It's so hard to say goodbye...

To survive until the money from our startup business begins to come in, I've sold a LOT of gear over the last two plus years...  but it doesn't get any easier!
 
Next up on the block will be my Roland XV-5080 ROMpler with a few extra cards in it, but it seems like I've made every excuse possible not to actually get it listed!  Tonight I finally hooked it up and demo'ed things and boy did it sound good...  I keep telling myself how much better the new soft-synths and samples have gotten, but I still find my self procrastinating when I should have had this thing listed and sold about a month ago!
 
Anyone else have a LOT of difficulty selling gear?
 
I guess I'll need to sell it soon, eating has become such a habit for me...

Craig,

A little over eight years ago I too suffered a serious financial setback and had to sell my studio. The only things of value I was able to keep were my Alembic bass, my Solid Tube and C414 mics and my Strat. Everything else went for pennies on the dollar.

I was seriously hardware and ADAT based then. Today I have no external hardware (save for mic pre's) and I'm a happy camper. The change was a good one for me.

At least I know I won't wind up on an episode of Hoarders...

Anyone else have a LOT of difficulty selling gear?

 
<Raises hand>

That's what's weird...  I really don't value it THAT much and personally can't wait to be able to replace it with the much better quality samples that are now out there.  It's just that I can't stop procrastinating doing all the crap required to sell it (pictures, ad-copy, listing, dealing with idiots who are trying to scam me but have no clue of English, etc.).

Procrastinating is the only activity I'm motivated in doing right now.

craigb


That's what's weird...  I really don't value it THAT much and personally can't wait to be able to replace it with the much better quality samples that are now out there.  It's just that I can't stop procrastinating doing all the crap required to sell it (pictures, ad-copy, listing, dealing with idiots who are trying to scam me but have no clue of English, etc.).

Procrastinating is the only activity I'm motivated in doing right now.

I have been procrastinating selling a lot of stuff I no longer need as well.  I wanted to sell an old yamaha psr keyboard and 'upgrade' it to an MM6.  well.  I found the MM6 at a great price at a pawn shop 'round the corner, but I've had the MM6 for 2 months now, so I didn't exactly sell the PSR in order to "upgrade" it (at least that's what I told Mrs. Beagle!).  I finally put it and a bunch of other stuff on ebay and CL just 2 days ago after procrastinating for months.
 
the part I really dread will come in a week when I have to box stuff up and mail it.

Beagle

craigb


That's what's weird...  I really don't value it THAT much and personally can't wait to be able to replace it with the much better quality samples that are now out there.  It's just that I can't stop procrastinating doing all the crap required to sell it (pictures, ad-copy, listing, dealing with idiots who are trying to scam me but have no clue of English, etc.).

Procrastinating is the only activity I'm motivated in doing right now.

I have been procrastinating selling a lot of stuff I no longer need as well.  I wanted to sell an old yamaha psr keyboard and 'upgrade' it to an MM6.  well.  I found the MM6 at a great price at a pawn shop 'round the corner, but I've had the MM6 for 2 months now, so I didn't exactly sell the PSR in order to "upgrade" it (at least that's what I told Mrs. Beagle!).  I finally put it and a bunch of other stuff on ebay and CL just 2 days ago after procrastinating for months.
 
the part I really dread will come in a week when I have to box stuff up and mail it.

But how can you sell it to other people if you give it to the first person that buys it???

mike_mccue


Investing in our future is the future.

Only time will tell.

Best of luck with your start-up.  I hope it does well and you can afford to give us all great deals when we go green. 

I have a start up company - its called mooch.com - you just click on a link and send me money cuz you really like me and I'll text you once in a while when I am board in return  

so far ... bapu is my only client - 

but t pays the bills so I cant complain too much 

Yikes!  Had to post those did ya?  We're an engineering firm, not a design firm bit so no flashy photographer...  Until we have enough projects going and people to cover everything, along with a new facility (could be as soon as late September), there isn't much time to clean up the website (or our ugly mugs).

What's more impressive is my "hat" collection.  Ian's the sales guru, head of engineering and the virtual CEO (we're an LLC not an Inc.) - he's great with customers and concepts but not so much with organizing and details.  The two Ukrainian brothers concentrate on engineering plus R&D and the guys not shown generally have one function.  Frank is primarily a business consultant and will be taking over purchasing from me soon.  Me?  I'm pretty much everything else.  If we were incorporated, I'd be the COO, CFO and CIO...  I get to create all the marketing materials which includes my PhotoShop and voice-over fun, handle all the finances and purchasing, do all the portfolio, program & project management, handle all the IT work and mathmatical modeling, share a business analyst role with Ian and sometimes Frank, take care of the Enterprise Content & Human Resource areas and, on top of it all, I do most of the administrative assitant work as well!  Too many hats...

Next month I should be able to hire some help for the office including a sharp girl who's great on the phones and tri-lingual (she's already helped us as a translator with our Central American customers).  I'd hire her for her abilities and Ian would because of her looks (win-win I guess).  We'll have to get her picture on our marketing material and bring her to trade shows like the big boys do.

Anyone want to buy a hat? 

craigb


That's what's weird...  I really don't value it THAT much and personally can't wait to be able to replace it with the much better quality samples that are now out there.  It's just that I can't stop procrastinating doing all the crap required to sell it (pictures, ad-copy, listing, dealing with idiots who are trying to scam me but have no clue of English, etc.).

Procrastinating is the only activity I'm motivated in doing right now.

  Oh I must have misunderstood. I tried to sell my Motif awhile back,but like you, I find selling stuff a hassle. When it didn't sell I just decided to keep it. Best decision I could have made. I keep thinking about all of the old stuff I sold and wish I had kept most of it.