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your heading says about second hand B & O generally well tbh i'm very disappointed after trying to sell my complete system on ebay and having 10 people watching but no bids or offers.i don't think i was unreasonable in what i wanted for the system 8500 + penta 3's + B &O stand.. £1000 or offer with a 2 months left guarantee. what would you guys think ?
considering how much i paid for this about 4 months ago from a business specialising in second hand refurbed systems i think i was reasonable ?
i don't think i was unreasonable in what i wanted for the system 8500 + penta 3's + B &O stand.. £1000 or offer with a 2 months left guarantee.
Without knowing anything about the condition, I would not call that a bargain. As a private seller, you can never ask as much as businesses do - and the buyers will not pay you as much, because they are not getting the benefits of buying from a professional seller, and are taking most of the risks themselves.
i don't think i was unreasonable in what i wanted for the system 8500 + penta 3's + B &O stand.. £1000 or offer with a 2 months left guarantee.Without knowing anything about the condition, I would not call that a bargain. As a private seller, you can never ask as much as businesses do - and the buyers will not pay you as much, because they are not getting the benefits of buying from a professional seller, and are taking most of the risks themselves.
Indeed, if it's the listing I've seen the Beolabs have dents on them. Additionally he'd be better to split the items into separate auctions and put the product name into the heading for search results. Even sell the stand separately. Get rid of the hidden reserve price, nobody likes that and put better pictures showing the dents. Finally look at previous sold items to gauge how much to put them up for.
thanks for your reply and in particular to answer the last post from stonk
i cannot take pictures of the small dents as its brushed aluminium and it just doesn't show up.i have researched how much a system like this would cost from a business and its well above what i was asking and it does come with the remainder of the guarantee. although in fairness i ommitted to say that in my listing.i know someone ( private ) is asking in the region of £800 just for the pentas.
i cannot take pictures of the small dents as its brushed aluminium and it just doesn't show up.i have researched how much a system like this would cost from a business and its well above what i was asking and it does come with the remainder of the guarantee. although in fairness i ommitted to say that in my listing.i know someone ( private ) is asking in the region of £800 just for the pentas.
The material is actually stainless steel!
Your pictures look like they were taken during a power cut!
I would not give you any chance of selling it all together, except at a very low price. Split it up into the components, take good pictures, preferably during daylight hours.
Are you sure that the warranty is transferable? If yes then mention it.
The Beocenter 8500 is not the most desireable in the range. One has just sold for a little under £200 which would appear to be average price.
If the Pentas have been refurbed, what has been done, in particular to the midrange drivers? They are expensive to fix. If they really have been refurbed then you might get £650-£700 for them. Remember there is a difference between asking price and price achieved!
The table might make £100-£150
and you have nearly got what you wanted!
I have owned and refurbed a few pentas now. They were mint so once fixed I was getting offers of £1000 or more, but for shipping abroad (so needed boxes). Sold for £560 in the end but that guy also shipped them to Brazil. Pentas, lovely, easy to fix and cheap if you do it yourself. Let me know if you ever need any doing.
ok stainless steel it is but in order to capture the "small" dents the photograph bounces off the surround area i will try photograph them in an area which is lighter.
the warranty is definately transferable i have spoke to the dealer i bought the system from but this transferable warranty is only on the whole system not on individual items. so if i plan on selling the items individually it will only apply to one item. unless one person buys the whole lot.
the pentas have been refurbed by a company called iconic av and what has been done i don't know but in order to offer a full warranty i would imagine all that needs to be done has.
ok stainless steel it is but in order to capture the "small" dents the photograph bounces off the surround area i will try photograph them in an area which is lighter.
the warranty is definately transferable i have spoke to the dealer i bought the system from but this transferable warranty is only on the whole system not on individual items. so if i plan on selling the items individually it will only apply to one item. unless one person buys the whole lot.
the pentas have been refurbed by a company called iconic av and what has been done i don't know but in order to offer a full warranty i would imagine all that needs to be done has.
That's OK if you can afford to imagine. I would be inclined to ask Jason what he did, as your potential customers are going to want to know, if you want the best price for them.
Well, it's here!
It's clearly genuinely brand new, and works perfectly. Weighs a ton! Nice to have a remote made of metal.
Very well bought!!
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