Connonym
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Thu May-15-08 12:23 AM
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How do you price used appliances? |
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I've got a 3 year old lawnmower, a Toro with electric start, nice mower. Anyway, they're still selling the exact same model and asking $419 for it. My mower was used 2 summers, second summer was tuned up and blades sharpened and has spent the last year in storage so not used at all. It's in great shape. How do I determine an asking price? I don't want to gouge anyone but I'd like to be sure I don't get screwed by someone low balling me. I'm just not savvy in that regard and I hate to admit it being a devout feminist but in situations involving cars and motors and stuff I feel really intimidated by men.
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Thu May-15-08 12:47 AM
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Edited on Thu May-15-08 12:49 AM by casus belli
is to check for your model on eBay and see what the completed auctions are averaging. That will give a good idea of what to expect and where to start with your pricing, and it's far more reliable than any static numbers you might come across. Once you've figured out a good sell price, decide on an asking price and your lowest sale price and stick to your guns. If you decide your mower is worth 175 bucks, start out asking $200 but don't take any less than $150, etc.
edit: also, unless your mower was winterized before storing it for a year, I wouldn't mention it. While letting a mower sit for a year might seem like a good sales point, it's actually a negative. If not properly stored (oil drained, gas drained, etc) storing it for that long can do some damage.
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Connonym
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Thu May-15-08 12:57 AM
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but maybe I won't mention it
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From The Ashes
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Thu May-15-08 12:47 AM
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2. If it were my mower... |
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...given how you've described it, I'd ask for around $300.
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Thu May-15-08 01:13 AM
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I would not pay more than half of the original sales price. Just my rule of thumb for purchasing used equipment of various sorts.
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Thu May-15-08 02:11 AM
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5. that was sort of my thinking |
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I'm going to ask for 200 and hope to get 175. One thing I've learned during the awful experience of having my house foreclosed and now trying to sell things I no longer need is that once you get it home all of your expensive crap becomes value-less. I discovered this selling my diamonds and gold, discovered it selling hand carved oak furniture and so on. In some ways I think perhaps I'll end off being more realistic once I finally get my act together. I now realize that happiness doesn't have anything to do with redecorating your living room every couple years or buying $3000 leather sofas. Some stuff I won't scrimp on -- I don't believe in buying cheaply made appliances or cooking stuff but if I have to have the same sofa, same kitchen table, same bed for the rest of my life I can live with that. Who gives a fuck if my furniture is out of fashion? Actually I know a bunch of family and friends who will mock and say it reflects poorly on a woman of my age to have hand me down furniture but I simply no longer give a fuck.
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Thu May-15-08 02:17 AM
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Not caring what others think is a big step!
Good cooking pots and equipment are important.
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