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06/01/2007 03:17:56 PM · #1 |
well the day has finally come. My wife just went on disability and we have hit rock bottom financially. I'm afraid it's time to sell my gear :(
I don't really know what the rule of thumb is on photo equipment though and need some advice. E-bay is a PITA IMO so I would prefer to try and sell the stuff here first. I want to be fair to the buyer as well as to myself - so how do you come up with prices? Is it retail cost minus a certain %? An arbitrary number that just "sounds good"? Sell as a package? Separately?
The stuff I will be selling is:
Nikon D200
Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG for Nikon
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 High-Speed for Nikon
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Nikon SB-800
Everything is in really good condition. I don't have any of the original boxes but I should have all the accessories. The D200 has a few thousand clicks mainly from 3 big events (I bought it in December).
I have one last show to shoot tonight and tomorrow so I won't likely be putting it up for sale until next week.
Message edited by author 2007-06-01 16:07:23. |
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06/01/2007 03:34:25 PM · #2 |
Ebay may not be your favorite place, but it is where you will get the most money for your gear. You should consider it...
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06/01/2007 03:38:37 PM · #3 |
What does "PTA" mean.
Acronyms are not my strong suit.
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06/01/2007 03:40:46 PM · #4 |
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06/01/2007 03:41:00 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
What does "PTA" mean.
Acronyms are not my strong suit. |
E-bay is a Pain In The Ass In My Opinion.
I will definitely consider it. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
Message edited by author 2007-06-01 16:07:36. |
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06/01/2007 04:06:31 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
What does "PTA" mean.
Acronyms are not my strong suit. |
On the internet I've usually seen it as PITA to distinguish it from the distinguished organization, which at times can also be a PITA ... |
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06/01/2007 04:08:32 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
What does "PTA" mean.
Acronyms are not my strong suit. |
On the internet I've usually seen it as PITA to distinguish it from the distinguished organization, which at times can also be a PITA ... |
I fixed it in my original post ;) |
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06/01/2007 04:16:08 PM · #8 |
Sorry to hear about your troubles, hope you stick around here.
Remember, you can still have fun with your point & shoot. |
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06/01/2007 10:20:03 PM · #9 |
| so does anyone have any advice on how to price/package the stuff other than just sell it on ebay? |
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06/01/2007 11:03:39 PM · #10 |
I'm not entirely sure since I've never actually sold anything but I would think you could probably get more money for it if you sold it all seperately. As for the pricing, see what other similar items are going for on ebay, fred miranda, etc and price according to that. Packaging, I'm not sure on that one.
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06/01/2007 11:41:55 PM · #11 |
| Yeah, ask what you paid for it. Then ask a litle less if it doesn't sell. Then if people are knocking on your door threatening to take your material goods, knock the price down a bit lower yet. Continue until sold. |
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06/02/2007 12:10:32 AM · #12 |
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06/02/2007 09:03:49 PM · #13 |
Bummer about having to sell the equipment, not a fun place to be. :(
You will tend to get better prices if you sell each item separately, than if you sell them as a single lot.
If you do sell on eBay, then spending a bit of time working on the ad will pay off with more and higher bids (it might seem like a PITA but it's worth it), this is especially true on high-value items like photographic equipment. That is, include item specs or put links to manufacturer's web pages for the items, a sentence or two about item condition, that sort of thing. I've got better prices than other people selling the same thing simply by putting a bit of work into the ad. If you get Turbo Lister (free download from eBay) then you can set up one ad and then make copies of it for all the others - a much easier way than using the Sell Item pages within eBay.
Also, searching completed items on eBay (even if you aren't planning to sell there) can give you an idea of what people might be paying for the different items.
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