Second hand

[milly0812]

They say that something is only worth what somebody else is willing to pay for it.
I was a little gobsmacked today. I put an ad in the wanted section for a used kontronik 120 jive. I've had a couple of pms, one for an 80 and another about a 120 so I replied "how much do you want for it"
A new one is £389. This one had the optional heatsink fitted ( cool) so I had a figure in my mind that I'm willing to go to and wait for a reply :-)

The seller tells me he paid just shy of 400 so seeing that we are fairly close and can do a face to face deal with no postage or pp fees he will let me have it for .................



£350 !!!!!!!!!

Am I losing the plot here or are these things made from weapons grade plutonium ???????

[Obi Wan]

The flip side is that since it's in the "wanted" section, that may be the price he/she considers that they are willing to pass it on for (i.e. they may not be too fussed if they sell or not).

Just a thought.

[Martyn (Bomber)]

That's just crazy, might as well buy new for that price.

[Made2Fade]

They do tend to hold their value because they are so good. But £350 for a second hand item that costs only 389 new is pretty rediculous mind. Id say it was worth around £250 - £260.

[Gixxer]

Obviously a brand new unopened kit and he forgot to mention it.

[danch]

I recently sold my 120 Powerjive for £220 but Kontroniks do hold their price well compared to any other ESC I have noticed, how old & version of it should be taken account of as well.

If it was brand new unopened then still wouldn't give over £300 as at the end of the day it's still second hand & bought from general public & may be a pain with any warranty from the shop

Dan

[milly0812]

Second hand

[QUOTE=Gixxer;957136]Obviously a brand new unopened kit and he forgot to mention it.[/QUOTE]

It's on his Heli ;-)

[Gixxer]

[QUOTE=milly0812;957139]It's on his Heli ;-)[/QUOTE]

LOL... I reckon if you called the shop you'd get a new one for that price or close to it.

[milly0812]

Second hand

[QUOTE=danch;957137]I recently sold my 120 Powerjive for £220 [/QUOTE]

Happy to pay that :-) .......got any more .?

[danch]

Re: Second hand

[QUOTE=milly0812;957150]Happy to pay that :-) .......got any more .?[/QUOTE]

Lol unfortunately not ;)

[Martyn (Bomber)]

[QUOTE=milly0812;957150]Happy to pay that :-) .......got any more .?[/QUOTE]

I have it now but it's gone up............. £349 :rofl:

[danch]

[QUOTE=Martyn (Bomber);957155]I have it now but it's gone up............. £349 :rofl:[/QUOTE]

lol :D

[milly0812]

Second hand

Why is it that when you're looking for something there's none about, then afterwards the for sale section is full of em :-(

[Planehazza]

The reduction on used items IMO is very subjective.

what get's me is when people buy kits, build it then sell it due to a change of plans then loose a lot of money. On the flip side, build services charge more for more or less the same thing.

Please don't misunderstand what I'm saying. I'm not having a go at build services at all, quite the contrary. You buy a brand new kit, have exactly what you want put into it and have someone else build it for you - of course there should be a fee for their time. I just think sometimes built but not flown airframe loses more than what they should.

Current trends swing a lot on prices too. 'Bandwagon' comes to mind a lot. CGY750 - they had lot's of issues due to 1.2 being rubbish. They sell for ~£100, despite costing £280 new - these won't even wear out as they're electronics. OTOH, think back to when BeastX was the rage; some people had the cheek to seel for [B]more[/B] than RRP used!

Sorry I've digressed. What I mean to say is that a hard cut 50% is not fair, just because its 'used', but also taking 10% off just because it's electronic and won't ware out due to lack of moving parts is also unfair. There needs to be a balance, and thankfully, 9/10 on this forum that is acheived. There is a lot of trust involved, and I'm proud to say I have plenty of that when shopping here :)

[Martyn (Bomber)]

[QUOTE=milly0812;957157]Why is it that when you're looking for something there's none about, then afterwards the for sale section is full of em :-([/QUOTE]

They are waiting for you to buy one new mate, I might put mine up for sale after you get one :p

I reckon I would get a PM that would need censoring tho :cuss: