Best Place To Sell Music Gear?

Up till now I've always sold thru eBay. But after getting stiffed by a buyer claiming an item was defective when it wasn't (it was returned in working condition but slightly damaged and I'm out shipping for both ways and selling fees), I researched eBay and found a lot of sellers are getting stiffed by bogus buyer claims. It's now too easy for ebay buyers to make false claims.
 
So the need for a better, seller friendly, sales outlet is in order. Any ideas?

I think without a doubt, reverb.com
They make it simple and painless. Especially if you have multiple things to sell.
It takes a little effort to set up your paypal or whatever payment system to use, but once it's set up, its' very easy and convenient! 

Too many reports of people getting ripped off, locally, on Craig's list.  I only sold one item on e-bay and it wasn't a problem.  I tried selling twice on the gearslutz forum and never got any responses.  I belong to the steelguitar forum and sell mostly on there as its a "closed" forum - only members can contact other members, e-mail, personal info is shielded from non members.

Another place is KVR Marketplace....although most of it is software, I've seen a lot of hardware.
 
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=43&start=30

I've sold smaller things on Ebay, and it has gone well.
For bigger items (guitars, amps, etc) I've used Craigslist and similar face-to-face sites.  With these, you have to weed through a lot of low offers and time wasters, but there are no shipping issues and have cash in hand.
 
I've looked at selling consignment in a music store, but haven't actually sent any hardware this way yet.  It has the benefit of someone being able to see it, try it, etc.  but for a price.

I live in Toronto which has several Facebook communities for musicians buying/selling/trading

fireberd
Too many reports of people getting ripped off, locally, on Craig's list.  

Getting ripped off how exactly? Craigslist is local. When you sell something, a person shows up, hands you cash and you hand them the item. Honestly if you're getting ripped off doing it that way, you're going to get ripped off no matter what you do. Meeting in person and accepting cash only is about the most bulletproof way to conduct a transaction there is.

To be fair, you do tend to have to weed through a fair number of scam responses to craigslist ads. But I've found they're extremely easy to weed out. Basically if the person responding doesn't name whatever it is I'm selling in their reply (i.e. is the strat still available?) or only refers to whatever it is as an 'item' I delete the response and move on.

Never had an issue selling anything this way. Like others, I've given up on ebay because I've had issues with buyers making bogus claims about things being defective.

According to area newspapers and TV, if you have a smart phone you're at risk because a bad guy could hack it and figure out where you live. OMG, the horror. A stranger actually knowing where you live. I have a cellphone so I guess I'll beat it with a rock and then sell my house and move so no bad guys figure out where I live.
 
Also according to are newspapers and TV, if your teenager is acting withdrawn and moody, its because they're on dope. A withdrawn moody teenager you say? Who ever heard of such a thing?
 
And don't you dare ever take your car to a local repair shop because according to area newspapers and TV, they'll rob you blind and you won't even know its happening.
 
News media doesn't make money unless the sky is falling. So when the sky refuses to fall, they find ways make you think it is even though it isn't.

Deal with local people. Only accept cash. Only meet them in crowded public locations.

JohanSebatianGremlin
...Meeting in person and accepting cash only is about the most bulletproof way to conduct a transaction there is.

Not unless you include getting clubbed over the head or robbed at gunpoint or "disappeared off the face of the Earth" as part of the transaction.
 
I've never heard of an online Ebayer falling victim to any of those scenarios.  Just saying -- I'd rather lose a hundred bucks or get cheated out of an amp then try to dig my way out of a shallow grave with a concussion (if I'm lucky). 

JonD

JohanSebatianGremlin
...Meeting in person and accepting cash only is about the most bulletproof way to conduct a transaction there is.

Not unless you include getting clubbed over the head or robbed at gunpoint or "disappeared off the face of the Earth" as part of the transaction.
 

True because that does happen hundreds of times per day. Wow, do you smell that? That's sarcasm. I'd recognize it anywhere. Smells fresh too so the assailant must be close by. We'll have to be careful. 

If we're going to truly honest, being robbed at gunpoint or abducted in the course of meeting someone to conduct craigslist transaction is a very real possibility. It most definitely could happen.
 
Of course if we're being truly honest, those things are a very real possibility every single time you leave your house regardless of where you're going or what you're doing.
 
So the next logical question becomes how much more risk are you exposing yourself to by adding a craigslist transaction to the equation vs just being out in public for any other reason. While not scientific at all, a bit of searching on news headlines will quickly inform anyone that it would certainly seem the amount of risk increase is on the order of way less than 1% vs just being out in public. 

Its a risk that's there and it certainly could happen, can't deny that. But honestly if an increase in risk exposure of less than 1% is going to be a deal breaker for someone, that person should probably not be leaving the house for anything ever IMO.