Thinking about selling my system...

ryanjoachim
ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
edited May 2010 in Speakers
With the wife going to school and my recent surgeries, money has been tight lately and several bills are behind a couple months with no way to catch up for at least a couple more months.

If someone could take a look at my sig and give me your opinion of what I could sell it for (either as a package, or piece-meal), I would really appreciate it.

Oh, i'll be keeping the tv and blu-ray player.
MrNightly wrote: »
"Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
mystik610 wrote: »
Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
My System:


TV: SAMSUNG UN55B7000 55" 1080p LED HDTV
HTPC: Chromecast w/ Plex Media Server. Media streamed from Media Server.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited May 2010
    That really sucks man...hopefully things turn around quickly so you can keep your stuff together.
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,473
    edited May 2010
    +1... I hope things get better quickly, as it will cost far more to replace your rig than you could ever hope to get by selling it.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited May 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    Sorry to hear that.
    Looks like your TV was a recent expensive purchase of over $2000.
    Think about downscaling to something more affordable?

    Yeah, that was one of those "Life is going great, and taxes are here!" purchases. Then things went downhill real quick.
    MrNightly wrote: »
    "Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
    mystik610 wrote: »
    Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
    My System:


    TV: SAMSUNG UN55B7000 55" 1080p LED HDTV
    HTPC: Chromecast w/ Plex Media Server. Media streamed from Media Server.
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  • Rocco1
    Rocco1 Posts: 190
    edited May 2010
    can you still return the tv?
    Man Cave: 7.1
    -PS Audio Power Plant Premier
    -PS Audio Power backup
    -Onkyo Pre/Pro> 2 Adcom555se bridged and bi-wired> RTi A9s
    > Adcom GFA 7605> CSi A6 center, RTi A3s side rears, FXi A6s rears
    >Sub = MK Audio 10'
    -PS3
    -Onkyo 5 disc cd player
    -Directv
    -Samsung 59' plasma flanked by 2 Samsung 43' plasma's
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited May 2010
    Rocco1 wrote: »
    can you still return the tv?

    No, we bought it back in February.

    Also, I have no clue how to go about packaging/shipping items as large as my RTi10's and DSWpro 600.
    MrNightly wrote: »
    "Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
    mystik610 wrote: »
    Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
    My System:


    TV: SAMSUNG UN55B7000 55" 1080p LED HDTV
    HTPC: Chromecast w/ Plex Media Server. Media streamed from Media Server.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,349
    edited May 2010
    Sorry to hear this, but if you do can I be on the list for the DSW 600?
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

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  • Echosphere
    Echosphere Posts: 395
    edited May 2010
    Man I remember when Magnolia HiFi used to be great.....

    So this what you'll most likely get. While it's great stuff, the used market is brutal on mid tier HT gear. Plus finding local folks is hard and shipping is a nightmare.

    Here is my shipping bible:
    For every pound you ship it is going to cost approx $1.50 for shipping plus boxes and packaging to get it there SAFELY. Have u seen the price of bubble wrap these days alone? Heck I use cheap Walmart pillows at $3 each for stuffing, cheap and MUCH better.

    Estimate for every 5 lbs of eqipment you'll spend approx 1 hour of total work including cleaning, pics, posting, finding specs, determining sale price, communication, getting payment, getting adress, finding boxes packing material, tape and quotes. then boxing packing taping transporting dropping off getting tracking worrying and issues from buyers, etc.

    Fronts: RTi10's $200-300
    Center: CSi3 $35-50
    Surrounds: FXi4 $125-175
    Sub: DSW Pro 600 $125-200
    Receiver: Onkyo 605 $150-225

    Total $635 to $950 pieced out or maybe $750 as a system.

    It's brutal out there and while Onkyo are popular new, used they go downhill.

    The hot ticket item is your LED 55" TV. LED is all the rage and while the rage is on, SELL! Heck i'd buy your LED right now if I could.

    All your other gear, when you it again will be more expensive than what you sell it for, but LED WILL come down in price aalot over the next years. Ride rage, sell it high and then buy it again later for low.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2010
    csi3 $110 rti10 $380 fxi4 $190 onkyo 605 $200 -225
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  • bopicasso
    bopicasso Posts: 878
    edited May 2010
    agree with polkfarmboy.
    Living Room setup: Pioneer Elite VSX-21TXH, Krell KAV 300i, PS Audio DL III DAC, Tyler Acoustics Taylo 7u, Dynaudio Audience 120C+, SVS 25/31PCI, B-P-T Clean Power Center, Ps3, Panny 50" S1 Plasma, Tekline speaker cables, Audio Art interconnects, and Pangea power cables.
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  • Echosphere
    Echosphere Posts: 395
    edited May 2010
    Hmmm... maybe you can get more for the DSW maybe more like $300-$375.

    Using my formula, to post a listing and ship it you'll spend:
    $78 for shipping, boxes and packaging and tape
    approx 11 hours totaled work time from unplugging it to clean and pics all the way to buyer saying "thanks for a good deal" transaction end email.
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  • Echosphere
    Echosphere Posts: 395
    edited May 2010
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    csi3 $110 rti10 $380 fxi4 $190 onkyo 605 $200 -225

    His is more optimistic. Though Amazon is selling the center for $150 new...
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited May 2010
    In reality Ryan, you know what you paid for it, deep down, you know what you would and wouldnt let it go for.
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

    Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited May 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    In reality Ryan, you know what you paid for it, deep down, you know what you would and wouldnt let it go for.

    Yeah, you're right. The hard part about selling these is that I'm going to have to make the buyer pay for shipping, since I can't afford it.

    Ok, I lied. The hard part about selling these is having to live with my TV's speakers for a couple years.

    To those who have already expressed interest, i'll be dropping you a PM in the coming days/week. For everyone else, i'll be putting an ad up in the FM soon.

    Thanks for all the advice and words gents.
    MrNightly wrote: »
    "Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
    mystik610 wrote: »
    Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
    My System:


    TV: SAMSUNG UN55B7000 55" 1080p LED HDTV
    HTPC: Chromecast w/ Plex Media Server. Media streamed from Media Server.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited May 2010
    I would try CL also and avoid shipping expenses. You might be surprised. However, my other recommendation is to look around and see what else you might be able to cut back on. Cable? Cell phones? High speed internet? Yeah, dial-up might suck, but you'd still be able to connect to CP pretty good. Good luck with your situation. :) I hope you figure it out. Let us know if you need any other advice.
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited May 2010
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I would try CL also and avoid shipping expenses. You might be surprised. However, my other recommendation is to look around and see what else you might be able to cut back on. Cable? Cell phones? High speed internet? Yeah, dial-up might suck, but you'd still be able to connect to CP pretty good. Good luck with your situation. :) I hope you figure it out. Let us know if you need any other advice.

    Yeah, already ditched cable and dropped to a much lower internet. Hopefully we'll be able to move soon and stop having to pay water & light as well as gas. Our gas bill was almost $200 last winter.
    MrNightly wrote: »
    "Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
    mystik610 wrote: »
    Best Buy is for people who don't know any better. Magnolia is for people who don't know any better and have more money to spend.
    My System:


    TV: SAMSUNG UN55B7000 55" 1080p LED HDTV
    HTPC: Chromecast w/ Plex Media Server. Media streamed from Media Server.
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited May 2010
    Ryan,
    Though my situation isn't nearly as dire, I'm doing a bit of downscaling too... wife is returning to school in the fall and need to get some finances sorted out first.

    I started with my media... (see "Blurays!" in the FS forum) These will yield you a reasonable return and are easy to both ship and replace later on. I've already gotten about $300 from selling just under 30 films.

    Another option, which can be just as fun as what you have now (though not nearly as fiscally responsible as selling altogether) is getting older gear and switching to 2-channel. This is what I resorted to two years ago from my 5.1 LSi rig. It can easily be as enjoyable, but cost much less. Plus, vintage Polks are a lot of fun to tinker with...
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