I myself, unless I was desperate, would never pay more on Ebay than about 70% of what I would expect to pay in store from a dealer. BYMMV.
Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Paris, Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 7:52 AM Subject: RE: Need some advice about a trade.. Long Reply - tutorial > I have some experience along these lines, as do many others. Let me address > whether or not retailers will rip you off when you trade in your equipment. > > First thing to do is to look up the used prices on the equipment you want to > trade in. You can look at www.keh.com/ or www.bhphotovideo.com/ or > www.adorama.net/ to get an idea of what they are asking for the stuff you > have, in the same approximate condition as yours. Condition is everything! > Be sure that you understand their grading systems. In my experience, KEH > grades items a little more conservatively than the others. What they say is > "Excellent plus", would be about "Like New minus" elsewhere, or grade 9+ at > others. > > Second, now that you have the ballpark price of your used equipment, you > have to consider that they must make a profit to stay in business. > > Third, they usually have to give the folks that buy their used equipment a > money back guarantee and/or some sort of a warranty for repair of the > equipment within a certain period of time. Money back guarantees and > warranties have a monetary value. > > Fourth - Now that you know the approximate used value of your equipment, > remember this general rule. At most, the store will only give you 60% of > the amount of money they think they will be able to get when they sell your > equipment. They don't know how long it will sit on the shelf before they > sell it. They don't know whether, or how many times, someone will return > the item to get their money back. They also don't know how long the > equipment will work before it fails. If it fails during their warranty > period, they'll have to have it repaired or replace it. > > Fifth, they know that they don't have any money back guarantee or warranty > service from you. So, when they accept stuff, they are pretty much stuck > with it. They have to meet their expenses and make a profit on that 40% > margin. Can they do it? Yes, usually, depending on the skill they have in > assessing the condition of your equipment, and their experience in judging > how much an item will re-sell for. But, it's not an easy business to be > successful in. > > If you want to maximize the amount of money that you get for your stuff, go > through the drill to figure out what it's retail value is, then shoot some > good pictures of the stuff and auction the items separately on ebay. Put a > "Buy it now" price of slightly above the calculated retail price you came up > with was, and set your reserve at the calculated retail price you came up > with. You can use whatever figures you want, of course, this is just one > way to do it. > > I hope this helps you make your decision. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JamesRel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Need some advice about a trade.. > > > Hello everybody, I've been watching this list for quite a while now ever > since > I got my MZ-7 and have been astounded by the wealth of knowledge that can be > gained just by reading pdml.net.. > > However, I've got burning questions for all that will listen:) > > I recently acquired a new camera (a brand spanking new PZ-1p) and I really > would like to get the AF500FTZ to compliment this great camera. My previous > combo was an MZ-7 and AF330FTZ, and currently, the only way I can acquire > the > AF500FTZ is if I sell or trade in my MZ-7 (body)and AF330FTZ. > > My question is, is the AF500FTZ really that GREAT a flash that its worth > trading in my old camera AND old flash? OR would this be a horrible trade? > Is > trading in items at the Camera store (like the local Henry's shop) a good > deal > or a rip-off? > > Thanks! > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
