How much is your equipment currently worth?! 2009

[LewisM]

How is this top post with no replies since my one above over a year ago? It's not stickied.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

How is this top post with no replies since my one above over a year ago? It's not stickied.

Anyone voting but not posting still brings up the thread.

RB

[Wavytone]

Could be time some changed their vote, if they’ve made a significant purchase or sold a lot of gear.

[el_draco (Rom)]

If I tried to replace it, I'd be on the wrong side of $50K, by a long margin. When the $Au = $US 1.10... I chose wisely...

[Outcast (Carlton)]

I've bought most of my gear secondhand.. I'm not sure I want to know how much I spent buying secondhand gear, let alone what it might be worth if I had bought it all new....

I'd also prefer my wife didn't find out.. although, I suspect she might already know...

[JeniSkunk (Jenifur)]

Just noticed this thread, so I figured I'd see just what it'd cost to replace all my gear.
While my kit isn't exactly large or expensive, replacing it would cost somewhat more than what I originally paid in 2018.
The binoculars in my sig were a gift, and finding equivalent condition, identical capability, replacements on ebay, would be exceedingly difficult, at best. So I've left them out of the calculations.

SkyWatcher Heritage 130P
Celestron Astromaster Accessory Kit (Synta's Celestron badging of their discontinued SkyWatcher badged Eyepiece And Filter Kit)
Saxon Cielo HD 12mm
Saxon Cielo HD 6.5mm

Current fool refail Ausfailure Tax prices.
$ 399.99 Scope
$ 149.99 Accessory kit
$ 129.99 Eyepiece 12mm
$ 129.99 Eyepiece 6.5mm
$ 809.96 total

What I paid (all at Astro Anarchy)
$ 199.00 Scope (on sale)
$ 89.00 Accessory kit
$ 109.00 Eyepiece 12mm
$ 109.00 Eyepiece 6.5mm
$ 506.00 total

Current sale prices
$ 289.00 Scope (Oz Scopes)
$ 129.99 Accessory kit (Australian Geographic)
$ 99.95 Eyepiece 12mm (Oz Scopes)
$ 99.95 Eyepiece 6.5mm (Oz Scopes)
$ 618.89 total

[PeterM]

An oldie but a goodie... When I die don't let my spouse sell the Astro gear for what I told them it cost me.... just as well no names are in that poll or they may have met an early demise at the hands of their spouse!

[Peter Ward]

Definitely in the lost the plot strata...but way cheaper than a big stink-boat

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by PeterM

An oldie but a goodie... When I die don't let my spouse sell the Astro gear for what I told them it cost me.... just as well no names are in that poll or they may have met an early demise at the hands of their spouse!

I have already nominated an "astro-executor"... Tha missus can live it up on the profit...

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by el_draco

I have already nominated an "astro-executor"... Tha missus can live it up on the profit...

I read that as Astro-executioner first time....

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Definitely in the lost the plot strata...but way cheaper than a big stink-boat

Or a small (27ft) old classic cutter wooden yatch

Only cost me $5000 to buy, then $4000 to get it up after it sank, $4000 each time on the slip but only $200 a month mooring fees which was cheap..then weekly purchases at Bunnings of around $150 to $250 for tools and materials....and if I went ahead to have it restored it would have cost $80 to $100 K to end up with a market value of only $25k...and folk think I was crazy to give it away...it was due for a $6000 slip so that giveaway paid for half my astro gear

I have not totalled my stuff but maybe $1750 to $1875....ruffly maybe a little bit more if you include everything past the binos and the dslr

Heck I could spend more but thank goodness I am content with things...at the moment

So if I had $100,000 to throw at it...mmmm...get the old boat back and totally restore it of course

Alex