What’s a reasonable asking price for second hand furniture?

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1. >Please don’t say 0!

   £1? (ono)

2. Look at gumtree in your area and find what prices things are selling for and then pop your stuff on for like £1 less. Put in height, width and depth of each item to avoid having people contact you about it or worse show up and tell you it’s the wrong size.

3. Depends on quality, and condition.

   However, don’t expect miracles. I bought an an 8 month old sofa set (3 & 2), cost £2400 new (that was 20yrs ago). I paid £400. It was like new. That was family rate though, as a family member was downsizing in a hurry.

   Same relative has her current settee for sale at £800. No takers.

   It’s hit and miss, you find someone, you may get a decent price.

4. So many variables it’s impossible to say, see what’s for sale locally and similar to what you have and go from there.

   The biggest issue selling 2nd hand furniture in my experience is people who want the item but struggle to arrange collection/transport so make sure you measure everything‘forgivingly’ and be upfront about how it might/might not come apart.

5. I once needed to get rid of my entire House full of belongings in two days so I either put stuff for really cheap like a fridge for 20quid or I just put free

   Obviously if your stuff is in good condition and you’d like a reasonable amount of money for it maybe check selling sites for what things are selling for

6. OP I’ll sell you gold for £100.

   Without knowing the quality, quantity, condition, etc of the gold I’m willing to sell, you don’t know if this is a good deal or a shit deal right?

   This is the same as what you’re asking. With no detail we can’t tell you shit.

7. You would be really lucky to get half of what you paid for it. I’d say realistically a quarter to a third if it’s in good condition.

8. put in on for what ever and people will buy it, aslong as it isnt thrugh the roof so for large furniture you could probubly go £80 – £150+ depending on the quality and condition

9. See what they are currently selling for on eBay, Facebook marketplace or gumtree

10. Just important thing is you insist people collect it themselves. Otherwise you’re inundated with people asking for you to deliver.

    Don’t expect to make back even half of what you paid for it, unwanted, high quality used furniture is all over the place going cheap.

11. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news – but a year ago when I moved house, I literally could not give away a hand-made leather sofa which was in good structural condition and with no rips or tears, but a bit sun-faded.

    In the end I had to load it into a van and drive it to a somewhere 20-odd miles away as part of the deal to take it.

12. There’s no detail. Are we talking handmade mahogany antique Chippendale or IKEA chipboard level?

    The problem with buying furniture is the transport. You’re looking for someone that both wants wardrobes and sofa’s and also has at least a transit van. Your best bets probably to donate it to the YMCA or something.

13. >a couple of sofas, wardrobes and beds

    Is that 2 of each? A few of each?
    How much were they new? What brand are they? What area do you live in? What condition are they in? How old are they? What material are they?

    Does it include mattresses? Hangars? Are they mirrored doors? Do that have shelves? Are the sofas on wheels or feet?

    A million variables can change the price from worthless to £500 per sofa.

14. We’ve just been through this ourselves. It can be hard to accept some good furnishing simply can’t be sold.

    First step is to price realistically – we sold a chair that cost £400 for £100 because it had no tears and was hardly used. Had it been used, likely £50 would do. Look at similar listings in your area and price yourself cheaper.

    Some things we ended up giving away for free when we realised no one wanted it. The joy of being rid of furniture before moving was worth more to us than trying to make money!

    We lived in a flat before, so we knocked on doors and asked if anyone wanted our stuff. Made quite a few students happy as they could now furnish their place. It was worth it.