Ebay and selling D3000

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I have decided to sell my D3000 and was wondering if ebay is the way to go?

I am selling the body, no lens....with the box, strap, 8gb nikon speed memory card, a nikon golla bag lens cap etc charger and battery. Course I am worried about postage. I dont even know what price to sell it as! is there any other good way of selling in the UK?

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If i was you i would sell a entry level camera like the d3000 with the kit lens. Anyone looking to buy one will more than likely be a newcomer with little knowledge who wants to be able to go straight out and shoot, not look for a lens not knowing what lenses work and not work without doing research. you will get a better price for it and it will sell quicker, plus if you are upgrading your camera upgrading the kit lens too is a good idea.

I would also try and sell it on Gumtree first. Its free and people will pay cash on collection so you don't need to worry about postage. I sold a nex-5 on there in about 8hrs!
 
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classifieds here - but you need 25 genuine posts and 60 days membership . That aside dealers like MPB will buy second hand gear but expect a slightly lower price than you'd get as private sale
 
Stick on Ebay. Everything I sell ends up going for almost as much as you could buy a new one for. Some people are idiots.. cash in on the fact.
 
i know, that was what i was thinking. but i only have two lenses - the d3000 kit lens and my 35mm 1.8. i havent used my kit lens since i got my 35mm, but im just worried id miss the focal lengths as for a while im not going to be able to afford another lens.

yes, gumtree....thats a good start. do ebay take some of the selling price from you? and what do you think i should advertise it all as?
 
kabooi said:
i know, that was what i was thinking. but i only have two lenses - the d3000 kit lens and my 35mm 1.8. i havent used my kit lens since i got my 35mm, but im just worried id miss the focal lengths as for a while im not going to be able to afford another lens.

yes, gumtree....thats a good start. do ebay take some of the selling price from you? and what do you think i should advertise it all as?
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Yes they take 10% plus a listing fee than if you take payment via paypal they take a further 3-3.5%, so you could be talking £30 in fees not to mention £10 postage with insurance. Gumtree is a much better option. Have you already upgraded your camera? The money for the sale of the d3000 should cover a new better lens.
 
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As others have said the classifieds on here are a good shout, I was going to sell my old one on here but a friend decided to buy before I got it listed. Think I sold it for £225 with the kit lens in immaculate condition with the box, spare battery, bag, memory car and a book on the camera.

As others have mentioned gumtree is a good bet and eBay is a last resort due to the fees.
 
Tunbridge said:
As others have said the classifieds on here are a good shout, I was going to sell my old one on here but a friend decided to buy before I got it listed. Think I sold it for £225 with the kit lens in immaculate condition with the box, spare battery, bag, memory car and a book on the camera.

As others have mentioned gumtree is a good bet and eBay is a last resort due to the fees.
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except that he's only got seventeen posts and only joined on October 19th - so won't have access until December 18th
 
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sorry - i assumed you were car boy :bonk:
 
I think ebay is OK as long as you are careful. I normally always start at 99p - even my D700 had a starting price of 99p!
Make sure you use royal mail special delivery (about £10) and only send to a "confirmed" paypal address (put this stipulation in your listing)
For high value items I normally say bidders must have a minimum rating of 10 and must live in the UK.
The thing I like about ebay is that once you have listed an item there is not much else to do (apart from post the item), no faffing about having to "haggle" like with other selling methods.
 
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You can do advanced searches on EBay and find out what the same camera has sold for recently and work out an average price. Also of its an auction listing be mindful of when you list as it's not much good if it it ends when everyone's at work. Best to finish in the evening or at the weekend at a reasonable hour.
 
Stokieboy62 said:
You can do advanced searches on EBay and find out what the same camera has sold for recently and work out an average price. Also of its an auction listing be mindful of when you list as it's not much good if it it ends when everyone's at work. Best to finish in the evening or at the weekend at a reasonable hour.
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Also I find good to avoid Friday & Saturday evening end times when a lot of people are out on the town.
 
The whole finishing in the evening and preferably a Sunday thing is a bit of a myth which gets put around on forums a lot, however it doesn't do any harm either so don't worry about it.

Firstly the person buying the camera is most likely had a watch on the item the whole week, not just stumbling on it in the final minutes at peak times. So there there ready to bid what ever time it is.

Secondly, evenings are no busier. I have a ebay store so can analysis the traffic to my pages and Sunday evening is not the busiest time, if anything its weekday lunch times 12-2pm. Office workers eating there lunch at there desks browsing ebay. For some reason i can not open the annalist at the moment or i could give you some more detail.
 
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boliston said:
Also I find good to avoid Friday & Saturday evening end times when a lot of people are out on the town.
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:thinking: and come home with having tooo much to drink & make ridiculous bids ;)

boliston said:
I think ebay is OK as long as you are careful. I normally always start at 99p - even my D700 had a starting price of 99p!
Make sure you use royal mail special delivery (about £10) and only send to a "confirmed" paypal address (put this stipulation in your listing)
For high value items I normally say bidders must have a minimum rating of 10 and must live in the UK.
The thing I like about ebay is that once you have listed an item there is not much else to do (apart from post the item), no faffing about having to "haggle" like with other selling methods.
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You could also do the buyer requirements as well which help with a few things like having a paypal account, non payment etc .... I usually have those done if I'm selling some expensive - cuts out a few of the bad apples that frequent the bay...
 
rjbell said:
The whole finishing in the evening and preferably a Sunday thing is a bit of a myth which gets put around on forums a lot, however it doesn't do any harm either so don't worry about it.

Firstly the person buying the camera is most likely had a watch on the item the whole week, not just stumbling on it in the final minutes at peak times. So there there ready to bid what ever time it is.

Secondly, evenings are no busier. I have a ebay store so can analysis the traffic to my pages and Sunday evening is not the busiest time, if anything its weekday lunch times 12-2pm. Office workers eating there lunch at there desks browsing ebay. For some reason i can not open the annalist at the moment or i could give you some more detail.
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If I am looking to buy something on ebay and there are a number of auctions I will look for any finishing at silly times, eg 7:30 in the morning, probably not the only person doing that though.
I usually use auction sniper and have had some good buys with the auctions finishing in the mornngs.
 
nog said:
If I am looking to buy something on ebay and there are a number of auctions I will look for any finishing at silly times, eg 7:30 in the morning, probably not the only person doing that though.
I usually use auction sniper and have had some good buys with the auctions finishing in the mornngs.
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I use snipes too, as do lots of people. It's hard not to get your hopes up when you loose.
 
rjbell said:
I use snipes too, as do lots of people. It's hard not to get your hopes up when you loose.
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Yes but it's great when you come home and find an email saying you won (I use snipes as well). :) When I lose it's either because another person has put in a higher bid at the last minute/second (either manually or sniping) which is fine or the price has gone up fast earlier on because of early bidders pushing it up (grr!).

Either way, at least by sniping you decide how much to pay in advance and if someone else is prepared to pay more well then so it goes. Except for rare items obviously, there will usually be plenty more to bid on..
 
applemint said:
Either way, at least by sniping you decide how much to pay in advance and if someone else is prepared to pay more well then so it goes.
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That's not sniping, that's exactly how ebays bidding system is meant to work :p

The whole point in sniping is to throw in a last second bid in the closing moments, so other bidders don't have a chance to see it and increase their bid. Great for avoiding bidding wars and it helps to keep the final price down as you essentially "lock out" everyone else from beating your bid thus pushing up the price. So it doesn't matter if they're willing to pay more than their current bid, strange that a lot of people still use individual bids in increments of £10-£20.

I do my sniping manually, none if this automated nonsense, it's an art form :lol:
 
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I'm pretty sure that all "serious" bids I have ever placed have normally been with about 10 seconds left on the auction. I think leaving it later (eg 5 seconds to go) can be risky if the server does not register your bid in time. I always worry about placing a high bid early in case it drives up the price unnecessarily.
 
faddius said:
That's not sniping, that's exactly how ebays bidding system is meant to work :p

The whole point in sniping is to throw in a last second bid in the closing moments, so other bidders don't have a chance to see it and increase their bid. Great for avoiding bidding wars and it helps to keep the final price down as you essentially "lock out" everyone else from beating your bid thus pushing up the price. So it doesn't matter if they're willing to pay more than their current bid, strange that a lot of people still use individual bids in increments of £10-£20.

I do my sniping manually, none if this automated nonsense, it's an art form :lol:
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Yes, but it doesn't stop any other snipers who have put in a higher bid than you from winning. :D
 
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