MikeMck Loc: Southern Maryland on the Bay

The best thing to do is sell the camera yourself. I have had very good results selling equipment on this site as well as craigslist. In the alternative I have also sold equipment to Amazon. The problem with selling it to a retailer is that you will not get as much as if you sell it yourself.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Go to MPB.com and they will give you a free quote. If you accept it they will pay for the shipping via fedex to them and then send the money to your bank.

mleuck

You have not answered the important question.....why buy a D850 if you don't use your D800? Often "more" is not better.

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

I have sold equipment through all of these methods. Craig's List: Decent price, quite a few people who wasted my time and wanted me to cut my price AFTER they came to my place of business; and lastly I don't want to meet with anyone I don't know. Craig's list not worth the time or possible consequences. eBay: Easy enough. When it sells and you sell to a person who is honest. Twice buyers tried to claim deficiencies. My pictures and emails backed me up and I eventually had no problem. Who needs this? Sites like this: My first approach. Last piece was a great price. No takers. B&H-Adorama-Keh-Roberts Camera: While you will not get your 'desired' selling price; you will get a fast turnaround and money in your pocket. No hassles, no additional costs, and the least amount of time and consequences. The added value is that you can establish a relationship with the right company and people. I have been buying my equipment from Roberts Camera in Indianapolis. All new. I recently bought a Nikkor 24-70 from them used, in near mint condition for a fair price. If for any reason I want, I can return it. If any issues within 60 days; they will repair it. They provided the 'provenance' for the lens and I verified with Nikon. They completely run their used product through their own quality control system and stand behind what they sell. There is value for this. And, last, they gave me the best price for my lens. The same price I was offering for sale on these other sites. They didn't overpay. I just priced it properly. My next transaction, sometime in the next year, will probably be selling them back a lens or camera I purchased from them a few years back; and purchasing another; new or used, who knows? There is more than just getting the ultimate price, at any cost, when valuing your time, effort, possible consequences, and future benefits.

jmsail365 Loc: Stamford, Ct

I took a 3 year old video camera into Adorama and the price they quoted was quite low. They were good enough to tell me I was better off selling it privately. I used eBay Valet which pays you up to 80% of the sales price. On that sale I netted out more than I would have gotten from Adorama. Unless you sell a lot of items on eBay (I forget how much) the most you can list something for is $500. So if you want more than that your only option is eBay valet if you wish to sell on eBay. I have traded in a couple of other items to Adorama. The big plus is the fast turn around time if you are trading in. I was not blown away by what they were willing to pay. The 70% figure is pretty much what they decide the market value is. In the case of one of my Sony mirrorless cameras (8000 shutter count less than 1 year old) their figure was also low IMO.

Ed Chu Loc: Las Vegas NV

I have listed and sold items on CL, but BEWARE; lots of scam artists; they usually text - their messages alone will clue you in that something is not right because of the poor English; if they offer to send you a check ( sometimes they actually offer to pay more than the asking price ) but ask you to provide your name, address, etc. don't do it. You can end the discussion by: asking for THEIR direct contact information, or, aying you need their information so you can run it past the local police checklist to make sure they are legitimate buyers. BE CAREFUL

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Pixel race?

I use Pentax Cameras. I don't shoot any different between my K-20D(14MP) and my K-5(16MP) cameras, the images still look like mine. Even my Kodak P&S (7.1MP) images are obviously mine (though here the DSLR ones look obviously sharper, more contrasty, with more color saturation), and even my SmartPhone shots don't look too bad with some Photoshop processing. Surprisingly, some of my favorite or best shots thus far (since 2009) were taken with my K-20D. Sometimes this is coincidental because my wife may be using my "better" camera. I try shooting everything Raw (phone included). My point is my "style" is me, not the equipment. I also have 35mm and 4x5" film cameras. Yes, my Film images look a bit different from my Digital. Also I have more experience and know more now. But even if I shot with one of those Hasselblads with 100MP my images are not going to look like Edward Weston shot them (unfortunately). Though, now (with in the last couple months) that I have a Pentax K-3(24MP) APS-C camera I my alter my shooting work flow as this camera may very well show the limitations of many of my older lenses and any other short comings. Meaning I may have to shoot even more carefully to fully benefit from the added senor resolution. Out of caution, I've only shot indoors with the K-3 thus far.

If you have a D800 and D750 do you really need a D850(54MP) (all FX)? Is your computer up to processing the huge files it will create? Due to the difference in format, you might be better off getting a D500 (DX) and find different uses for the same lenses.

RKL349 Loc: Connecticut

What they say and what they do are two different things. I was told this by one of their buyers when I wanted to trade my A6000 for a refurbished Nikon D7200. My trade in included two lenses. I checked out what the equipment was selling for on their site, calculated what 70% was and thought that is what I would get. I got much less than that in trade even after negotiating a higher trade in amount for equipment that they considered in mint condition. They stated that they had many used A6000’s in stock so the price they could give me had to be reduced. My only beef is that is not what they led me to believe at the onset when I was buying the D7200. Realistically, you would be better off selling it through this site’s classified section.

leftj Loc: Texas

You will do better if you sell it outright.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Why is that "the important question"? It's not even relevant to this topic. She wants to know how best sell the D800. Doesn't matter why. If you want comments about the merits of the D850 vs D800 or D750, there are lots of other threads on that topic.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Ebay fees are 10 % and another 3% for pay pal, so 13%. And if you sell you will sell for about 60-80% more than trade. So, for a little effort you come out WAY ahead. I have sold over 600 items on ebay without one return. Take lots of photo's, be accurate on condition and you won't have any problems. Trust me, I have a rating of over 900 without one mishap.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

KEH, upon inspection, offered half of their estimate. Sold it here on UHH classifieds.

1963mca

I won't do eBay anymore. I recently got ripped off. I bought a battery charger....... When received, it wasn't working and didn't look like the one in the picture, which was claimed to be a picture of the actual item to be delivered. I asked for a refund and was told to return the item. On return the seller told eBay it wasn't the item they sent me as the item they sent was clearly shown in the picture and just as clearly was not the item I returned. eBay immediately told me they wouldn't authorize the refund. What really ticked me off was that ebay refused to listen to my version. They simply took the sellers word that they sent the part described and would not entertain that maybe the seller sent the wrong part. So beware of that D800 you purchase on eBay, you may get a cheap point and shoot sent to you, and when you try to return it and get a refund, eBay will say tough, the seller posted a picture of a D800 and claims that's what they sent, so no refund. You now have $900 P/S camera and no recourse. If I were to use ebay again (unlikely) I would set up a video camera and record every step from opening the original package to show exactly what was sent, and even then ebay would probably say the video was doctored. Use eBay at your own risk.

leftj Loc: Texas

you should have used PayPal.

Hbuk66 Loc: Oswego, NY

When I decided on a used Sony a7 I tried to trade over $1000 worth Samsung and Panasonic gear... B&H, MPB, and one other one that I can't remember, would not credit me more than $300 for my stuff... went to the nearest shop(35 miles) and got a used a7 and a cheap lens... so I would try your nearest or regular shop first...