u/WesslynPeckoner

Hi there folks. I won't plug myself or get into any details over the product or company, but I've been a music YouTuber for a while. Things have been taking off a LIIIITTLE bit lately. And I guess it's enough that a certain company saw something and sent my "business" email a message asking if I'd like try out a certain product and share my experience and demo with my audience.

Okay, cool. The email address seems legit, other YouTubers have demoed this very product. The person who emailed made mention of videos I've done so they're a real human.

I've never been one to sell things. I do gear reviews sometimes, but I've only ever really done reviews when I want to, and on gear I actually use and just wanna nerd out about. I like that my audience is a real grassroots audience that tunes in for my streams. The product isn't something I would have thought to ever try, but it's not something I wouldn't use and recommend if it was good. But it feels a little... I dunno... sell-outy?

But also... potential opportunity knocking, you know?

So. How do I respond? Should I respond? If I respond, do I ask about compensation? How long before I return the product? How would it get sent to me? (I can't really afford a PO Box, and don't want anyone with my home address). What kinds of things should I bring up, ask, or say? Anyone out there have experience with this type of thing?

I feel that perhaps this is unique because of the physical gear demo, rather than a sponsorship from a digital tech company for an ad read.

Any advice is much appreciated! It feels silly and strange to even be making this post...

A few times now, randomly, my Dexcom receiver has had "System Check" along with either a Code: 1 or a Code: 0.
It's usually followed by a signal loss for a few minutes.

I can't seem to find any info on what this means, why it happens, or anything. Has anyone else had this happen? Can anyone enlighten me?

I don't like doing self promotion. I'm bad at it.

Anyway, I stream every Friday evening, around 5 PM central time. I use a broke ass RC300, play guitar, and use a Roland JV1080.

Anyway, it's fun. If that's your thing, you can subscribe and join in and yell at me in the chat on Fridays. Or not, which is also understandable.

Scarlet Fire is amazing. But can this masterpiece get a bit of love?

I got an old Ovation. The should side strap button screw hole is stripped out, however.

Being that the body is that plastic material, the old fill and redrill or toothpick tricks won't work here.

Anyone have any idea what the best method would be for this? Never fixed an Ovation before.

Not my video, just thought maybe some of you guys might appreciate it.

This is gonna read like a drama post, so please bear with me. It's my first time dealing with someone like this and I'm not sure what to do or expect.

I had an L.R. Baggs M1A for sale. In bold letters of the description I wrote "pickup ONLY" and said it does NOT come with a cable or endpin jack.

I listed the item as "good" as per Reverb's guide of showing wear and tear but fully functional, as the logo as been worn away and there's pick scratches (it's a soundhole pickup after all...)

I obviously had a picture of the pickup I was selling.

Some guy offers to buy it -$25, and I take it because, well, I could use the money. I get it out the door within 2 hours of him buying it, packed in bubble wrap, a box... I provide him with the tracking number immediately. Should be no issues.

So this buyer waits 3 days, after I've received the payout to my bank account, complaining that it didn't come with a "harness" (??). I told him I don't know what he means by harness, but my listing had specifically mentioned it was the pickup only. I tell him my listing description was accurate and he gets mad and says he wouldn't have bought it if he knew it was only the pickup... Okay bozo, learn to read descriptions then.

So then he says I need to refund him another $25 dollars so he can buy one...??? I assume he's talking about an endpin jack.

I tell him no. I try to be polite about it, but it's really testing me. I tell him I ALREADY gave him 25 dollars off when I accepted his offer, and no he wants another 25. (By the way, this M1A was already the cheapest M1A listed on the site by over 100 dollars.) I said I can't give him a 50 dollar discount.

So he responds saying the pickup is "inaccessible"(?????) and that it's damaged and all this nonsense, obviously trying to find an excuse to get this pickup out of me for insultingly low. And says he's going to contact Reverb support.

Now, obviously, I'd love to put my faith in Reverb support to take one look at this situation and see it for the scammy behavior on his end that it is. But my question is, what if they don't? I've already been paid out. I don't have a buyers remorse return policy. My listing was accurate and the pictures were of the actual item. This guy is obviously just throwing a tantrum that I didn't give him a free "harness."

What can I expect moving forward? If it takes deleting my Reverb account that I've had since 2013 over 25 dollars then I'll do it out of spite at this point.

Edit: So I decided to reach out to Reverb customer support first, because I'm really not trying to get scammed or anything, and reported his behavior. A rep took a look at everything and told me that I'm not obligated to refund him anything because my description was, indeed, accurate and made no mention of anything other than the pickup being sold in "good" functioning condition.

Also, I now realize there's confusion about "pickup only." I meant that I was only selling the pickup, not that it was only available for pickup, I was selling a guitar pickup. Lol, sorry for that confusion.