As with hardware components, the situation may arise that you want to sell some of your peripherals , either because they have given it to you and you do not like it or do not do it, or because you have decided to renew them for better ones or simply different ones. . So, if you want to sell your peripherals on the second-hand market , how do you know how much to ask for them ? In this article we will try to help you in this regard.
The second-hand market is extremely wide, because in it you can find everything from cars to clothes, through household appliances, comic book collections and much more. But a very important portion of this market is undoubtedly consumer electronics, which includes, among many other things, hardware components and their peripherals. For this reason, it can sometimes be quite difficult to be able to value your peripherals when you want to put them on sale.
How much are your second-hand peripherals worth?
Contrary to what happens with hardware components, the wear of the peripherals is the most important factor when evaluating them, and more so with the situation we are experiencing due to COVID-19 and hygiene measures, since Peripherals are devices that are in contact with our hands, head and even mouth in the case of microphones.
So, the first thing you should take into account is its aesthetic and functional state followed by the time of use , because a peripheral that you have been given and you do not like is not the same and that you have only taken it out of the box to test it for a couple of hours, than one you’ve been using for several months.
If you want to sell some peripherals on the second-hand market that belong to this situation, that is, they are like new and practically unused , the recommendation we make in this regard is that you order at least 25% less than what that cost new . In other words, if you want to sell for example a new mouse that costs 60 euros, you should ask around 45 euros for it. Another example: for a 160-euro gaming keyboard that has not had any use (just try it out and back in its box), a fair price for the second-hand market would be around 120 euros.
It may seem to you that it is too big a “discount” for a product that is new, but experience makes us make this recommendation because, as we have indicated before, people are much more reluctant to buy a used peripheral than a used piece of hardware, since peripherals are constantly in contact with us and are much more likely to “store” dirt and bacteria, even if you have cleaned them thoroughly before selling.
Old or heavily used peripherals
In the previous section we have seen what “practically new” peripherals would be worth, but what about those that have had hours and hours of real use? In this case, we fear that the peripherals have lost almost all their value, especially if they have wear marks such as glitter on the keys of a keyboard or on the grips of a mouse, or marks on the pads of headphones.
In these cases, and always taking into account that you have thoroughly cleaned them and are going to sell them to a trusted person, their value will have been reduced to less than half, taking into account that they still have a guarantee. If the peripheral is no longer under warranty, we would tell you that it no longer makes sense to try to sell it because no one is going to want it.
Other type of peripherals
There are some peripherals that have less wear, such as desktop microphones or peripherals for simulators, which in the latter case are also quite expensive devices in themselves. Likewise, it will depend on the use, its condition and the guarantee, but its valuation is significantly higher than that of a keyboard, mouse or headphones simply for hygiene.
In these cases the recommendation is that you look at the second-hand market to see how much other people ask for the same peripheral. Then enter to assess the condition and the time of use compared to what you have to assess the sale price in the second-hand market.