Infinium scope, what's it worth

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Mjolinor

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I have an Infinium 54815A, 4 channel 500 MHz scope with all it's bits,
probes, k'board, mouse, that I intend to put on Ebay. Does anyone here have
any idea what it is worth so I can set a starting price.

It cost me an arm and a leg when I bought it 5 years ago.
 
Mjolinor wrote:
I have an Infinium 54815A, 4 channel 500 MHz scope with all it's bits,
probes, k'board, mouse, that I intend to put on Ebay. Does anyone here
have any idea what it is worth so I can set a starting price.
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This is kind of circular, but it's worth what you can get for it on eBay.
Did you check eBay for completed auctions of that model?

The auction itself will tell you what it's worth. If the item is well
described and well photographed, runs for a week or more, and ends at a
sensible time (i.e., not in the middle of the night), it will seek its own
level, even if it starts at $1.

The other way of letting eBay tell you what it's worth is to set the
starting price too high, and notice that you got 0 bids.
--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

well-adjusted, adj.:
The ability to play bridge or golf as if they were games.
 
"John Miller" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Mjolinor wrote:
I have an Infinium 54815A, 4 channel 500 MHz scope with all it's bits,
probes, k'board, mouse, that I intend to put on Ebay. Does anyone here
have any idea what it is worth so I can set a starting price.

This is kind of circular, but it's worth what you can get for it on eBay.
Did you check eBay for completed auctions of that model?

The auction itself will tell you what it's worth. If the item is well
described and well photographed, runs for a week or more, and ends at a
sensible time (i.e., not in the middle of the night), it will seek its own
level, even if it starts at $1.

The other way of letting eBay tell you what it's worth is to set the
starting price too high, and notice that you got 0 bids.
--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

well-adjusted, adj.:
The ability to play bridge or golf as if they were games.

Which is why I posted. If I start it at Ł1 then I will get 3*10^6 emails
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asking me questions from all the morons that think they are going to own it
for less than Ł1000. If I set it too high I wont get any bids. It needs
pitching right because even though things on Ebay do set there own worth
fairly well it doesn't work with high value limited market products,
particularly in the UK where the market is much smaller, it has to be
pitched somewhere near to start with. I searched for completed or current
items similar, there are none in the UK and there isn't one like it in the
US and the difference in price UK to US on a product like this is
significant, it is worth much more in the UK.

So I need a ball park figure. I am sure someone on this group haas bought
one second hand recently.
 
"Mjolinor" <mjolinor@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: "John Miller" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
: news:c70291$318$1@n4vu.com...
: > Mjolinor wrote:
: > > I have an Infinium 54815A, 4 channel 500 MHz scope with all
it's bits,
: > > probes, k'board, mouse, that I intend to put on Ebay. Does
anyone here
: > > have any idea what it is worth so I can set a starting
price.
: >
: > This is kind of circular, but it's worth what you can get for
it on eBay.
: > Did you check eBay for completed auctions of that model?
: >
: > The auction itself will tell you what it's worth. If the item
is well
: > described and well photographed, runs for a week or more, and
ends at a
: > sensible time (i.e., not in the middle of the night), it will
seek its own
: > level, even if it starts at $1.
: >
: > The other way of letting eBay tell you what it's worth is to
set the
: > starting price too high, and notice that you got 0 bids.
: > --
: > John Miller
: > Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm
: >
: > well-adjusted, adj.:
: > The ability to play bridge or golf as if they were
games.
: >
: Which is why I posted. If I start it at Ł1 then I will get
3*10^6 emails
: asking me questions from all the morons that think they are
going to own it
: for less than Ł1000. If I set it too high I wont get any bids.
It needs
: pitching right because even though things on Ebay do set there
own worth
: fairly well it doesn't work with high value limited market
products,
: particularly in the UK where the market is much smaller, it has
to be
: pitched somewhere near to start with. I searched for completed
or current
: items similar, there are none in the UK and there isn't one like
it in the
: US and the difference in price UK to US on a product like this
is
: significant, it is worth much more in the UK.
:
: So I need a ball park figure. I am sure someone on this group
haas bought
: one second hand recently.


I found one advertised for $9,499 in New Jersey. But I think that
is a speculative price. But it is a starting point!
 
"Mjolinor" <mjolinor@hotmail.com> wrote:

I have an Infinium 54815A, 4 channel 500 MHz scope with all it's bits,
probes, k'board, mouse, that I intend to put on Ebay. Does anyone here have
any idea what it is worth so I can set a starting price.

It cost me an arm and a leg when I bought it 5 years ago.
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Rule of thumb, if there are no Ebay sales for reference:

X = What's the least you'll take for it?

Y = What's it being advertised for? (anywhere, just for a ballpark figure)

Starting bid = greater of X or (Y/2)

If you think it's worth at least 100 (GPB, $, Euros), then start it there.
That's usually high enough to eliminate the "noise" bidders.

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: So I need a ball park figure. I am sure someone on this group
haas bought
: one second hand recently.
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Start at Ł1500, if you get Ł2500 for it you will be doing well.
 
Mjolinor wrote...
So I need a ball park figure. I am sure someone on this
group haas bought one second hand recently.
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It's always a good idea to search eBay for finished auctions,
they show you the last 30 days worth. You can find something
similar, if not identical. Use "Advanced Search," and select
"Completed Items only"

I found a 54810A 500MHx 2-channel with printed manuals, but
no probes, ended at $3,150. Another 54810A, but rack mount
(ugh), with no probes or printed manuals, started at $3,995,
no bidders, relisted now, still no bidders. A third 54810A
had everything, probes and all, and finished at $3,750 plus
$300 shipped from Israel, after 23 bids. This was with a
$49.90 starting bid! See the great photos and listing,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3812086115

[Note the runner-up bidder, a new eBay member in the Ukraine,
rated 0. You may want to set some acceptable-bidder rules.]

Anyway, I'd imagine a 54815A with everything like yours would
be *at least* a few $k more, maybe higher. Nothing wrong with
a $7.5k reserve price, and you can relist for a few rounds, or
go ahead and accept a lower high finishing bidder at any point.


Thanks,
- Win

whill_at_picovolt-dot-com (use hill_at_rowland-dot-org for now)
 
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