Q: Pricing Used Gear

I'm interested in how y'all would go about pricing used equipment.

There are four main categories I see:

1) Modern UW Gear

still relatively up to date stuff like housings and strobes but just not used any longer.

2) Ancient Gear

stuff like my Nik V

3) Misc useful stuff

Strobe arms, Pelican cases etc...

4) Cameras and Lenses

Ancient stuff it easy to find on eBay.

Cameras and Lenses are also relatively easy to price and I can probably find alternative uses for stuff like Pelican Cases.

It is the modern gear that is tough to price. Like housings for newer digital rigs and the like... any thoughts?

items like camera lenses seem to be able to get 75-80% of their "purchased new" value back on auction sites- anything too much above that and ther though of just getting it new and avoiding hassles associated with the possibility of an unscrubpulous seller starts to enter the buyers mind. Dig cameras on the other hand are difficult to predict- it really depends on whats new or soon to be new from the manufacturer and how eager the seller is to get rid of what they have (usually to upgrade). Deals can be had to the tune of 20% of new costs for a dig camera body that is only 2-3 years old. UW gear, if unused and currently in demand seems to me to get about 70-80% or so of what an item would cost new. Older stuff that I have tried to sell I ultimately decided that the 20 cents on the dollar that I could get for it werent worth it- I opted to keep it for misc parts since gears and external knobs dont change that much if you stick with one manufacturer.

One additional note: to get the top dollar, the gear must be pristene and ideally come with all boxes and original goodies that accompanied the item- if not expect prices to drop preciptously.