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Originally Posted by GeoffW1
Anyway I feel that many people DO believe that 2nd hand goods can only attract 50% - 60% of new, maximum, in these circumstances. That is the rule of thumb I always used to use in the Trading Post, but I soon saw how things went here on IIS and had to adapt.
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It depends on the type of item too. Generally speaking good quality eyepieces that are well cared for should maintain a higher % of original value than items more prone to wearing out or deteriorating with time.
I think a lot of the time you just have to be lucky to be selling at the same time as someone ready and wanting to buy. Most times you have to tempt them with a price low enough to persuade someone that NOW is the time to buy something they MIGHT have bought sooner or later.
The Aussie astro gear market just isn't big enough to support the kind of prices attainable on astromart.