Best company to sell your old gear too?

[vintagesnaps]

Once something is used the value seems to depreciate a lot, people often seem to think it's going to be worth more than it is - I've watched Pawn Stars too! it's a pawn shop, I think sometimes people's expectations can be off base or they're asking way more than the amount they actually want. I'd think an item could be resold for maybe half so I wouldn't expect a resale business to pay that much.

If you sell it yourself you're on your own, if you get a bad check or a credit card that doesn't go thru I don't know what recourse you'd have. I've used KEH because I'd rather deal with a reputable business and get a decent amount than spend how much time and energy to maybe get a little more or take the chance of dealing with some wacko (as they seem to be plentiful on craigslist in my area! lol). It's probably a matter of being sure if you want to handle it yourself or would rather just sell it to a resale business and be done with it.

 

[astroNikon]

If you think you can sell the equipment fairly quickly all by yourself then you have a better deal (more money). You just have to be careful to be paid first and all clears.

Any shop that resells equipment has to buy it for less than open market (ie, like ebay). Otherwise they lose money.
I've had people ask me to buy musical instruments for what they want to sell it for and what it sells for ebay .. at that point why bother. no profit in reselling it only loss of my time.

So pawn shops, etc have to take into account their handling of the equipment and make a known profit so that it is worth their time.
Of course, if it's not a "popular" item it could sit on the shelf for who knows how long.

That is one thing for pawning. You are selling it now, and many of that stuff on Pawn Stars you think to yourself .. who would buy that. Such as that gold lead / mercury clock on Pawn Stars. They paid money for that and it sits there in the background all the time. Not much profit in something if it doesn't resell.


on another note, I sell most of my stuff on eBay and haven't had any issues recently. In the early days there were problems but not nowadays.

 

[SamSpade1941]

Keh is good in my experience

How about pricing, are they competitive?

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The one time I did business with them they actually paid me more than I was expecting to get. Just remember they are brokers and not collectors or users. Still I felt it was a good transaction and they will actually buy equipment that other retailers are not buying any longer.

 

[BlackPoet]

As others have said, you'll get well below what you're expecting by selling to a store. In return, you don't have go deal with the headache of posting your stuff up, waiting, getting some flakes or people who show up and walk away. I hate headaches, but only when it's on cheap items. Photo gear though, I'd just post my stuff up and wait to get near what I (fairly) expect for it all. These big stores want to stay in business first before making you happy. It's only the truth. Of course that's given you don't need money ASAP.

 

[SamSpade1941]

Once something is used the value seems to depreciate a lot, people often seem to think it's going to be worth more than it is - I've watched Pawn Stars too! it's a pawn shop, I think sometimes people's expectations can be off base or they're asking way more than the amount they actually want. I'd think an item could be resold for maybe half so I wouldn't expect a resale business to pay that much.

If you sell it yourself you're on your own, if you get a bad check or a credit card that doesn't go thru I don't know what recourse you'd have. I've used KEH because I'd rather deal with a reputable business and get a decent amount than spend how much time and energy to maybe get a little more or take the chance of dealing with some wacko (as they seem to be plentiful on craigslist in my area! lol). It's probably a matter of being sure if you want to handle it yourself or would rather just sell it to a resale business and be done with it.

This is true to the third power with technology and electronics. Thats why cameras lose their value so fast compared to years back, I remember paying more for an F2AS than what I could have bought an F3 for many years ago. This was however before Digital photography came into being, and photographic equipment was viewed as an investment almost to some degree, considering that people bought cameras and were going to have those cameras for many years unless you were a pro and there was a need to upgrade. I worked for an old newspaper man for a while who was still shooting photos with an M3 and a Nikon F well into the 90's before he finally upgraded to some newer equipment and it was not because his old gear was no longer functioning.

 

[Overread]

Yeah quite a few people get shocked when they find their old and high end film camera is basically worthless in todays market. That market slumped so that anything but the utter best are very very cheap now. It's a shock to many who might not be lurking forums or ebay regularly.

We live in a very fast paced world today and modern tech just often does not last long and retain value - medium to high end camera lenses are one of the few exceptions.