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The Craigslist Manifesto – effects

Don’t expect to get what your paid for an effect for your used effect, that’s just the way it is.

The Boss DS-1 is one of the most sold pedals in the world, almost everyone has had one and knows that a used one is worth about $20. No one cares what you paid for it, that’s just the way it is.

There are some vintage effects that are worth more than they were originally priced at, none of them are currently available for sale, that’s just the way it is.

Multi effects pedals devalue over time, that’s just the way it is.

Effects generally are not worth more if you tell us that someone famous uses that kind of effect. If you claim that the specific pedal was used by someone, plan to show pictures, that’s just the way it is.

Before posting your effects, check the value because if you do not you leave yourself open for silly reply posts on how dumb you are, that’s just the way it is.

The Craigslist manifesto, selling guitars.

Your coputer is not going to be worth more than you paid for it, that’s just the way it is.

Windows XP is not the latest operating system, it has not been for a long time, that's just the way it is.

When you say that your computer is hardly used, please define hardly used because it means different things to different people, that's just the way it is.

If you purchased your laptop for $1,200 and now you can buy a better one new for $500, your laptop is not worth $500, that's just the way it is.

People who sell freeware such as AVG, Gimp, and Open Office on Craigslist for more than free, should be banned from internet use on a permanent basis. You might as well just post asking for someones bank account number, it is stealing, that's just the way it is.

Weird Al was prophetic about the instant devaluation of computers, please watch this before posting your computer AD:

Take some time to check to see how much your computer is worth. If you post something ridiculous in price be prepared for retaliatory comments about your stupid post, that’s just the way it is.

The Craigslist manifesto, selling guitars.

Your guitar is not going to be worth more than you paid for it, that’s just the way it is.

Your first act guitar, maestro guitar or other guitar that you purchased at Wally World, or other big box store is probably not worth anything even if you put new strings on it, that’s just the way it is.

New strings do not make a guitar worth more, that’s just the way it is.

Do not even try and say that dings in your guitar make it worth more because it is road worn, that’s just the way it is.

Selling an extra set of strings also does not make your guitar worth more, that’s just the way it is.

If you put in your ad that the guitar has only been played three times, please be prepared to give out the dates and times that it was played when asked or people will think you are full of it, that’s just the way it is.

A Squire guitar is not a Fender guitar, an Epiphone guitar is not a Gibson, that’s just the way it is. If you do not want to believe that then buy my Yugo by Cadilac.

A guitar set up by a professional luthier is standard guitar maintenance and does not make your guitar worth more, that’s just the way it is.

The MSRP of a guitar is not what a guitar is worth. The only company that sells things at MSRP is Apple, that’s just the way it is.

Take some time to check to see how much your guitar is worth. If you post something ridiculous in price be prepared for retaliatory comments about your stupid post, that’s just the way it is.