Selling something on eBay

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I've currently got my beloved Bugaboo Cameleon on EBay. Reserve of £250, local
Collection only. It's in beautiful condition, lots of extra, parasol, extra covers, cup holder etc etc. Anyway, I've relisted it 3 times now and it's not reaching the reserve. Not even close.

Has anyone sold one and what did it get? AIBU to ask for this much money? It's also on gumtree and local Facebook selling sites but nothing and I'm loathed to let it go for much less as it's probably getting on for about £1000 worth of kit!

Any ideas?

If you're putting a reserve price on eBay then expect to get low or no bids - buyers hate this. I've never bid on anything with a reserve. Either list it as an auction with your lowest start price or list it as a 'buy it now' for whatever you want, but don't be secretive about it!

And if you've had it for 8 years and it cost £1k then it's cost you about £10 per month of usage, or £2.40 a week. So it probably doesn't really owe you anything.

You have to lower your price, tbh, listings with reserve put me off. Put minimum price you want to get. Tbh it is quite an old pram, so they devalue over the years, for the most latest model. You can get a pretty decent new pram for £300, so why pay £250 for an 8 year old one.

Also if people have to collect, if they are coming from a distance, they will have to pay extra for petrol to get to yours, so will factor that in the bidding. Lower your price by £100 and don't set a reserve!

Presumably when you bought it in 2009 you didn't want to spend £300 on a second hand 8 year old buggy? I know that sounds harsh but you need to put yourself in potential buyer's shoes.

It's a bugaboo. The most overpriced buggy on this planet. I think anyone who wants to spend silly money on a buggy will want it new. Those buying second hand will be looking to spend less.

I never bid on anything with a reserve as I always assume it'll be stupidly high

Why not try and sell it on a local Facebook selling site? I've given up with eBay for high value items as it seems to me that once the item is worth more than £50-100 all the crooks or people who mess about come out of the woodwork. I've had far more success with local sites.

Or have a buy it now for say £200, and accept best offers so people can make an offer.

As somebody who is currently pram shopping there is no way I'd ever consider paying that for an 8 year old pram. Doesn't matter that you spend £1000 on it new, it's 8 years old. Most will assume it's been well used in that time too. I hope you get it sold but if you really want rid of it you will need to be much more realistic about how much you are asking for!

I agree Sa lower it by £100, and you might get some interest. It is 8 years old. I buy and sell genuine designer handbags on e bay for a hobby, sell mine, and buy a different one. I buy preloved bags, and people have paid thousands for them new, a few years ago, but people only pay about £100-£150 for them, despite being in excellent condition. It is only worth what somebody will pay for it.

As an ebay-a-holic the top thing to put me off bidding on something is a reserve. And even if one person bid £250, someone else would also need to bid that amount to take is over the reserve, so it's highly unlikely it's going to happen.

At 8 years old i'd be worried about the structural integrity of the pram. You may well have used it for 2 years max with one child and stored it perfectly since, but you're asking someone to gamble their childs safety on that.

To add to that, £250 is a LOT of money for a second hand pram. You can get a decent branded, brand new one for less, and lets face it, how many soon to be parents have a lot of cash lying about?

Some parents or grandparents splash out on really expensive prams, but there's really not a great secondhand market for them. They're not like cars where there's always a collector.

Things are only worth what someone is prepared to pay and for your pram you are probably looking more at 100 or 150 max. Check out local selling sites and comparisons on eBay and Gumtree.

Our neighbours sold their flat for well over the odds because the buyers were desperate. The neighbours selling theirs for a bit lower in fantastic shape and extended aren't getting near that. Neither flat is worth the price they were and are around 50k cheaper but neighbours A got the exception to the rule, desperate buyers.

Haven't RTFT but sold mine for £90 a couple of years ago on eBay.

,,mine was bought new in 2010 btw.

I think you are being unrealistic with your price tbh.

Everyone thinks whatever they own is worth more than it really is. It's called the Mere Ownership Effect:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_ownership_effect

So op, for your 8 year old pram (which is what it is to most e bayers) to sell, do away with a reserve, start bidding at £100, and see how it goes.

I've been an eBay buyer for years. Usually high priced but used designer things. I NEVER bid on anything with a reserve. Ever. Happy to get into a bidding war but not to try and second guess a bloody start price. I want to buy it not get into a game of guess the number.

If I were you I'd start at £90 and see what you get. Make sure your end time and date is right. 8 am or 8pm on a Tuesday won't work as most people will bid at the last minute and your buyers will be busy then.

Everyone is right. It's only worth what someone will pay not what you have decided nor what your emotional attachment is.

If it's pristine and like New then put that clearly in the title. Take billions of pics. Offer free delivery if you think you can get a courier to take it for a low price. Pick up is limiting it.

Also agree with other posters. Facebook trading pages much better for local sales.

I wouldn't put my dd in an 8yr old pram tbh even if it was free no matter the brand. The car seat (if it comes with one) would be useless for safety reason and I'd be very concerned with the frame too.
I don't think any prams are meant to last 10 plus years....

I use eBay a lot, and as other posters said, NEVER bid on anything with a reserve price. It's a complete pain - either start it at a price in the ballpark of what you want, or out it on as a buy it now with your actual price.