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Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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Selling my deck (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been trying to sell my deck (64gb, like new, only 3 months old) for a couple weeks now. Marketplace, Swappa, OfferUp... But I get zero bites. It's in excellent condition, with screen protector and no controller drift and I've priced it lower than others I've seen sell. I have pictures of all sides, with it on and showing a game. I'm wondering what I need to do to sell it, what am I missing?

I want to get the new deck, but unload this one first, it's more than $100 cheaper than I got it for which means way less than the new decks are going for.

Any suggestions? Or is nobody buying used decks now?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just bought a used Steamdeck (512GB) a few weeks ago. Not sure what you're pricing it at, but they were going for ~$400 around here (Denver). The person I bought it from dropped the price another $50 to get it sold, which makes me assume they had it posted for a while...

Price it to move.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I priced it at $265, if you look at recently sold prices, 279$ is what others have been paying

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're pricing it too high. Referb 64GB models from Valve are selling for the same price, and those come with a warranty and are verified tested from Valve.

Plus, almost anyone buying a 64GB model will be upgrading the internal ssd, so that's another 50-100 dollars depending on the ssd they choose.

So honestly most people are probably not going to be interested unless its around $200 or a little more.

If you're not willing to cave on the price, then you'll just have to leave it up for a long time and hope somebody comes along willing to buy it at your price.

Rule of thumb selling used stuff: it's never worth as much as you think/hope it is. Just take the loss and sell at a bargin. I used to do tons of garage/yard sale buying and selling, and I never bought stuff unless it was a fantastic deal, and I struggled to ever sell anything unless it was priced as a fantastic deal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone bought it for 279, so not too high!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Right on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Damn, is that for the 512GB version? I should have waited...