Just be sure that you don't meet anyone alone handling that amount of cash. There have been a couple cases in the town next to mine where several people were mugged for a couple hundred when they responded to a TV for sale.
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > eckinator wrote: > >> 2010/8/9 Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]>: >> >>> >>> Not sure why you don't want to deal with Ebay. >>> >>> I offered my two lens Pentax 645 kit to KEH.com and they offered me a >>> total of $260 for everything. I put the same gear up for sale on Ebay >>> and netted $950 after expenses. $700 is worth a little bit of effort >>> IMO. >>> >> >> I very much agree. Of course you win and lose some but you can >> influence that by letting your listing run out at the right time of >> day of week and by offering a detailed and well illustrated >> description and so on. I've so far never sold anything at a large loss >> and almost everything went at a profit, once even huge - picked up a >> Novoflex bellows and lens and slide duplicator/hood bellows to go on >> front, all for Minolta/Sony AF and all for € 74,22 just because it was >> a steal, listed it again and came out with € 396.71 so all other >> losses I ever made in the bay were covered for... I'd love to take >> that kit off your hands but have no way of paying for it at this time >> and don't see myself in a position to own a 645D any time soon so I >> tend to agree eBay is your best option. >> Good luck selling >> Ecke >> >> > > Despite the annoyances these days, I agree with the guys.... the work is > ultimately worth it if you have something of real value. > > Or craigs list if someone cash and carries... but thats more of a hassle > and you don't get feedback points or so much protection > (not that you need it if someone comes and pays you cash) > > ann > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
