How to Price Used Contractor Saw

Typically, used merchandise is sold at around half the original price. If your saw is in excellent condition, you can try to get more.

Similar questions to this one have come here a bunch recently. In reply to this type of question, FWIW, I offer these comments:

IMO, there has been no better time for data access to market prices for used "consumer" goods. One approach is to look in the local paper/penny-saver/etc. to see what else is being offered and at what price. Also, you can check a local pawn shop. For a broader idea merely a few clicks away, check ebay and do an advanced search for "Completed listings only" -- i.e., sales that have gone through. There is a check box for this on the page you get to by clicking on "search" and then "more search options". Here is a link:

Note that even ebay allows you to essentially sell local - many auctions for heavy/large items indicate that an item must be picked up -- i.e., no shipping.

All this being said, asking here how much one is likely to get for a used saw (Kevin replied to that) can help one decide whether or not it is worth selling -- i.e., maybe for such a low price you'd want to keep the thing as a "spare" or give it away to a friend/school/community group.

Another approach, I suppose, is to put up a local ad, list the price you'd like to get, and then add "or best offer" (OBO).

In short, it is akin to one asking "How much is my house worth?" It is "worth" what someone is willing and able to pay. To get an advance idea as to what that might be, "comparables" are researched.

HTH. -- Igor.

I priced my 6 year old Jet CS at half of new. It sold in _2 hours_ out of a local bargain shopper paper / website.

One can *always* lower the price of the calls don't come!

Barry

Start at 50% and go up "slightly" for any major add-ons, since you got "none", 50% is a fair number.

Mike Pio wrote:

And after you determine the price, stop and think about whether it's really worth selling for what your going to get out of it. You might decide (if you have the space) to keep it and use it as a dedicated machine for specific operations. (dadoes etc.) Just a thought. I've seen our company go through several of the portable job site TS's and it always makes me think "these saws are nearly as much money as a good contractors saw". Personally I think they're overpriced when compared to a Contractors Saw. You pay for portability.