Not sure why you'd entertain demoing them to anyone. In 20 years of selling tons of gear on A'gon, USAM and FB I've only ever demo'd one item - a pair of Focal Sopra 1- and even with these I required a $1000 deposit electronically first. Avoid last minute haggling, time wasters, nit pickers, "gee, I have to come back with my wife, friend etc." or a hundred other lame excuses. Even if the person is local have them complete the transaction electronically as if they were 500 miles away - like 99% of my buyers are anyway. You have everything to lose by doing a demo in your own home and little to gain imo.
Local pickup for speakers - should I let the buyer in the house or use the the garage?
I got someone coming from out of town to buy some Focal tower speakers I have for sale. They are going to pay cash. I had the ad on usaudiomart (the buyer is a guest so no ratings). The guy sounds like a good guy (spoke to him on the phone). But I am new to this... should I demo the speakers (just to show they work) in my garage or is it safe to demo them in the house? Wasn’t sure the best practice for this.
What do most do when having local pickup?
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@whoopycat +1. Seriously. Maybe because like a few other people on this forum I too grew up in a pretty rough area of the country and now that I live in a pretty moderate safe place I find being paranoid is simply overkill. I've sold several pieces of equipment locally and I've bought and I think each time save for one neutral location, either listen to something in their place or they listened to it in my place. My only caveat was that they take off their shoes before they come in. I'm just not at that stage where I am going to treat everyone like a future break-in and have my gun safe open and ready to access the minute they show up in the driveway. |
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