What would you expect to pay for this?

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Solid oak extending table with 4 chairs. Original price £1500, only used 6 months and has been wrapped in storage since. Immaculate condition with no marks/wear and tear.

What would you deem a reasonable price for it secondhand?

Looks similar to this picture but plain grey chairs in the same style

Or advertise it in higher moneyed areas.friend got double what she paid advertising on a local to London page.worth the petrol money dropping it off

I agree with this. Sorry OP I think you will struggle to get more than £200 for it. I wouldn’t pay storage fees, you’d probably pay more in a year than you would lose in selling for £200.

Anything near the half price mark I'd take the offer

There is a lot of new/good as new furniture available at the mo. due to folks downsizing, trying to make a few quid OR, in the case of the chairs i'm gradually collecting, ordering online and not checking sizes properly.

I've bought 2 beautiful matching chairs (2 separate sellers) at a fraction of the still current price in store. In both cases the sellers were selling as the style of chair took up too much room once in their own house and a few months down the line have admitted defeat.

As pp said, if people were happy to spend a 'nearly new' price they'd buy new.

OP, go with the offer you got if it’s anywhere near what you are thinking. You’ll not a better offer.

I'd have said about £500 (maximum) would be what I'd spend on that second hand.
There is an extendable table in Ikea for about £220 and you could get 4 of these for £200:
www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/kaettil-chair-white-knisa-light-grey-30500341/

Your table however, if it is the same as the one in that picture looks more sturdy than the one in Ikea and your chairs are probably of a heavier quality to the one I selected and it's that (the robustness of your furniture) that I would be willing to spend the extra on.

Good luck to you if you get close to your asking price.

Tops £300. Secondhand marketplace for tables isn’t that great.

We’re selling something exactly like this in the next week or so and thinking £150-£200

If your colleague has offered an amount that is close to what you want then just sell it to them? I doubt you’ll get more than 200/300 for it. People don’t want to buy close to the amount you bought it for otherwise they’d just try and buy it themselves

I don't see what the problem is: you want a certain amount for it and you have a buyer willing to pay near that amount. It is well over the going rate, but that's immaterial, if you've arranged it between the two of you then sell it for that and be grateful that you didn't try to sell it on the open market.

Whack it on marketplace at the price you want for it. You might get lucky.

I would caution about the cost of keeping it in storage - it’ll cost you and at what point will it have cost you the same price again? All the time going further and further out of fashion.,,,

cut your losses.

I'd accept your friend's offer and be done with it.

Heavy furniture is difficult to move & does not hold value.

If you are lucky and prepared to wait/pay ebay fees you might get 500 at a push, probably more like 300.

Gosh those are low amounts. It's brand new. £1200-£1400 is a lot of money to lose...

No, its second hand, and whoever buys it from you won't have warranties etc.

Its not worth an amount now because you paid that for it. Its worth what the market is willing to pay, which is generally not high.

I often see things advertised at 3/4 of the original purchase price and think people are crazy with their expectations. Unfortunately unless you happen upon someone that was just about to buy this set brand new, then few things hold their value.

This is the problem. If the table is too big for your new house then it's also going to be too big for many houses. Weirdly a smaller table using significantly less oak would probably get more and be easier to sell. Also anything scandi or mid century modern in style will sell better.

Definitely lower your expectations.

I bought a 3 seater and a 2 seater Italian (Bardi) buffalo leather sofas that were 18 months old, barely used, both for £280 on ebay.
They were 3k brand new.

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wow that really was a cross post. Great minds and all that.

Go on ebay gumtree etc see if you can find comparable ones for sale or sold and note the prices

If you’ve got someone wanting to buy it off you then accept their offer.

If you think their offer is too high then say you’ll lower it as they are a friend.

It’s not brand new though is it. It’s second hand. If someone has 800-1000 quid to spend on a table they aren’t buying it second hand.

Just to throw my tuppence ha’penny into to the mix, I had a bespoke, solid oak table made for me. 100cm x 240cm and it cost £900. Made exactly to my design and with a really thick top. So unless your table is exactly what someone is looking for, I think your expectations might be a bit high.

Oh if someone's willing to pay that much for it then absolutely sell it. As another poster said, it's worth what the market is willing to pay.

We've just given away an immaculate country pine corner cupboard and shelves. We didn't have people beating down our door to take it for free either. It was obviously because it's dated and not a desirable item any more.

I think that style of table and chairs is a bit dated now. People seem to like the mid century style these days. I know I do.

Would you be willing to say the company you got it from, here or in a DM? I am looking for an oak table and can’t find a style I like anywhere.