How to sell current equipment?

[ijohn.8.80]

Howdy All,

I am looking to sell nearly all of my current DSLR setup for something better that I have my eye on and am unsure how to go about it.

Should I sell through fleabay, being based in Australia, should I bother listing it internationally, when postage overseas may be the prohibitive part of the sale? Is there another alternative? We have Gumtree, that's a Craigslist alternative, but, I feel this is open to being taken advantage of. Do any of the specialist secondhand camera sites work here in Oz?

Would you recommend selling it all as a job-lot or breaking it all up and selling off things individually?

Thanks for any assistance you all may have.

John

 

[MCAsan]

We sell most of our old equipment via the consignment desk at a major camera store. They get a percentage....but is it both our interests for them to sell at max price point.

 

[TheReef]

Put it up on Gumtree but don't offer shipping, and allow to meet up in person. This is probably the easiest and safest way to sell (provided they don't rob you at the meet up... )

Try it as a lot first, if that doesn't work revise your sale and break it up individually.
You're more likely to sell and more likely to get a higher total price selling individually.

International shipping may be a good idea since our dollar is falling.

If all else fails, go to eBay.
You're more likely to make a good sale but will get hammered by their fees.

 

[MacCruiskeen]

Here in the US, KEH.com is probably the largest dealer of used camera gear, and they give a fair (wholesale) price for used gear. But whether it makes sense to try to deal with them from Australia, I couldn't say. But you could check their web site; they have a tool to estimate a price.

 

[GoCubsGo]

You may want to break it up if someone offers. Also, try fredmiranda.com.

 

[Apple fanboy]

What about the Marketplace sub forum on here? I've seen Cannon DSLR's for sale there before.

 

[ChrisA]

Howdy All,

I am looking to sell nearly all of my current DSLR setup for something better that I have my eye on and am unsure how to go about it.

Should I sell through fleabay, being based in Australia, should I bother listing it internationally, when postage overseas may be the prohibitive part of the sale? Is there another alternative? We have Gumtree, that's a Craigslist alternative, but, I feel this is open to being taken advantage of. Do any of the specialist secondhand camera sites work here in Oz?

Would you recommend selling it all as a job-lot or breaking it all up and selling off things individually?

Thanks for any assistance you all may have.

John

Is this high-end gear. If you are looking to get over $1,000 then shipping is not such a big deal but if this is a 10 year old Canan Rebel body with 18-55 lens it is not worth shipping and would have to be sold locally. A Craigslist type sal is best for less expensive stuff because that is what peole are looking for and the market is larger

But high-end gear is best advertised to a much larger market, even world wide. Fredmiranda.com is a good place to sell higher end camera gear. ebay is not bad either.

 

[zombiecakes]

Never bundle stuff, nobody needs all the stuff you needed. Sell things like the manufacturer sells thing, body with kit lens, body only, lenses/flash separate. Dont expect people to pay extra for batteries/straps/bags, they can be used as an incentive to buy yours over someone elses but not at a higher price.

I like selling stuff on Amazon, no listing fee and its fast with no bidding.

 

[nburwell]

You may want to break it up if someone offers. Also, try fredmiranda.com.

FM is a really good place (you do have to pay $9.99 to list items you want to sell on their B/S forum). POTN is another good option (if you're selling Canon gear).

 

[phrehdd]

I have sold various camera items via Craigslist.

What I believe is the best bet is to meet potential buyers in a very public place, also bring someone along and absolutely CASH ONLY.

If you can, provide any and all written materials related to your equipment (manuals, proof of purchase date but not to be given just viewed by the buyer and warranty cards etc.)

The smartest thing to do is if the person purchased your equipment, create a simple statement of the sale with 2 copies and you each sign it and keep a copy. If you are one for details, include the serial numbers of the items on that sales agreement.

Never invite anyone to your home. Never let someone handle the equipment without being in a save environment (so they can't simply run off or drive off and so forth). To date, I have had zero problems and consider myself lucky. The only time I have had someone come to my residence was to purchase large items and again, always had someone with me (in this case it was a custom Mac Pro being sold to a video production studio).

 

[ijohn.8.80]

Thanks to you all for your replies, it's appreciated.

I think I'll list here and on an Aussie site for secondhand cameras initially and if that doesn't work, I'll move on to the local free selling site Gumtree, with separate prices for it all.

Thanks again folks.

John

 

[cocky jeremy]

Fredmiranda and POTN are what I use. I usually use POTN but when my 5D Mark II didn't sell within 12 hours on there, I tried FM and it literally sold in 10 seconds.

 

[rodpascoe]

FaceBook

I had great success selling lots of my gear on several of the FaceBook groups that have sprung up for buying and selling gear.

The one that I sold my gear in was predominantly made up of professional photographers and the upside is zero selling costs.

 

[ijohn.8.80]

Just out of interest, it's all gone apart from the Vivitar 400mm, which looks like I'll be keeping it! Not a bad thing actually, because the new camera body on its way to me has so much better performance in low light. I'll be interested to see how it goes when out on a bird walk.