/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>78273
Many people do what you just described; it's a modern day Maw & Paw business without the brick and mortar establishment. Success would depend on a number of factors. If you're in the middle of bumfuck nowhere demand might be low but you might also be able to charge higher than the average used price. If you're in a big city demand might be higher but you'll be competing with every underpaid Geek Squad employee with nothing better to do with their off-time and who who knows a little more than just their company's Boot Disc. Electronics degrade in value pretty rapidly too. Every day something you intend to sell and have been advertising heavily still sits on your shelf you probably stand to make less on it. You might opt to hang on to it on the off chance demand may some day exceed supply but the odds for that happening are usually worse than the odds of a better device coming along that surpasses the one you want to sell. In these cases one usually ends up selling for less than they'd hoped just to regain some shelf space. Or they throw it in their attic with the idea that they'll pass it on to their grandchildren (read: money spent, no profit made). Consider the Apple II's. They're a piece of computer history but nobody is going to spend more than $150 for one (if you're lucky) because they're useless by today's standards. Plus they're ugly as sin. Somebody looking to buy something they'll never use can spend about the same amount (or less) on a typewriter from their local Salvation Army or Maw & Paw Antique Store (if they haven't all gone under) and at least it might look good on their desk.