Musician’s Friend Starts Selling Used Gear
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Mega-Internet music retailer Musician’s Friend will start selling used gear next week. Musicians Friend will rate used gear using 5 different categories ranging from “Like New” to “Salvage”. They are also including their 45-day satisfaction guarantee however we’re not sure if that’s just for “Like New” gear or if it applies to “Salvage” gear as well. Right now they’re previewing a select set of “Like New” gear on their site.
It’s pretty obvious the new Musician’s Friend new category of gear is meant to directly compete against Ebay and sites like Craiglist. The used gear market is huge and musicians are more than willing to save a few bucks buying a used Fender Stratocaster over a brand new if they can save a few hundred bucks. Full story…