Fair Price for a 2nd Hand TV

injectionday

Hi - sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong thread. My friend has asked if I'd like to buy her TV and asked me to make an offer. It's a 37inch Hitatchi HD ready and cost £800 new 4 yrs ago. I wasn't sure what it would be worth now or how long it might last. The TV I have now is 10yrs old but works fine so I wasn't planning to get another until it stops working. Thanks for any advice

Alias_Omega

Something like £150-200 is the price i would pay.

It does not matter what it cost 4 years ago, as technology has now moved on. LCD/Plasma TV prices have fallen, with the LED Tv not far behind it. If you look on eBay/Amazon for 37-42" TV's you can pick them up new/refurbished with warranty for £310-£400.

Your buying out of warranty, which when the tv is your you will have no complaint to her if it breaks. You take the risks.

steveo3002

search ebay for completed listings for the same /similar models and work out the average?

thing is that £800 tv 4 years ago is prob closer to £4-500 to replace now ,theyre dropping all the time

Llyllyll

Here's a completed one from Ebay (not sure of the model you've been offered).

Do you want it at all considering you weren't looking to buy anyway? If you are tempted I would offer £125 (and maybe go up to £150).

amcluesent

Just be careful that a 10yr old telly was using SCART connections, a newer one will have more HDMI connectors. Only matters if you have older DVD, digiboxes etc. that need SCART

aliasojo

injectionday wrote: »

The TV I have now is 10yrs old but works fine so I wasn't planning to get another until it stops working. Thanks for any advice

If you were not actively looking for a new tv, why bother buying hers?

I suspect she offered it to you in the hope she could avoid any hassle selling it elsewhere.

Just seems a bit daft buying something you weren't looking for?

tescobabe69

Dont do your friend a favour, do yourself one and walk away.

injectionday

Thanks to everyone for your replies. I'm not going to buy it, the comments were right that I'll be wasting money on something that I didn't even want yesterday.

forgotmyname

37" TV's can be had for under £400 now.

4 years old, I think your right for not buying it. Who know how long it will last.

If it was £50 -£75 and i needed a TV quickly i would take a risk, But not £150 - £200.

Can get cheap brand 32" TV's for that.

roddydogs

Plus you lose a beautiful friendship if it goes wrong.

gavjbrown

Amazon have a full HD (1080p) Toshiba for £288.80 delivered. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0056Z770K/ref=nosim/?!!!!!hotukdeals-21

The tv you're looking at is not full Hd and only 720p. Plus at 4 years old its getting on a bit in terms of life expectancy of a lcd.

What sort of figure are they expecting for it?.

Edit - Price now £309