On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:19, Darren Addy wrote: > > The flip side of this is that if they were selling it for $45, some > poor fellow probably got very little for it on the selling end. The > other lesson may be that if you are selling something to KEH and you > put in a particular grade (according to their descriptions) using > their online quote form, you will probably find that they downgrade it > (not upgrade it) once they actually see it/list it.
Years ago I sent in a pretty-good-looking (to me) black MX for rating/sale. They pointed out things I didn't even notice on the body. Pretty much offered about 1/3 of what I'd hoped to get for it (well, my DAD hoped to get for it - it was his). For the chump change they were offering, he just had them send it back to him. Not sure where it is now. I think he might have sold it directly to someone (for far more than KEH was offering). So... you're quite probably right on target with this summary! KEH: Good for the buyers, not so great if you're selling (if your goal is maximum returns for the sale) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
