Today I am trying to sell a few items and no one has even squeaked at me with interest. Normally it’s price that determines interest. I thought as a starting point.
Two of these items are upgraded. I’ve invested somewhere north of $1000 per piece to upgrade them internally.
One is a Finale Galliard 829B SE stereo tube amp. MSRP is over $10k. I bought mine from Finale as a demo unit. So some hours but few. I hardly used it and my total investment including upgrade and new tubes is over $6k. I wonder what price I can expect to get for it? Is 50-60% of my costs reasonable after less than a years ownership and about 50-60 hours use?
The second is my Cocktail Audio X40 SE. The Swiss Army knife of digital sources. It owes me over $3800 including upgrades. Again is 50-60% of my reasonable for about the same use?
Do I need to be cut-throat to make sales?
I have a Cambridge CXUHD that I bought new three months ago. What percent of new price can I expect it will sell at? Of course...but be reasonable.
I offer free shipping or half price shipping...so I have thought of ‘incentives’.
But now it seems I have to get comfortable with letting things go much cheaper than I thought. And I suspect that the upgrades are not understood by almost every buyer and so difficult to monetize. Until they hear the thing! Dammit.
Any good Hi-Fi sales coaches out there please?
Two of these items are upgraded. I’ve invested somewhere north of $1000 per piece to upgrade them internally.
One is a Finale Galliard 829B SE stereo tube amp. MSRP is over $10k. I bought mine from Finale as a demo unit. So some hours but few. I hardly used it and my total investment including upgrade and new tubes is over $6k. I wonder what price I can expect to get for it? Is 50-60% of my costs reasonable after less than a years ownership and about 50-60 hours use?
The second is my Cocktail Audio X40 SE. The Swiss Army knife of digital sources. It owes me over $3800 including upgrades. Again is 50-60% of my reasonable for about the same use?
Do I need to be cut-throat to make sales?
I have a Cambridge CXUHD that I bought new three months ago. What percent of new price can I expect it will sell at? Of course...but be reasonable.
I offer free shipping or half price shipping...so I have thought of ‘incentives’.
But now it seems I have to get comfortable with letting things go much cheaper than I thought. And I suspect that the upgrades are not understood by almost every buyer and so difficult to monetize. Until they hear the thing! Dammit.
Any good Hi-Fi sales coaches out there please?
