Originally Posted by
manicmike
So the best way to make money with these skills is to also offer to fix, clean and service. It's the same with cars: Better to fix them than buy, fix, sell.
What's it like where you are?
The basic rate for a service here is about $80. When I advertise a machine, I always make note of the fact that I'm selling it for less than the price of a service.
This doesn't work. I still get idi.... uhm.. cheapskates wanting to pay pennies for it. I can easily justify the price though.
I paid money to buy it
I put parts into it so it would work for you without hassle
I spent 4 hours removing bunny familys, spiders, nicotine and things I couldn't identify, so you didn't have to.
I always just tell them no, and why. Some will come back and say OK, I'll pay what you're asking, some I will never hear from again. They really don't get that they don't have the bargaining power if they don't show up first.
ETA: At the end of the day, I don't want to "support" a lowballer anyway. They're always the most demanding customers.
I've had better luck servicing machines for people, because they've bonded with the machine and have assigned a "value" to it.
In 1890, Oscar Wilde said “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” It's still true today. It may be even worse.
Originally Posted by
Redsquirrel
I'm in Southern Alberta. People with a lot of money but don't want to part with it for vintage Singers.
Which part of Southern AB? I have family in Granum and Calgary and I love the Crowsnest pass...
We're about 20 minutes North of Edmonton.