Selling a Stairlift

[BunnyRuddington]

Has anyone got any tips for selling a Stairlift please?

The house is due to be cleared but the house clearers have said that they don’t sell well at Auction and if we can get some money for it privately then do.

I recently needed to do this too when my DM died. I googled “selling stairlifts” contacted a couple of places and the used We Buy Any Stairlift (www.webuyanystairlift.com) as they offered the best price. Took about a week until they came out and the stairlift was dismantled and removed in an hour. You don’t get much for them, depends on the age and condition of the chair but does save waste

I’ll second contacting WeBuyAnyStairlift - depends how old it is and whether it was bought from new and if you have the remotes for it, but if you can get a bit for it and taken away for free then it’s way better then having to pay to have it removed.

If you have the time can you advertise it on Gumtree and Facebook Marketplace.
You might find someone locally who wants it.

We sold my grandmothers on eBay- someone travelled very far for it too- given we only sold for around £500

We sold one back to the company we bought it from. If it’s a straight run there may be a second hand market but not if it accommodates any curves as it’s likely to have been made bespoke.

I sold a curved one on eBay last December, took about a month, I actually sold it twice, once for £700 and second time properly for £900. It had been recently serviced.

I haven’t sold one, but I have definitely seen them come up on Gumtree (so almost certainly Facebook marketplace as well).
I suspect the key as always is pricing and then you just need to have the luck that someone is looking for one at the time you are selling!
Take good photos - ideally of it in place first, then you should be able to carefully dismantle. Picture & note any damage. Good measurements. Any service history, extra bells & whistles etc.
be prepared for people to ask stupid questions & make stupid offers. Decide in advance where your line is between getting some money & getting rid of it.