Assessing Dollar Value of Equipment

[Scraps]

It's been more than ten years since I bought or sold equipment. While I absolutely love my lenses and would never part with a a few of them, there are a couple that haven't been used in a decade. I thought I might make them available to people on this forum - not interested in Ebay. The problem is that I have little idea of the value of these lenses. I've tied searching, but all I get are seemingly overprices sales overseas. Can anyone recommend a good place to start for researching lens values?

[Doremus Scudder]

Check the completed listings on eBay. The "sold" items will give you an idea of current going prices; the "unsold" ones are usually the ones priced too high.

Used prices from places like KEH, B&H, etc. will also give you an idea. Google is your friend...

Best,

Doremus

[Oren Grad]

We have a sticky thread on this topic at the top of this subforum:

https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?120711-How-to-Value-LF-Equipment

[Roger Beck]

Ebay prices are inflated for fees and dealers who tend to ask for too much. I like selling here minus the fees and hassle.

[maltfalc]

Ebay prices are inflated for fees and dealers who tend to ask for too much. I like selling here minus the fees and hassle.asking prices can be inflated, sold item prices aren't.

[Scraps]

Thank you to all! I will check the sticky thread! and use Ebay as a guide with a grain of salt. I don't need to make a big profit on these, but someone might be able to give these SK XLs a proper life of use. If they don't sell, meh.

[Roger Beck]

asking prices can be inflated, sold item prices aren't.

Fees come out of the selling price. Unless you want to lose money you have to ask for more than it’s worth. I bought a camera that was listed on EBay but purchased it in person and he reduced a percentage from the total because it was cash.

Lets say you buy a lens from a friend for $100 cash and want to sell it on Ebay. Lets say Ebay fees are 10% so your price is now $110. If someone buys that lens for $110 and wants to resell it on Ebay, the price is now $121, and so on.

In reality the price cant keep going up so we lose $$ and Ebay makes $$ on every purchase.

[Scraps]

Fees come out of the selling price. Unless you want to lose money you have to ask for more than it’s worth. I bought a camera that was listed on EBay but purchased it in person and he reduced a percentage from the total because it was cash.

Lets say you buy a lens from a friend for $100 cash and want to sell it on Ebay. Lets say Ebay fees are 10% so your price is now $110. If someone buys that lens for $110 and wants to resell it on Ebay, the price is now $121, and so on.

In reality the price cant keep going up so we lose $$ and Ebay makes $$ on every purchase.

Sounds like taxes.

[Dan Fromm]

Fees come out of the selling price. Unless you want to lose money you have to ask for more than it’s worth. I bought a camera that was listed on EBay but purchased it in person and he reduced a percentage from the total because it was cash.

Lets say you buy a lens from a friend for $100 cash and want to sell it on Ebay. Lets say Ebay fees are 10% so your price is now $110. If someone buys that lens for $110 and wants to resell it on Ebay, the price is now $121, and so on.

In reality the price cant keep going up so we lose $$ and Ebay makes $$ on every purchase.

I take it that you believe in buy high, hope to sell higher.

[maltfalc]

Fees come out of the selling price. Unless you want to lose money you have to ask for more than it’s worth. I bought a camera that was listed on EBay but purchased it in person and he reduced a percentage from the total because it was cash.

Lets say you buy a lens from a friend for $100 cash and want to sell it on Ebay. Lets say Ebay fees are 10% so your price is now $110. If someone buys that lens for $110 and wants to resell it on Ebay, the price is now $121, and so on.

In reality the price cant keep going up so we lose $$ and Ebay makes $$ on every purchase. none of that matters. the subject of this thread is how to determine how much people are willing to pay for an item. that's literally what sold items on ebay tells you, minus what they paid for shipping, so the price listed is actually lower than the item's value, not inflated.

[Alan Gales]

If you sell enough on eBay you learn what the going prices are. Occasionally, someone will pay too much or something sells for too low but most of the times items sell for the normal "eBay" price at the time. As mentioned above check the sold prices to get an idea. When I used to sell on eBay I couldn't get what KEH got for items. KEH has overhead they have to cover so they have to charge more. Also people are willing to pay more to a trusted company like KEH over some eBay seller they don't know anything about.

From what I have seen, items on this forum and Photrio usually sell for less than those listed on eBay and KEH. If you do list an item on here and it doesn't sell then you can always lower the price until it does.

[Scraps]

I wouldn't expect top dollar. I just think it's a crime to keep these lenses stored away not being used. I really had no idea where to start on the valuation of these lenses. In 2009 I bought a package deal with four Schneider Kreuznach XL lenses and a 4x5 Ebony, so the value of the individual items remained a mystery to me. I did initially check Ebay, but I have admit that I was a bit floored at the prices these were fetching - and suspicious. Also, they're all shipping out of Japan, so it appears that they're all from the same seller. If I decide to sell it will be considerably lower than what I've seen on Ebay.