I think that when you sellign you want to get every penny out of your investment. Since you take care of your stuff. Well I hope you do
. alot of people that are looking for deals tend to low ball alot of people. trying to get the cheapest price for good quality equipment. Like skimmers when you pay for a skimmer in the range of $800 dollars and you use it for 6 months I can't see how that Skimmer is worth only half. The acrylic doesnt wear out. the pump may have some time in the water but its the pump what makes the skimmer not the plastic. So IME if you buy a skimmer for 800 then it should be sold for $600 take off what the pump is worth. Now that if you look at the deltec the pumps are 249 per pump. and if you are running a skimmer that requires 5 Ehiem pumps well then that is $1100 dollars taken off right. NO you have to look at the size of the acrylic that is being used too and ig some one is paying that much for a skimmer , you know that its taken care of extremely well so the resale valve is goign to be good. Yes scratches and knicks do happen ,but its not affecting how the skimmer preforms. But cracks can have a impact on the sale and the price is usaually dropped a bit to ease the selling factor.
Lights are a good example of what is sold half price in the hobby. Bulbs are iffy due to being the bulb has been fired and the filment is very easy to break. So when shipping the cost of the bulb will have to be put into the deal too. Some of the lighting are crazy expensive too like the silfoli Spelling sorry..
you are paying for the advanced fixture like dimming the MH on the ALCS. The Solaris system. is another fixture that you pay big bucks for, is it worth the 2500 for some fixture that are 48" or 60" "YES" to some of us. how every if it comes to sellign the product some people are not willing to pay the huge cost to get one over their tanks. SO lots of people won't budge on the price alot since ytour not having to spend money on the bulbs. So its a great piece of equipment for resale.
the last thing that I will talk about is the taxes and shipping when some one buys a peice of equipment, you have to look at the taxes are usaually lost from the point of purchase and the shipping is sometimes added into the price or the buyer is taking care of that. Depending on the piece od equipment like lights skimmers, extra money is sometimes added for the safe arrival of the equipment. Or the seller will meet half way in the price to sell his or her item. you see alot of sellers buying a another skimmer and end up selling the older one to off set the new skimmer and will sometimes take a hit just to get it out of the house. That is what has been happening alot and IMO and IME its a fad that has continued to become a night mare. no equipment is worth 50%less of the of the cost. just because its 2-3 months old.
HTH