Didnt know scopes held their price so well?

[Hig]

I didnt realise scopes held their value so well, or have I just been lucky???

Last Jan I bought my first scope a Heritage 130p, for £135 plus p&p from FLO.

Decided to sell it on last week and maybe use what I got back to fund an upgrade, was expecting maybe £70-80, so stuck it on the bay, and it ended today gone for £120...

Sorted!! :)

[che guevara]

I saw that, as im about to do the same, Id be made up getting that !

[LukeSkywatcher]

Not bad at all. The general concensus for selling astro gear is that you should look to get about 2/3rds of the original cost. This depends though on age and condition.

[Neil1194]

Nice to know ive got a 150P to sell- better get listing!

[JamesF]

There was a fairly big hike in prices for new scopes in the middle of last year, so second hand prices have probably risen in line.

James

[Chris H]

Good price, mine went for £90.

[ollypenrice]

You did get a good price with around 60% of the new price being the norm, maybe a bit more for much sought after apos.

Olly

[Hig]

it did have an extra skywatcher 2x barlow and a 4mm EP which I had bought since i had it, but I was still well pleased... I almost put a buy it now of £80 on....

[estwing]

when i sell my telementor, i'd like to think that i could break-even...it cost me

£320..

[todd8137]

i would never sell my 300p not for love or money,i feel a wheel mod come in on in a few years it seems to be that little bit heavier every time

[LukeSkywatcher]

Couple of years ago i sold a Celestron SkyScout. It was in perfect condition,about 3 yrs old and i made a massive loss on it.

They really do not hold their value.

I got about 1/10th of the original cost.

I dont regret it though as it was only fun for about 3 weeks and was never used again.

[estwing]

1/10th of original cost!!!.....telementor on ebay £32..

[Superewza]

Well some people clearly haven't heard that you shouldn't jump in on a mediocre deal just because it's the first one that comes up. You should wait for a good deal.

They might have overpaid, but good for you i guess

[LukeSkywatcher]

1/10th of original cost!!!.....telementor on ebay £32..

My SkyScout was a Christmas gift. It was brand new on the market and sold for 600 euros here in Ireland.

3 yrs later when i sold it.........................i got 60-70 euros for it.

[John]

60%-70% is the "normal" used value of astro equipment. Some items depreciate more and some less though, as with all things. Zeiss ortho eyepieces are currently selling used for around twice what they cost new but they are quite scarce - their owners don't sell them very often !.

[RikM]

And I had a Supatrak auto mount that I literally had to give away

[Tim]

I'd pay slightly over the odds for something that had been well cared for.

[Hig]

well its still perfect with all the manuals, bags, in the original box etc...

i always keep all that in the attic for anything i buy for resale...

[vlebo]

I bought a Flextube 300p , a Equinox 120 and a William optics EZtouch mount and tripod in October 2008 for a total of £2064 and I have sold all three in the past month for a grand total of £1600. I thought that was pretty good considering I have had them for over 3 years.

Vlebo

[Stephen]

Sadly there's always people who will pay more than the item is worth (this is not a dig at the op, he's done nothing wrong here!!) from eBay.

Look at the price of SPCs when they appear .... sheesh!

[themos]

I bought a second-hand, 4-month old 300P Dob for £350 and half-sold, half-donated it to my Astro Society for £200. I think it would have fetched close to £300 on the market. So, second hand equipment keeps its value even better. No Moore's law for glass, I guess.

[JonF]

I didnt realise scopes held their value so well, or have I just been lucky???

Last Jan I bought my first scope a Heritage 130p, for £135 plus p&p from FLO.

Decided to sell it on last week and maybe use what I got back to fund an upgrade, was expecting maybe £70-80, so stuck it on the bay, and it ended today gone for £120...

Sorted!! :)

Aha! So that was you. COngratulations on the price, I think you were very lucky. I actually bid on the item, but dropped out as I saw the price going up and up. I was amazed to see it go for virtually the same price as new (from a discount online dealer). Not surprised to see the smilies at the end of your post!

[John]

I didn't realise we were talking about E.Bay. What happens there is sometimes different from "real life"