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Chankgeez wrote:I knew that.

coupleonapkins wrote:

Chankgeez wrote:

coupleonapkins wrote:

Your stupid gif isn't showin' up for me.

Chankgeez wrote:

coupleonapkins wrote:

Your stupid gif isn't showin' up for me.

dickens wrote:I only have two posts on ILF, so not much ethos behind me, but I wanted to weigh in on the "flipping" debate real quick. I asked an ex (when we were together) her opinion on flipping the CBA gen loss for profit cuz I didn't feel right about it. She is a small business owner and thought the question was ridiculous, of course I should sell it for profit. She's also pretty opportunistic and we ended up disagreeing on a lot of small, ethical dilemmas, but she had one really good point: if I sold it for the approx. 400 I paid for it new, it would have almost certainly been scooped up by someone trying to sell it for 800.

I listed it for 500 when they were going for 700+, hoping that would be a good middle ground. It got bought immediately and I figured the profit could recover for smaller hits I take financially on gear, and also assumed/hoped that the person who bought it had the money for that kind of expense and really wanted it.

I recently sold my Draume for exactly what I paid for it new (big regrets about selling it at all, but the dude who bought it sounded more active right now musically); sold a Stammen for slightly more than what I paid new for it (also regret), but 200 less than any other reverb listing; and sold a blooper for an 80 dollar loss (some amazing features with a deeply flawed workflow/interface).

Seems reasonable to want to break even, but it also seems reasonable to accept some financial hits occasionally when GAS gets the best of a person.

Lastly, and I'm sorry for moralizing so much here, I also need to frequently realize that my pedalboard, even after downsizing, is worth as much as a used car. I think a lot of moral justifications or conundrums about flipping go out the window. These are all luxury items, which isn't to minimize the achievements of builders or the inspiration their pedals can yield, nor the fact that all their prices seem totally ethical considering the work that goes into them. Each of my favorite pedals (CT5, Shallow Water (yup), Fuck Overdrive, Draume etc.) causes me to view music (and the world) a little differently. But... I don't need any of them to make music.

Alright, that got tangential. Also, I'll start listing stuff here (sorry I haven't before). That is definitely one way to avoid the bullshit of listing on reverb.