WTB!! want to buy

[teleman1]

What is the deal with these? Are they looking for rock bottom prices or hoping to find what they want and willing to pay the pauper?

 

[brookdalebill]

Nope.
They’re looking for something that’s hard to find.
I’ve posted WTB ads on CL, and had luck.
It’s the opposite of low-balling.
The person who places a WTB ad usually has the cash to buy what they seek, and will readily pay fair, to more than fair money for it.
Often they are seeking rare, uncommon, or unique things.

 

[SixStringSlinger]

And sometimes you're scrolling through CL (or whatever) and see a WTB ad for something you forgot you had and wouldn't mind parting with.

 

[Festofish]

I find it ridiculous unless it’s a rare or specialty item.

 

[Refugee]

It worked for me on CL. Where else can you get a mint, vintage 16ohm JBL K120? The kicker. He only wanted $125.00 for it. I easily would've paid double that.

 

[rze99]

It's not ridiculous.
It's just a sales and wanted ad.
I've sold to people who posted a WTB when I realised I didn't need the item anymore and was just too lazy to put an ad up. Typically get full market price because the person is chasing the product.

 

[jrblue]

The person who places a WTB ad usually has the cash to buy what they seek, and will readily pay fair, to more than fair money for it.
Often they are seeking rare, uncommon, or unique things.

Yes. And it's a way of reaching people who don't know that what they may have is saleable, even valuable. Where I live now (rural area) there are lots of old homes and old residents, and as these turn over, those who inherit may not be aware that dad had a guitar in the closet for decades, or that the pile of oldfangled electronics include an amp, etc.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

What is the deal with these? Are they looking for rock bottom prices

They're usually ready to pay top samolian. That's how it works when you make the seller come to you. The seller has the advantage.

or hoping to find what they want and willing to pay the pauper?

Heh heh. Normally I'd say piper. But we're not pipers, we're guitar players, fer cryin' out loud. So pauper makes a lot more sense!

 

[Swirling Snow]

So, I'm still unclear. What do you want to buy?

 

[teleman1]

It worked for me on CL. Where else can you get a mint, vintage 16ohm JBL K120? The kicker. He only wanted $125.00 for it. I easily would've paid double that.

Kicker? You mean the plus?

 

[schmee]

WTB? Yes, your best price please.! People on the usual places are asking too much and you may have one sitting in your closet.

 

[ElvisNixon]

In my case I’m looking for Blackguard Book #2407 to match my ‘52 Tele. I’m not looking to get it on the cheap.

I’ve had good luck finding rare stuff I’m looking for from members here and we arrive at a price where we’re both happy with.

You can see my WTB post below.

 

[dented]

I see them. I don't mind them. I think they fall into categories.

1. Person WTB a specific item that is willing to pay the normal going price or even more depending on their passion for owning the item.
2. Person WTB a specific item at a lower price than market (sometimes price is posted) hoping to find someone who needs cash that has such item and will sell short.
3. Person WTB item that was previously stolen from them (unannounced) to flush out the dirty scoundrels.
4. Person WTB difficult to find obscure item that is in your junk pile out behind the barn.
One thing is when you post that you get all kinds of answers and you have to weed them out.

 

[Refugee]

Kicker? You mean the plus?

Yes. That is a really great price. You see them on ebay in worse condition for around $400.

 

[teletimetx]

They're usually ready to pay top samolian. That's how it works when you make the seller come to you. The seller has the advantage.

Heh heh. Normally I'd say piper. But we're not pipers, we're guitar players, fer cryin' out loud. So pauper makes a lot more sense!

In the same vain/vein way, samolian is a webervated mangled spelling and apparently, only accepted at Sam’s Club.

Simoleons are the duck’s ducats, the folding beer vouchers, the spondoolicks, the Viceroy’s colons, the cabbage lingua frankage, but paying the pauper is mangled just about writeously.

 

[kuch]

I don't mind them. I've never found anything I wanted or had anything someone was looking for though.....

 

[jackinjax]

At this point I'd have to post a "WICB" ad. Wish I could buy.

 

[PhoenixBill]

I’ve also seen another phenomenon on CL: there will be an item for sale, usually for an inflated price. Then a little while later a WTB ad will pop up for the exact same item, often with “willing to pay top dollar” or some such. Gee, you think that might be a shill WTB ad?

Nah, everyone is honest on the ‘net.