Second hand stores

[ladybug]

Hi! Do you know of any second hand electronics stores, like actual stores not like eBay and craigslist, that buy used electronics from customers by phone or email, and will also pay international shipping since it will probably not be in my country?

[RONOTHAN##]

3 minutes ago, stefanmz said:

Do you know of any second hand electronics stores, like actual stores not like eBay and craigslist, that buy used electronics from customers by phone or email

Only one I can think of off the top of my head is Game Stop, though there's probably some more local stores (not massive chains) that probably exist. There were a couple online only ones for phones I remember used to exist, I remember seeing ads for Gizelle a while ago, though no idea how good they are or if they're even still in business. 

 

4 minutes ago, stefanmz said:

and will also pay international shipping since it will probably not be in my country?

That is almost certainly not going to happen. International shipping isn't cheap, these electronics aren't uncommon, and they don't usually pay that much for the devices in the first place. These types of places behave more like pawn shops, where they pay 30-40% of the worth of the item and try to sell it for 100-110% of the value, so adding an extra 10-20% of the cost of the item for them because of international shipping means you're not going to get really anything from them. 

 

Honestly, your best bet if you don't want to do any sort of manual selling is to look around locally and see if there's a shop that specializes in it. There probably won't be, and you'll be stuck trying to sell it at a pawn shop, keeping it, actually trying on an online marketplace like eBay, or just taking it to an electronics recycler. 

[aisle9]

You're better off selling it locally. For one, you'll get more money. Two, I don't think there is such a thing as a secondhand consumer electronics store that will buy computers without seeing them and pay international shipping. The shipping would cost them more than they'd make on the typical secondhand PC.

[Echothedolpin]

If you managed to find a place that did this you’d only be getting scrap-equivalent pricing.

[LogicalDrm]

International shipping is nope, especially if they are buying. You would be the one paying for the shipping regardless and they would have notion to decline any piece at anytime. Meaning that you would always lose.

 

Locally, sure. Though it depends on how many smaller stores there are overall. I know of couple. But as stores are looking for profit, you will get something around or over scrapping fee and they would be reselling at market price.

[ladybug]

Ok thanks a lot for the replies! I will check out the ones you suggested and also will definitely try local stores. 

 

On 7/13/2023 at 2:11 AM, RONOTHAN## said:

Only one I can think of off the top of my head is Game Stop, though there's probably some more local stores (not massive chains) that probably exist. There were a couple online only ones for phones I remember used to exist, I remember seeing ads for Gizelle a while ago, though no idea how good they are or if they're even still in business. 

 

That is almost certainly not going to happen. International shipping isn't cheap, these electronics aren't uncommon, and they don't usually pay that much for the devices in the first place. These types of places behave more like pawn shops, where they pay 30-40% of the worth of the item and try to sell it for 100-110% of the value, so adding an extra 10-20% of the cost of the item for them because of international shipping means you're not going to get really anything from them. 

 

Honestly, your best bet if you don't want to do any sort of manual selling is to look around locally and see if there's a shop that specializes in it. There probably won't be, and you'll be stuck trying to sell it at a pawn shop, keeping it, actually trying on an online marketplace like eBay, or just taking it to an electronics recycler. 

Now Ronothan in particular,  I checked out game stop but on gamestop.com it says access denied. Is it not up anymore? The European one works. Also I didn't find Gizelle but I found Gazelle so maybe that's what you meant.

[RONOTHAN##]

2 minutes ago, stefanmz said:

I checked out game stop but on gamestop.com it says access denied. Is it not up anymore?

It's up for me, it might just be blocked in your country. As far as I know, they only buy stuff in person, so you'd need to take stuff in person and they don't take everything, plus they're infamous for giving next to nothing for stuff (25% of the market price if you're lucky). 

 

6 minutes ago, stefanmz said:

Also I didn't find Gizelle but I found Gazelle so maybe that's what you meant.

That's probably why I couldn't find it when checking to see if they were still in business. It's still not going to be worth the international shipping charge, it'll probably cost you more in shipping than they'll give you for the item, and I'm not going to say I recommend them as I've only heard about them, not necessarily heard about their business practices. 

[ladybug]

54 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

It's up for me, it might just be blocked in your country. As far as I know, they only buy stuff in person, so you'd need to take stuff in person and they don't take everything, plus they're infamous for giving next to nothing for stuff (25% of the market price if you're lucky). 

 

That's probably why I couldn't find it when checking to see if they were still in business. It's still not going to be worth the international shipping charge, it'll probably cost you more in shipping than they'll give you for the item, and I'm not going to say I recommend them as I've only heard about them, not necessarily heard about their business practices. 

well GameStop won't be an option then because I don't have game stop in my country. And for the international shipping if they won't pay for it I just won't sell it to them there is no point otherwise, I am not paying international shipping. I will try more local stores.

[porina]

Specify your country and maybe locals can give you pointers.

 

If you found anyone doing international, you will be paying for shipping regardless either directly or indirectly, taken out of whatever price gets offered. Basically unless it is a really high value item it probably isn't going to be economic.

[Thaldor]

Most likely there isn't any company which would even pay local pickup, either you take it there or it's no deal. Generally the value of used electronics (if not something bit more special or almost brand new) is so low that even running a store for just that isn't really possible unless the main parts income is from donations or managing to get high volumes of almost new products (like partnering up with some leasing companies and getting their ~1 year used electronics and selling them).

Like if you need an example how low the value of used tech is just look up some local store (like Power or Elgiganten/Elkjøp in Nordics) and their trade-in values for phones. Unless you are selling some flagship from couple years back or iPhone in pristine condition it's pretty much just a courtesy discount of like 20-50€ from the price of a new phone. You can pretty much negotiate same discount by just being nice and seeming a bit unwilling to pay the full price.

 

Sell them by yourself on ebay/graiglist/some local marketplace, rent a shelf from fleamarket and sell them with other old stuff, donate them to some charity or something along those lines what is possible wherever you are. Generally even pawn shops aren't interested to buy old electronics unless you have something really special on offer.

[Mark Kaine]

yes these shops exist but if u ask such a question "my country" really is insufficient info, because in all likelihood nobody will do this internationally.

 

[donal McScrote]

 

Country	Shops
United Kingdom[16]	388
Spain (mainland)	62
Republic of Ireland	38
Mexico	36
Australia	29
Portugal	21
India	17
Netherlands	12
Poland	10
Italy	4
Canary Islands (Spain)	3
Malaysia	1

 

 

The above list is a used electronics store called CEX, Phones laptops comp parts.  I only use them when absolutely stuck and can't guarantee they'll have exactly what you need in store even if it's listed on their stock page online and do know the majority of their old RAM in stock is more than likely taken from scrapped business desktops.

 

If you see you're home country in the above list phone them first but it's best to go in person if possible.

^[17]

[dizmo]

Haha, no store is going to pay you to ship your items to them. Unless they're giving you a ridiculously low offer. Usually they need to double what they pay you to make it worth their while.

[ladybug]

ok thanks for the  links and the info!Also I have already ads on eBay and craigslist and other marketplaces I haven't heard of( one of them is German) so plenty of ads. And local ones too, I am also gonna phone some local stores here and we will see. Somebody is bound to buy them with so many options but will it be for the price I want- kind of unlikely but we will see.

[thewelshbrummie]

It's threads like this that make me question how good these forums really are.

On 7/12/2023 at 5:50 PM, stefanmz said:

Hi! Do you know of any second hand electronics stores, like actual stores not like eBay and craigslist, that buy used electronics from customers by phone or email, and will also pay international shipping since it will probably not be in my country?

 

Where? "In my country" is a pathetic lack of information for a thread like this. Game Stop in the US, CEX in the UK, otherwise I'd need to look into options - but I can't do that as I simply don't know which country you're in, and I'm not going to look up options for the other 193 countries in the world. Be specific. You're profile doesn't mention a location, so that's as much advice as I can provide on specific places to try.

 

As an aside, I went through your post activity to see if I could find anything that might provide your location so that I could provide better advice. In doing so, I noticed that the vast majority of solutions you've acquired are in threads you've created, that you've later replied to and then marked your reply as the solution. In some cases, you've quoted another person, added a short reply and marked that as the solution, not the post you've quoted which is the post that contains the solution. Once or twice is understandable but I found just one solution you've provided to a thread where you weren't the person who also started the thread. Apart from feeling like you're gaming the solutions system, that really made me think twice about trying to help you.

On 7/14/2023 at 1:56 PM, stefanmz said:

And for the international shipping if they won't pay for it I just won't sell it to them there is no point otherwise, I am not paying international shipping.

Completely unrealistic. Selling new doesn't have great profit margins so selling 2nd hand parts only works if you sell a crazy high number of items - think fast fashion, selling huge quantities of stock for a very small margin that will eventually add up. Having the company you're trying to sell to pay for shipping would eat into their tiny profit margin. So if you're trying to offload old parts, the people buying need to make a profit so there's no chance they'll pay you to ship them. Ebay is simply the best suggestion I can make based on the limited information you've provided.

 

Again, this is the type of post where "In my country" just does not cut it - you absolutely need to provide that if you want a good answer as all I've figured out so far is that your country is not the USA (despite your mentioning of Craigslist, which from experience is very US centric).

On 7/12/2023 at 6:11 PM, RONOTHAN## said:

That is almost certainly not going to happen. International shipping isn't cheap, these electronics aren't uncommon, and they don't usually pay that much for the devices in the first place. These types of places behave more like pawn shops, where they pay 30-40% of the worth of the item and try to sell it for 100-110% of the value, so adding an extra 10-20% of the cost of the item for them because of international shipping means you're not going to get really anything from them. 

 

Honestly, your best bet if you don't want to do any sort of manual selling is to look around locally and see if there's a shop that specializes in it. There probably won't be, and you'll be stuck trying to sell it at a pawn shop, keeping it, actually trying on an online marketplace like eBay, or just taking it to an electronics recycler. 

This sums up my thoughts - either recycle the parts or sell them on eBay for whatever you can get. Those are the best options I can suggest unless you're willing to provide where you are so that I (or someone else) can have a look at alternatives.

[ladybug]

On 7/19/2023 at 6:39 PM, thewelshbrummie said:

It's threads like this that make me question how good these forums really are.

 

Where? "In my country" is a pathetic lack of information for a thread like this. Game Stop in the US, CEX in the UK, otherwise I'd need to look into options - but I can't do that as I simply don't know which country you're in, and I'm not going to look up options for the other 193 countries in the world. Be specific. You're profile doesn't mention a location, so that's as much advice as I can provide on specific places to try.

 

As an aside, I went through your post activity to see if I could find anything that might provide your location so that I could provide better advice. In doing so, I noticed that the vast majority of solutions you've acquired are in threads you've created, that you've later replied to and then marked your reply as the solution. In some cases, you've quoted another person, added a short reply and marked that as the solution, not the post you've quoted which is the post that contains the solution. Once or twice is understandable but I found just one solution you've provided to a thread where you weren't the person who also started the thread. Apart from feeling like you're gaming the solutions system, that really made me think twice about trying to help you.

Completely unrealistic. Selling new doesn't have great profit margins so selling 2nd hand parts only works if you sell a crazy high number of items - think fast fashion, selling huge quantities of stock for a very small margin that will eventually add up. Having the company you're trying to sell to pay for shipping would eat into their tiny profit margin. So if you're trying to offload old parts, the people buying need to make a profit so there's no chance they'll pay you to ship them. Ebay is simply the best suggestion I can make based on the limited information you've provided.

 

Again, this is the type of post where "In my country" just does not cut it - you absolutely need to provide that if you want a good answer as all I've figured out so far is that your country is not the USA (despite your mentioning of Craigslist, which from experience is very US centric).

This sums up my thoughts - either recycle the parts or sell them on eBay for whatever you can get. Those are the best options I can suggest unless you're willing to provide where you are so that I (or someone else) can have a look at alternatives.

ok, I put a lot of ads on different websites. I didn't mention my country on purpose because I wanted international solutions, I wanted people to come up with sites in different countries or stores where in my idea, they would be willing to buy internationally with international shipping, for which I was wrong clearly, I don't know why I assumed they would just buy internationally but nevermind now I know not to rely on that, thanks to everyone here for informing me. I will wait on the ads and we will see. I tried stores locally I will try more but they are usually not interested so it's kinda pointless. As for selling for parts the only reason I am selling the earbuds is because I want to buy new ones with this money, hence the hefty price, I don't want to sell them if I am not going to make enough money to buy the new ones straight away, they are still good earbuds, maybe that wasn't clear, I am not trying to get rid of them, which is the hardest part. Because I perfectly know not much people would buy second hand earbuds for almost brand new price, but I will wait and see, in the meantime I was wondering if I should make a classified ad here, do you think people would be interested?