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Your new and old collectible Vintage, Luthier, and rare guitars, instruments, and gear can be worth a small fortune and it's important to discover the realistic current market value so you know what you have - and then find a way to maximize your net proceeds should you decide to sell. And, the stakes are high indeed. With many examples selling for thousands or tens of thousands depending on a myriad of detail and nuance - it's critical to have expert help to properly evaluate and market your valuable instrument or entire collection!
We so frequently hear stories from our customers about how they were ripped off or sold something for peanuts because they didn't know what they had. Opportunistic lowballers, pawnshops, and less reputable established stores and retailers often take advantage of those who don't take the time to find out!
So start by getting a Free Verified Market Appraisal and begin with the knowlege of what you have! We consult published price guides, current market conditions and comparables, condition/originality, as well as seasonal and trend information. We'll get right back to you with
Wherever you are, GuitarDesires professional brokerage has evolved a cutting edge package of custom online services for your instruments or entire collections. Depending on your needs, we can offer you both a verified top cash quick purchase option or a customized boutique level online commission-based marketing program for the highest level return.
After we check out the Appraisal Request you send us, GuitarDesires contacts you to discuss your intake and confirm your description of the item after which we will present a guaranteed buyout purchase or commission price offer option for your consideration.
If you wish to proceed, we welcome fine guitars, instruments, and gear from anywhere on the planet and we'll arrange your convenient intake either by an insured shipping with an Incoming GuitarDesire Box, personal pickup, or a drop-off appointment. Once you start your intake, we'll contact you and take care of all the details to get the process started! Our Incoming Box is a simple personal intake kit to your door that includes a custom box, prepaid fully insured return label, all packaging materials, and easy-to-follow instructions to help get your things safely to us so we can get started.
Once the item arrives at our Boulder Colorado center, we authenticate, confirm the condition, and finalize the buyout or consignment option with you at that time.
Verified GuitarDesires cash buyout offers and commission estimates are based on current market conditions, recently sold comparables, item condition/originality, with seasonal and trend considered. Most clients find that the buyout option works out to about 15% less than consignment scenarios and the rapid liquidity is a plus. With rarer and/or more valuable situations, price uncertainty often favors the commission-based high initial price slow reduction method to maximize mutual returns.
If you decide to work with us to market your guitar on a commission basis, GuitarDesires works with you to execute a personalized and comprehensive sales and marketing plan for each item to achieve the highest potential sale price and we handle all the details of listing, support, financial and shipping arrangements, and final proceed disbursement to you.
We begin by conducting a thorough examination and authentication to clearly identify, verify, catalog, and describe each piece followed by a critical and professional photography session for a complete image catalog used in the presentation. Taking both elements, we generate a beautiful world-class web-based listing for our Ebay and Gbase stores which will present your item professionally to collectors and buyers around the world.
Before posting your item in our stores, we conduct an up-to-date selling price analysis that examines book values, comparable sales, and current offerings and share those findings as we confer with you to finalize the asking price as well as the plan strategy and timelines to fit your needs. Once these details are decided and your item is actually listed, we actively provide individualized item support and answer questions and interact with prospective buyers around the world to effect the sale for the highest price attainable.
Our efforts can include providing additional written details, photographs, sound recordings, videos, Skype sales sessions, physical showings in our showroom, as well as details about shipping and payment or other aspects of the transaction. In general, items are presented in a fixed price / best offer format where buyers can purchase the item at the asking price or make a formal best offer through the system requiring a negotiated agreement. GuitarDesires works closely with you through this process as we move through your final approval of counter offers and sale.
Once the sale is final, GuitarDesires handles all aspects of the financial transaction with our buyers through verified PayPal, banking, international, and merchant services to accept credit cards, cash, wires and various other financial instruments and closing arrangements from purchasers worldwide. On fund clearance and escrow, we then handle all aspects of insured delivery and professional domestic and international insured shipping via commercial accounts. Once buyers receive their purchase and approval, we disburse your proceeds along with a Payout Report detailing our commission and marketplace fees associated with each sale. You can choose disbursement via Certified Check, PayPal, direct deposit, bank wire, or ACH transfer.
Our service fees consist of a 20% average percentage based commission plus the actual marketplace, PayPal, and Ebay fees associated with each sale. Our brokerage consignment clients generally
realize close to 65% net proceeds from each sale with higher percentage on higher value items. Because GuitarDesires provides top tier sales results with our reputation and proven process - our
clients frequently recieve twice as much or more than they were offered by local buyers, stores, dealers, and the other low performing choices out there. We're proud and excited to have helped
hundreds of folks, families, and estates consistently realize amazing and fair proceeds with our transparent, effective, and convenient system.
And if you do want to sell your important musical treasures - local or regional options of placing classified ads, selling to most stores or dealers, or amateur Ebay efforts consistently yield poor results with proceeds typically significantly less than ONE THIRD current market value and huge compromises in your time, safety, and resources.
And, if you don't live in a fairly large city, the regional options for stores or online advertising lists dwindle to painful levels as rural distance increases.
Research shows that our program routinely delivers up to twice the net proceeds compared to a do-it-yourself local Craigslist sale or amateur eBay effort. Sometimes a lot more! And after the experience of wasted time, compromised safety, phone nonsense, missed meetings, and administration - GuitarDesires provides a turnkey solution that's as easy as shipping a package!
Our fanaticism for all things guitar, specialization in rare, collectible and vintage instruments, worldwide reputation, and attention to detail have yielded extraordinary results for both our clients and global collectors who have purchased from us. Professional, convenient, effective, personalized, and comprehensive - we consistently delivers top proceeds for our clients, often twice as much or more than local offers. And, since we take care of all details and avoid the dismal sub-wholesale level results and hassle of a local sale, you get way more!
Vintage, historic, and rare guitars - in particular - require world-class expertise and a trusted reputation to properly identify, classify, authenticate, photograph, and represent these wonderful collectible instruments professionally to top Global and Nationwide Collector and Celebrity buyers. GuitarDesires consistently leads in achieving record high sales prices and outstanding customer service for our clients.
We find ourselves delighted with constantly learning, researching and selling these wonderful old vintage Gibson, Fender, Martin, Guild, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and other renowned American instruments and gear from the present and the past. Our great photos and write-ups help bring top dollar for our offerings and our Skype, Ebay, and Gbase online portals let us reach prospects with the important exposure, sales, support, and hand-holding that oftentimes go with multi-thousand dollar and/or international sales. Luthier, Rare, and other higher value instruments also especially benefit from this specialized treatment, international scope, and amazing sales performance when brought to a broader worldwide audience in a professional manner.
With the myriad challenges and complexities of selling a very valuable asset, a difficult location, lack of computer skills, safety concerns, poor local sales prospects, and busy time constraints - GuitarDesires offers a best-in-class proven professional service that saves your time and brings you better results than any other way.
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