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Astro equipment pricing?
Does anyone know of a book or web site that lists the approximate value for
various astro equipment? I have tried searching Astromart for prices based on past sales, but it is tedious. I decided to sell all of my astro equipment because my interests have moved on and I almost never set up the telescope anymore. Seems pointless to hang on to all of it when I'm not using it and am not likely to in the future. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks. -Keith |
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I'm afraid astromart is the best. There was someone trying to develop an
astro "Bluebook a while back. IIRC, you had to subscribe to get the prices. However, where were they getting their prices? At astromart, you are looking at actual transactions. Clear Skies Chuck Taylor Do you observe the moon? Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/ To reply, remove Delete and change period com to period net ************************************************** ************ "Keith Winter" wrote in message . 97.136... Does anyone know of a book or web site that lists the approximate value for various astro equipment? I have tried searching Astromart for prices based on past sales, but it is tedious. I decided to sell all of my astro equipment because my interests have moved on and I almost never set up the telescope anymore. Seems pointless to hang on to all of it when I'm not using it and am not likely to in the future. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks. -Keith |
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"Keith Winter" wrote in message . 97.136... Does anyone know of a book or web site that lists the approximate value for various astro equipment? I have tried searching Astromart for prices based on past sales, but it is tedious. I decided to sell all of my astro equipment because my interests have moved on and I almost never set up the telescope anymore. Seems pointless to hang on to all of it when I'm not using it and am not likely to in the future. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks. -Keith If you want to get the most out of your equipment, I'd strongly consider Ebay instead of Astromart (although the latter is free). Ebay generally will bring higher values whereas on Astromart you'll get a lot of folks who say they're interested and you never hear from them again. Not knocking them (Astromart) as it's a great resource, but that's the way most people seem to operate there. Al |
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Al Battlestown wrote:
"Keith Winter" wrote in message . 97.136... Does anyone know of a book or web site that lists the approximate value for various astro equipment? I have tried searching Astromart for prices based on past sales, but it is tedious. I decided to sell all of my astro equipment because my interests have moved on and I almost never set up the telescope anymore. Seems pointless to hang on to all of it when I'm not using it and am not likely to in the future. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks. -Keith If you want to get the most out of your equipment, I'd strongly consider Ebay instead of Astromart (although the latter is free). Ebay generally will bring higher values whereas on Astromart you'll get a lot of folks who say they're interested and you never hear from them again. Not knocking them (Astromart) as it's a great resource, but that's the way most people seem to operate there. Al I've had success selling on both, AM or Ebay. But ebay has a larger exposure to buyers world wide than AM. Also, on ebay one can protect it's investment by setting a reserve price, also bidding is binding, pricing is more flexible. Although AM has auction style selling, but ebay has millions people watching it any time vs. AM may have only 1000. JS |
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Post a list!!!!!!! I'm looking for things!
"Keith Winter" wrote in message . 97.136... Does anyone know of a book or web site that lists the approximate value for various astro equipment? I have tried searching Astromart for prices based on past sales, but it is tedious. I decided to sell all of my astro equipment because my interests have moved on and I almost never set up the telescope anymore. Seems pointless to hang on to all of it when I'm not using it and am not likely to in the future. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks. -Keith |
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Hi Keith, You should just post an itemized list here, and let some of
the folks here comment on their value. Just because you're posting what you're considering for sale here doesn't necessarily mean you'll have to agree with these values, or be in any way obligated to sell these items at said price, but it should give you some basic ideas. Theres enoguh knowledgeable people here to give you a very accurate rundown on the value of what you have, and have no reson to be dishonest about thier opinions. Without knowing what you have, no one can give any reasonable or accurate values to these items. I'll give a couple here to show you: A 5 year old $5,000 SCT+mount which is mint may only be worth a fraction of its new cost (lets say $2900-$3200) An 8-9 year old Astro-Physics 7" refractor which cost $5,000 new might now be worth close to $20,000. Once you figure a fairly accurate value to each item you wish to sell (or the whole package) you can always place it for sale on Astromart with a slightly higher asking price, and then state OBO (Or Best Offer) I myself would say that "most" people on Astromart do NOT say they're going to buy something, and then later decide to jerk you around, and not buy. Sure, there's the occasional case I'm sure, but using Astromart for numerous years, I have never had this personally happen to me. A-Mart is not Ebay though, as a buyer is NOT under any legal commitment to buy. Mark |
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The problem at Astromart is you're only seeing the asking price, you
have no idea if it was bargained down or not. I thought of selling my Nexstar11GPS, and went to astromart to see what I should ask for it. I saw prices from ~$2000 to $2800. I didn't know what to ask, but decided not to sell yet anyway. |
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