformance Plus & Mo'Phatt, Korg Krome 61, Roland Fantom XR & JV-1010, Yamaha MX61, Behringer CAT, Kurzweil PC4 (88) Assorted electric & acoustic guitars and electric basses | Roland TD-17 KVX | Alesis SamplePad Pro | Assorted organs, accordions, other instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 It is up to the seller, and certainly anyone can do local pickup if the seller allows. Absolutely. I just did that very thing recently myself. I actually changed the live listing to allow it when someone local decided to buy the mixer I was selling dB Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outkaster Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I have some things up there. People aren't buying things I find on Reverb as fast as E-Bay. Quote "Danny, ci manchi a tutti. La E-Street Band non e' la stessa senza di te. Riposa in pace, fratello" noblevibes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 That's what I thought, but the seller told me it is an across-the-board non-negotiable policy, and a new one at that (as of last November or so). Needless to say, I didn't do the buy, as the advantage of dealing locally was removed from the equation and his price otherwise was high. I've been afraid to do anything on Reverb as it's still an unknown for me, in terms of safety as a buyer, and becoming a seller is quite hard. As it is, I'm having good luck on the bay lately, but their fees, as well as PP's, have gone way up (I consider it bad form to name the entities). Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Hughes Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 "I've been afraid to do anything on Reverb as it's still an unknown for me, in terms of safety as a buyer, and becoming a seller is quite hard." How is becoming a seller hard? I signed up and listed stuff immediately, and everything I've listed has sold quickly without any issues. If eBay works, that's great â keep using it; but reverb has been very simple and successful for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 My only beef with Reverb as a buyer is that I can't use filters. IE with ebay I can use "arp -behringer -korg" when I want to see the vintage ARP stuff and not the reissues (and pages of store listings). To my knowledge, Reverb doesn't have that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Hughes Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 The filters are on the left. Search for "synthesizers" and you can check what you do and don't want to see in the "Brand" section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Metlay Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I've sold very few items on Reverb but all the sales have been quick, clean, and satisfying. I'm still working out how to not get completely screwed on shipping costs, though. Ebay... I've been burned so often that I finally gave up. Quote Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I bought from Reverb a number of times when CME owned them, in fact one time wanting to buy a used guitar from CME they said they can't discount, but it's listed on Reverb and we can accept bids from Reverb. That was cool. Back in my computer days I bought some stuff off eBay, only bought music gear once maybe twice so it was okay no problems, but I liked the Reverb experience a lot more especially since it all music gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0Ampy0o Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Makes me optimistic reading all of the good experiences with Reverb. I have not used them but have used Ebay. I have read that Reverb tends to look out for the seller more than Ebay does in that Ebay tends to favor the buyer more frequently than not. I have been reluctant to use either and have been worried about SCAMMERS. ....on the bay lately, but their fees, as well as PP's, have gone way up (I consider it bad form to name the entities).... Misguided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 ....on the bay lately, but their fees, as well as PP's, have gone way up (I consider it bad form to name the entities).... Misguided Not completely. Maybe he's thinking of this forum policy though since "the bay" doesn't have sales guys it really shouldn't matter. Discussing specific pricing/talking about specific retailers We request that members not post about any specific retailer in regards to pricing of gear/great deals they got, etc. Here's why: in the early days of the forum, music store sales guys would come on here trolling for sales...some of them would even stoop so low as to pretend to be just another end user who just wanted to share the news about this cool store they bought their gear at, or some wonderful salesguy that they thought all of us should know about... rolleyes Consequently, we try and keep info about specific pricing/retailers off the boards. Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0Ampy0o Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 .....Maybe he's thinking of this forum policy though since "the bay" doesn't have sales guys it really shouldn't matter........We request that members not post about any specific retailer in regards to pricing of gear/great deals they got..... "Bad form" is not saying "against forum policy/rules" it is a perception of what is socially unacceptable. Many people do not want to say "Ebay" on forums for instance because they treat it like it's taboo as in blasphemy. Here in the context of this thread there is no difference between PP and PayPal unless saying the actual name you will be stricken by lightening or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael_I Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Happy as both buyer and seller. Have shipped, have picked up. Vastly better than eBay in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Happy as both buyer and seller. Have shipped, have picked up. Vastly better than eBay in my experience. My experience also, even with the rising costs. I sell everything "As Is", use Reverb's shipping and buy Reverb's insurance. As soon as I print the label, the money becomes available to me. I then transfer it to my bank account and have the money the next business day. Might cost me a few extra dollars, but the sale is completely finished. No customer returns, and any problems with shipping damage are dealt with by Reverb, not me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzzz Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I always ship separately, I have a FedEx account. With regard to PayPal, their payment system does hold on to money, but as you develop a good reputation with Reverb they shorten the hold, if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 as you develop a good reputation with Reverb they shorten the hold, if I remember correctly. This very well could be true. I am listed as a "Preferred Seller, Quick Responder, and Quick Shipper". One has to write an essay on why one should become a "Preferred Seller", then one gets approved or not by Reverb staff. This is probably the key to quick payment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outkaster Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Also Reverb isn't as well known, even now when I mention it to some musicians they havent heard of it. Quote "Danny, ci manchi a tutti. La E-Street Band non e' la stessa senza di te. Riposa in pace, fratello" noblevibes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Motif Max Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 That's what I thought, but the seller told me it is an across-the-board non-negotiable policy, and a new one at that (as of last November or so). ... I bought my PROformance a month ago or so, so that's not the case. HOWEVER, it might be that Reverb will not allow someone to do local pickup *after* buying an item that was listed with shipping. For me the seller changed the listing to local pickup only before I purchased it, and it worked great. That might be the difference. Quote Yamaha: Motif XF8, MODX7, YS200, CVP-305, CLP-130, YPG-235, PSR-295, PSS-470 | Roland: Fantom 7, JV-1000 Kurzweil: PC3-76| Hammond: SK Pro 73 | Korg: Triton LE 76, N1R, X5DR | Emu: Proteus/1 | Casio: CT-370 | Novation: Launchkey 37 MK3 | Technics: WSA1R Former: Emu Proformance Plus & Mo'Phatt, Korg Krome 61, Roland Fantom XR & JV-1010, Yamaha MX61, Behringer CAT, Kurzweil PC4 (88) Assorted electric & acoustic guitars and electric basses | Roland TD-17 KVX | Alesis SamplePad Pro | Assorted organs, accordions, other instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Also Reverb isn't as well known, even now when I mention it to some musicians they havent heard of it. CME the company that started Reverb was mainly a guitar store so Reverb leaned more to guitars and related equipment. CME sold Reverb a couple years ago and they seem to all more of all varieties of instruments. My guess they are still new to non-guitar types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 The filters are on the left. Search for "synthesizers" and you can check what you do and don't want to see in the "Brand" section. I haven't been to Reverb in a while, they must had added those. Good feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Ebay lost me once they stopped sellers being able to leave negative feedback on buyers. Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I like reverb for the feel. Especially on guitars. I have to limit its use live. Too much makes a big mess. Dry has more balls. Except pedal steel. I use liberal amounts of verb and some delay on steel. It helps steel be the organ/pad machine in a Country band. Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Oops. Sorry. Never mind, not that reverb. Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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