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 Author: Fr0stByt3 View Messages Posted By Fr0stByt3
 Posted: Feb 11, 2024 23:38
 Subject: Used versus New Pricing?
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 Topic: Price Guide
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Fr0stByt3 (214)

Location:  USA, Kansas
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Store: Some Random Brick Store
I had a thought to buy a lot of used parts to give them new life. Used being
used though, they can carry a lower price than new parts of the exact
same variety (masonry bricks seem to be an exception but those were on many store
PaB walls not too long ago).

That being said, does anyone happen to have a good estimate for how much less
on average as a percent used are from new?
 Author: tonnic View Messages Posted By tonnic
 Posted: Feb 12, 2024 00:33
 Subject: Re: Used versus New Pricing?
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Location:  Netherlands, Noord-Holland
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No, I can’t.
Sometimes when a new part is €0,02 I price a used part €0,01 so 50% less, quite
much in percentage but not much in total.
A larger or more sought after part can be €0,25 when new and used €0,15 so 40%
less and it varies all the time.
The only importance to me is what parts costs in other stores, so it is never
a certain percentage but always a comparison.


In Price Guide, Fr0stByt3 writes:
  I had a thought to buy a lot of used parts to give them new life. Used being
used though, they can carry a lower price than new parts of the exact
same variety (masonry bricks seem to be an exception but those were on many store
PaB walls not too long ago).

That being said, does anyone happen to have a good estimate for how much less
on average as a percent used are from new?