m9photo Posted December 5, 2019 Share #1 Posted December 5, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) For those who traded the SL with Leica store, did they appraise and value fairly? My local shop (non Leica store but an authorized dealer) valued my SL too low. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Donzo98 Posted December 5, 2019 Share #2 Posted December 5, 2019 27 minutes ago, m9photo said: For those who traded the SL with Leica store, did they appraise and value fairly? My local shop (non Leica store but an authorized dealer) valued my SL too low. What's too low?? 2K? I have seen them as low as 2K on FM, similar on Ebay. They are going to re-sell it... and need to make some profit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scroy Posted December 5, 2019 Share #3 Posted December 5, 2019 Most stores would look at a minimum of 20% markup. I'm looking at the USED section on the Leica Store Miami site and used SLs are running at 2.5-2.7k which would match up the ~2K trade-in numbers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9photo Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted December 5, 2019 11 minutes ago, Donzo98 said: What's too low?? 2K? I have seen them as low as 2K on FM, similar on Ebay. They are going to re-sell it... and need to make some profit. Lower than that, LoL. I'm still hoping to sell it instead of trade in. E*bay is my last source. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9photo Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted December 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, scroy said: Most stores would look at a minimum of 20% markup. I'm looking at the USED section on the Leica Store Miami site and used SLs are running at 2.5-2.7k which would match up the ~2K trade-in numbers. I'm on waiting list with them, but still no news yet. I was at my local store here and they have 1 ready. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donzo98 Posted December 5, 2019 Share #6 Posted December 5, 2019 51 minutes ago, m9photo said: Lower than that, LoL. I'm still hoping to sell it instead of trade in. E*bay is my last source. How much are you asking?? Ebay is a disaster... 13% fees. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m9photo Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted December 6, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) If private $2.5k, I know I can't make that # for trade in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted December 7, 2019 Share #8 Posted December 7, 2019 You won't make $2500 for trade in, though maybe in a private sale. Mine went for $1850 to my dealer. The trade in reduces the sales tax. Private sale does not. eBay takes 10% and Paypal about 3% I think, and usually the seller pays for shipping too. So the difference narrows quite a bit. Because sales taxes here are 8.625%, in my case getting $1850 from the dealer was within $100 of what I would net on ebay at $2500 and the transaction was done in minutes. The $100 difference worth it to avoid having to wait for a buyer (competing with other listed same cameras), then pack and ship and then possibly deal with a eBay buyer who didn't agree with your assessment of condition. That sometimes happens and it is a PITA to say the least, even when you are not at fault. I also want my dealer to stay in business. That doesn't mean I will never buy anything elsewhere, but it does mean that when things are close, I will give the business to him. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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