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Resale value of Fisher units...
- Thread starter Dan-Pa.
- Start date
They could make the warranty transferable for the first few years after sale;that would help a lot.Garret has a five year warranty on some of its units that is transferable which is reasonable.If someone decides they don`t like a detector it is usually in the first few months and a better machine often comes along in that length of time anyway.
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
I am coming to the conclusion that the users of the machines are the ones who set the resale value. Not the mfgs.
The good ones are talked up, good finds are shown, and alot of buzz is created around them by the owners themselves. If a particular manchine's resale value drops, it because the Fisher users lets it. And if the Fisher users let it drop, it can only mean that they really aren't worth it.
My opinion.
Mike
The good ones are talked up, good finds are shown, and alot of buzz is created around them by the owners themselves. If a particular manchine's resale value drops, it because the Fisher users lets it. And if the Fisher users let it drop, it can only mean that they really aren't worth it.
My opinion.
Mike
mtdoramike
Well-known member
even the dealers take the classifieds into consideration when giving you a trade-in allowance on your machine. Take a look just as an example, I posted a CZ3d, 3 months old in excellent condition one owner for $525.00. The detector when new is $719.00, which is what I paid. So in three months the price dropped on the CZ3d $194.00. But it wouldn't sell at that price, so I dropped the price to $500.00, now its a $219.00 loss in 3 months. Now, you can say its the warranty issue, but I have seen CZ's with warranty cards sell for less then $500.00.
Coinstrikes are another issue, right out of the box a Coinstrike won't sell for more then $500.00. CZ3d won;t sell for more the $500.00 out of the box. Its not just Fisher, look at the Cortes, right out of the box you won't get $400.00 for it sale or trade-in and new it goes for like $679.00. Garrett 1350, right now theres a new demo from a dealer posted for $379.00 on the dealers forum on the depot. Garrett 1500's although you won't find to many of them being listed won't go for much over $400.00 and it sells for $719.00.
The problem is, its to easy to find a used detector or sell a detector ie ebay, classieds etc. When the market is flooded then its no longer a sellers market, but a buyers market same thing with houses or anything else.
Now, one thing would help the situation is to refrain from dropping the price of a detector below what the market price looks like at that time for that machine. Second, just because you see a fellow list a Coinstrike or CZ3d or Whites MXT and think WOW, I have one of those same machines in my closet collecting dust so I will post mine for sale also. If you wait and see if that persons detector sells then you will know it would be a good move to post yours, but if it doesn't then why the hell post yours on there unless your just so hard up for the cash that you don't care what you sell it for and then if thats the case, this whole issue is pointless because you the seller sets the market, not the buyer.
Same thing with high gas prices, stop complaining and do something about it. Like when you are'nt obligated to go someplace like work, STAY HOME, conserve gas. But as long as your willing to continue your normal way of life, by paying $5.00 a gallon for gas, the price will never come down.
Just the rumblings of someone with nothing better to do because I'm staying home trying to conserve gas.
Coinstrikes are another issue, right out of the box a Coinstrike won't sell for more then $500.00. CZ3d won;t sell for more the $500.00 out of the box. Its not just Fisher, look at the Cortes, right out of the box you won't get $400.00 for it sale or trade-in and new it goes for like $679.00. Garrett 1350, right now theres a new demo from a dealer posted for $379.00 on the dealers forum on the depot. Garrett 1500's although you won't find to many of them being listed won't go for much over $400.00 and it sells for $719.00.
The problem is, its to easy to find a used detector or sell a detector ie ebay, classieds etc. When the market is flooded then its no longer a sellers market, but a buyers market same thing with houses or anything else.
Now, one thing would help the situation is to refrain from dropping the price of a detector below what the market price looks like at that time for that machine. Second, just because you see a fellow list a Coinstrike or CZ3d or Whites MXT and think WOW, I have one of those same machines in my closet collecting dust so I will post mine for sale also. If you wait and see if that persons detector sells then you will know it would be a good move to post yours, but if it doesn't then why the hell post yours on there unless your just so hard up for the cash that you don't care what you sell it for and then if thats the case, this whole issue is pointless because you the seller sets the market, not the buyer.
Same thing with high gas prices, stop complaining and do something about it. Like when you are'nt obligated to go someplace like work, STAY HOME, conserve gas. But as long as your willing to continue your normal way of life, by paying $5.00 a gallon for gas, the price will never come down.
Just the rumblings of someone with nothing better to do because I'm staying home trying to conserve gas.
You're right Mike.One of my friends put a fairly new Cz20 on ebay.He put a minimum bid of $500 on it.It never got a single bid.I don't know if he put it back on or not.But it did have a 101/2" coil and I thought $500 was a steal.I've been lucky with my last 2 Xlt's and 1 DFX i put on ebay.Used them for about 3 or 4 years and only lost about $30.00 on them when I sold them.Dave
BuckeyeBrad
New member
a huge advertising campaign budget and subsequent brand recognition. I know multi-line dealers that will be the first to admit that the Whites aren't the best out there but they practically sell themselves so they keep them on. By the way, upper end Whites don't always sell high. I just traded a used Excel even up for a DFX with two extra coils, a case, and a pinpointer. The other guy was and is very happy. 
If I didn't have a C$, I'd never have considered parting with the Excel no matter how good the trade seemed.
If I didn't have a C$, I'd never have considered parting with the Excel no matter how good the trade seemed.BuckeyeBrad
New member
and it basically agrees with several of the posts in this thread..... the value and hence the used price of a detector is in the eyes of the beholder and sometimes the psyche of the market (Fisher's dilemma) . I plan on replacing the Excel (bought it the first week they were released) with a fresh one.