So I had a pretty odd OfferUp experience and I’m wondering if anyone else has been in this situation.
A woman posted her husband’s old production gear — including legit Hardigg/Pelican-style road/flight cases — for $25 each.
Yes. Twenty-five dollars.
The kind of cases that normally sell used for $300–$500.
Before that, I bought 9 official GoPro suction mounts (4 brand new, 5 used) for $80 total. These are around $40 each normally, so definitely a crazy-good deal.
Here’s what happened:
The husband (the actual owner of the gear) comes out. He runs a small production company that does ESPN stuff, corporate videos, insurance commercials with no celebrities, etc. Solid work, just not glamorous Hollywood projects.
I pulled up on a Segway and brought the first bag I had at home, which happened to be a pink Hello Kitty duffel. I didn’t explain it — I was rushing. He looks at it and says:
When I later asked about the $25 production cases, he suddenly shut down and said I was “too particular,” and refused to sell anything else.
My theory:
Here’s my question for people who’ve worked in production or sold gear:
A woman posted her husband’s old production gear — including legit Hardigg/Pelican-style road/flight cases — for $25 each.
Yes. Twenty-five dollars.
The kind of cases that normally sell used for $300–$500.
Before that, I bought 9 official GoPro suction mounts (4 brand new, 5 used) for $80 total. These are around $40 each normally, so definitely a crazy-good deal.
Here’s what happened:
The husband (the actual owner of the gear) comes out. He runs a small production company that does ESPN stuff, corporate videos, insurance commercials with no celebrities, etc. Solid work, just not glamorous Hollywood projects.
I pulled up on a Segway and brought the first bag I had at home, which happened to be a pink Hello Kitty duffel. I didn’t explain it — I was rushing. He looks at it and says:
At the time I shrugged it off, but afterward it felt like a frustrated dig more than a joke.
When I later asked about the $25 production cases, he suddenly shut down and said I was “too particular,” and refused to sell anything else.
My theory:
- His wife posted everything without fully looping him in.
- She priced everything at “please get this crap out of my garage” levels.
- He probably wasn’t emotionally ready to part with gear he used for years.
- The GoPro deal may have made him realize stuff was underpriced.
- Production cases hold weird sentimental value for a lot of us.
- He didn’t want to admit any of that, so “too particular” was the exit line.
Here’s my question for people who’ve worked in production or sold gear: