Sincere question: How do you price rare/NLA parts without being an a**** |
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Sincere question: How do you price rare/NLA parts without being an a**** |
Brian_Boss |
Feb 21 2023, 09:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 324 Joined: 3-June 03 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 781 |
How do you price items that are so rarely available that there are no "comparable sales"? I've run into this issue a few times recently in the process of trying to clean out stuff that otherwise is going in the inevitable estate sale.
Just looking to hear peoples thoughts on this subject. It's a quandary for me because I don't want to be "that guy" who is trying to gouge fellow enthusiasts but the flip side is a) just like everyone else I have bills to pay, family to feed, cars to fix, etc., b) I really don't want to repeat selling items cheap, trying to be nice, and seeing them being "flipped" for a profit (this has never happened with 914world, BTW). Hit me up if you need an early 911 power window motor LOL. |
Superhawk996 |
Feb 21 2023, 09:51 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,878 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
You just outlined it.
Start high, be honest, be willing to adjust downward if there aren’t takers. Generally (on this site) if you’re out of your mind on pricing someone will say something or point toward a comp. If you’re out of your mind on EBay, then your normal and it will just sit there for years and years waiting for just the right sucker. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
wonkipop |
Feb 21 2023, 10:01 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,372 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
You just outlined it. Start high, be honest, be willing to adjust downward if there aren’t takers. Generally (on this site) if you’re out of your mind on pricing someone will say something or point toward a comp. If you’re out of your mind on EBay, then your normal and it will just sit there for years and years waiting for just the right sucker. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) spoken like a true capitalist. hard not to admire such straightforward approaches. the seller and the buyer meet somewhere in the middle. obviously the rarer it is the harder it is for the buyer to wander down to the next market aisle and find what they are looking for. so the seller simply has to wait for them to return. of course many sellers think otherwise and die with whatever it is they think its worth! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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