How to price miter saw for sale

Mike Pio wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a 12" Porter Cable 3802 miter saw I want to sell (no laser)
> http://www.porter-cable.com/index.asp?e=547&p=2732. It's about 4 years old
> with moderate use. I'm trying to figure out how to price it. Found 2 on
> EBay for around $100, but that's just two examples. Does this figure seem
> about right?
>

What's replacement cost as starting point? If in good shape, I'd start
at from 60-80%. If it's too high for the market, it won't sell--you can
always come down, it's hard to recover if you initially set price too
low.

Of course, a lot is dependent on whether this is a "forced" sale or
not. I've also heard stories of a lot of such tools on eBay actually
being fenced goods so prices are low to move the goods. How much truth
if any is behind the allegations I have no way to judge...

Auctions on items difficult to ship don't mean much.
Used woodworking equipment usually goes, in newspaper ads, for about half of
the new price.

The only thing I'd add is that you need decide if you're selling it locally
vs. having it shipped. If I'm buying something off eBay, I'd take into
account the cost of shipping, especially for something like a power tool.
IMHO, $100 is cheap for that saw. Any chance you're up in Canada? :)

Clint

"Roy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Mike Pio <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have a 12" Porter Cable 3802 miter saw I want to sell (no laser)
> > http://www.porter-cable.com/index.asp?e=547&p=2732. It's about 4 years
old
> > with moderate use. I'm trying to figure out how to price it. Found 2
on
> > EBay for around $100, but that's just two examples. Does this figure
seem
> > about right?
>
> I can think of no better way to determine the fair market value of an
> item than to see what it sells for in an open auction. To find two
> examples of exactly the same item selling recently for about the same
> price is about as good as it gets.
>
>

"Clint" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The only thing I'd add is that you need decide if you're selling it
> locally
> vs. having it shipped. If I'm buying something off eBay, I'd take into
> account the cost of shipping, especially for something like a power tool.
> IMHO, $100 is cheap for that saw. Any chance you're up in Canada? :)
>
> Clint
>
> "Roy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Mike Pio <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I have a 12" Porter Cable 3802 miter saw I want to sell (no laser)
>> > http://www.porter-cable.com/index.asp?e=547&p=2732. It's about 4 years
> old
>> > with moderate use. I'm trying to figure out how to price it. Found 2
> on
>> > EBay for around $100, but that's just two examples. Does this figure
> seem
>> > about right?
>>
>> I can think of no better way to determine the fair market value of an
>> item than to see what it sells for in an open auction. To find two
>> examples of exactly the same item selling recently for about the same
>> price is about as good as it gets.
>>
>>
>
>


No, sorry, I'm in Phoenix, AZ! Thanks for the opinion, though. If I sell
it on Ebay, I may have to give it away cheap. But that would kill me
because I've taken very good care of this tool.

Mike Pio <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a 12" Porter Cable 3802 miter saw I want to sell (no laser)
> http://www.porter-cable.com/index.asp?e=547&p=2732. It's about 4 years old
> with moderate use. I'm trying to figure out how to price it. Found 2 on
> EBay for around $100, but that's just two examples. Does this figure seem
> about right?

I can think of no better way to determine the fair market value of an
item than to see what it sells for in an open auction. To find two
examples of exactly the same item selling recently for about the same
price is about as good as it gets.