mr dave

Private sale. Whether it's through Craigslist, a yard sale, word of mouth, facebook, bulletin boards at your local bar / music store, whatever.

You're right that a fair price for a used Rebel is about $300, but that's what the store would have to ask for, they can't offer you the same price otherwise they'd be losing money and running their business into the ground. It's an unfortunate reality of the situation, DO NOT ever sell gear to a music store or pawn shop unless you need ANY amount of cash right now.

Generally speaking it seems break down like this when you're dealing in instruments. If you try trading back to a store for credit towards other gear they'll give you half price rounded down to the nearest hundred. If you just want cash they'll give you half of the amount of store credit they'd offer for a trade.

I have a guitar that retailed for $1050 a few years ago. I asked about selling it back to a local music store a few weeks ago and noticed that it now retails for $850. They offered me $200 cash.

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