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Thinking I'd trading in all my kit for a d610.
Been quoted the below, ebay has so little mft stuff its hard to tell if it's good value. Anyone else got any other way to sell mft stuff

Panasonic GX7 Body (Exc++ <20k shots): £310
Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 (Mint-): £350
Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 (Mint-): £130
Panasonic 45-200mm (Exc++): £100
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 (Exc++): £80
Olympus 60mm Macro (exc++): £190

Cheers
Chris
 
chrisjjb said:
Thinking I'd trading in all my kit for a d610.
Been quoted the below, ebay has so little mft stuff its hard to tell if it's good value. Anyone else got any other way to sell mft stuff

Panasonic GX7 Body (Exc++ <20k shots): £310
Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 (Mint-): £350
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I'd take it.
chrisjjb said:
Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 (Mint-): £130
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I'd take it.
chrisjjb said:
Panasonic 45-200mm (Exc++): £100
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 (Exc++): £80
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This as well.
chrisjjb said:
Olympus 60mm Macro (exc++): £190

Cheers
Chris
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Those are awful prices!

Have a look in the "Other Brands" section of talkphotography, MFT stuff comes up regularly. You might have to look in the Archive bit too as old threads are moved there.

Thinking about it, you might have to be a member on the board for a minimum time before you can trade there...
 
Those are some low prices. Ebay has tons of m4/3 gear on it. Use the advance search to get an idea of what they go for. Make sure to check the 'sold listings' and 'auction' boxes. I just checked the UK ebay site and the 45mm for example regularly goes for £140 - £160.
 
Good tip. Will look at ebay pricing. Need to at least cover the cost of body and lens to make it worthwhile otherwise it's unaffordable.
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all the prices looks quite too low.

the 12-35 should be at least at 450, possibly at 500
 
uberzone said:
Those are some low prices. Ebay has tons of m4/3 gear on it. Use the advance search to get an idea of what they go for. Make sure to check the 'sold listings' and 'auction' boxes. I just checked the UK ebay site and the 45mm for example regularly goes for £140 - £160.
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Just keep in mind that ebay will change you % of your sale (is it 10 or 12%?) and then paypal will charge you additional 4%.
 
apierleoni said:
all the prices looks quite too low.

the 12-35 should be at least at 450, possibly at 500
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These are of course low prices. But good luck selling 12-35 for 500gbp. This is on higher end of the used ebay gear. 500 - ebay/paypal provisions = 430gbp. Best case scenario.
 
If you decide to sell the lenses on ebay, a few tips from a long-time seller of thousands of pieces of photo equipment:

1) Good pics are not enough. You have to make those lenses jump out at the prospective buyer. I use shaving mirrors to place reflections on the barrel of a lens and I make sure I have one from the front showing the coating reflection.

2) Of course, include photos from all angles, especially the rear of each lens and one looking right through those nice, clean optics.

3) Include one outstanding sample photo you shot with the lens. It doesn't really mean anything, but buyers love this.

4) Tell about why you're giving up the lens. In your case, you're going to FF. This makes the buyer understand there's nothing wrong with this particular lens, but it just won't be useful in your new system.

5) Offer free shipping, at least within your own country. It's a small extra cost for you and you will get it back from higher bids.

I just finished selling some lenses this way and I thought the bids were going too high! I was getting 90% of original retail value on some and even sold a garden variety 50/1.8 for more than its current NYC price.

It's called marketing.

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"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky
 
Jim Salvas said:
If you decide to sell the lenses on ebay, a few tips from a long-time seller of thousands of pieces of photo equipment:

1) Good pics are not enough. You have to make those lenses jump out at the prospective buyer. I use shaving mirrors to place reflections on the barrel of a lens and I make sure I have one from the front showing the coating reflection.

2) Of course, include photos from all angles, especially the rear of each lens and one looking right through those nice, clean optics.

3) Include one outstanding sample photo you shot with the lens. It doesn't really mean anything, but buyers love this.

4) Tell about why you're giving up the lens. In your case, you're going to FF. This makes the buyer understand there's nothing wrong with this particular lens, but it just won't be useful in your new system.

5) Offer free shipping, at least within your own country. It's a small extra cost for you and you will get it back from higher bids.

I just finished selling some lenses this way and I thought the bids were going too high! I was getting 90% of original retail value on some and even sold a garden variety 50/1.8 for more than its current NYC price.

It's called marketing.

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Jim Salvas
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky
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Also excellent advise Wil do some maths and see if I can afford to do it
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arbuz said:
Just keep in mind that ebay will change you % of your sale (is it 10 or 12%?) and then paypal will charge you additional 4%.
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10% on the sale (up to a maximum of £75) and Paypal take 3.4% of the whole plus 20p.

Ebay also now take a 10% fee on your postage pricing. I have been keeping an watch on what selling on ebay costs me since that came in late last year and as the profit margin alters depends on the difference between the actual postage cost and what you priced it at and the fee ebay take for it (and if you sell abroad Paypal take an exchange fee as well as the usual transaction charge) my average total charges is @20% of the hammer price! (Best 16% worst 27%)

Bear that in mind! ;-)
 
chrisjjb said:
Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 (Mint-): £130
Panasonic 45-200mm (Exc++): £100
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 (Exc++): £80
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Am familiar with prices on these and those are too low (are the quotes from a dealer?) Used on forums like avforums, talkphotography, mu-43 etc (no fees) I have seen those sell for at least: 20mm: £160, 45-200 £120 45mm £150. Bear in mind those are minimum you should get - ask for more and with good photos you should get a wee bit more than minimum. More on ebay or amazon marketplace, but then you lose 15% or so on fees, so allow for that. But if you want to sell me your 45mm at £80 I will happily take it. :) Over the past few days I think a few 45mm 1.8's have gone for around £170 + postage on ebay.
 
I sold my Canon kit (DSLR camera body, lenses, flash) to MPB.

At the time they only took Canon and Nikon, but now seem to handle a lot more, inc Panny.

They arrange collection and there was no quibbling over prices.

Suited me down to the ground - no commission to third parties and completed in a couple of days with cash straight into my bank account.

Well worth a look at what they have on offer to get an idea. I don`t know where you are - they are in Brighton.

I am not affiliated to them in any way, except by being a satisfied customer

Briang
 
Thanks. Unfortunately The quoted prices are from Mpb and seemed a little low. That's why I asked.
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Mellowmark said:
They have a mki 20mm Mint- for £199 on their site at the moment: http://www.mpbphotographic.co.uk/panasonic-20mm-f17-lumix-g-micro-four-thirds-pancake-1

They would also easily get double the £80 they are offering you for the 45mm. So, while I get that they are a business and need to make a profit, their mark-ups do seem a little excessive (and hence the prices offered to you).
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I understand their offer, as it is just about the same as I would make if I were still in the business of buying and reselling used equipment. An offer of 60% of the expected market price is actually pretty fair, when you consider they then have to go through the trouble of cleaning the items, photographing them for resale online (they won't get good prices locally), handling the listings and dealing with the buyers. And, they have to make allowances for returns, breakage, etc.

If you sell online yourself, you will reap the profit this retailer might have, but you also assume the fees, work and possible problems.

It's a choice.
 
Very good advice and I never thought about the free shipping. I have been selling hardware on eBay for over a decade with very good results - usually get more than I had planned on, perhaps because I have a perfect record.

I am working outside the US now but when I return I will have numerous things to sell, such as two EM-5s, a GH3, and much non-photo stuff, such as a MacBook Air, a couple of iPads, etc. I may use the free shipping idea for sales within the continental US.

Your advice about lenses is also good, but I have already pruned my lens collection.
 
Your prices are lower than ebay USA. Maybe you should sell ebay international.
 
chrisjjb said:
Thinking I'd trading in all my kit for a d610.
Been quoted the below, ebay has so little mft stuff its hard to tell if it's good value. Anyone else got any other way to sell mft stuff

Panasonic GX7 Body (Exc++ <20k shots): £310
Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 (Mint-): £350
Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 (Mint-): £130
Panasonic 45-200mm (Exc++): £100
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 (Exc++): £80
Olympus 60mm Macro (exc++): £190

Cheers
Chris
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chrisjjb said:
Thinking I'd trading in all my kit for a d610.
Been quoted the below, ebay has so little mft stuff its hard to tell if it's good value. Anyone else got any other way to sell mft stuff

Panasonic GX7 Body (Exc++ <20k shots): £310
Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 (Mint-): £350
Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 (Mint-): £130
Panasonic 45-200mm (Exc++): £100
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 (Exc++): £80
Olympus 60mm Macro (exc++): £190

Cheers
Chris
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