I know a guy arguing with me regarding how well these high end JVC projectors hold their value on the secondary market needs to see that e bay listing maybe that would educate him regarding the true resale value of an £18,000 JVC N9 top of the range projector that sold for just £7301 that is a loss of over half value this projector cost when purchased new as the retail shop selling this projector would not knock very much off the price.
My thoughts on resale of any electronics holds true resale value simply lose a shed load when selling on the secondary market no matter what it is that is why I hold onto my stuff for 14 years before ever considering to sell it, I must reply to that guy and post links see what he thinks regarding an 18K projector that sold for only 7K what a loss what a waste of money the guy must be absolutely minted and can take that sort if hit or he has lost his marbles.
What a total waste of buying the JVC N9 projector just goes to show what the true value of that N9 projector really is as it is only worth what someone is willing to pay and there were a lot of bidders the more you outlay for a piece of equipment the bigger the hit you take when you sell second hand but to actually lose 11K on a 8 month old projector well is just madness it is a loss of too much money no matter how rich you are no one would willingly throw £11,000 grand down the drain. That's why I returned my N5 to me all JVC projectors are overpriced and do not offer value for money as explained to be by a well known respected London reseller who advised me to not buy the N5 or N7 buy the Epson 9400 as it gives as good a picture and saves you a shed load of money as quite frankly the JVC projectors are not worth the extra expense that is what was explained to me by that London shop kind of makes sense now.
By "I know a guy" I presume you're referring to me. Our discussion or debate or whatever you want to call it was in this thread.
I wouldn't call it argument, you and I just have different ways of looking at this.
(And yes, I have seen that eBay listing.)
Everything you buy new (with a few exceptions) loses value over time, it's just a fact of life, and the only way to avoid taking that hit is never to buy anything.
i agree that a lot of electronics products do become near worthless after a few years, but some others don't (obvious example is Apple products). If an item can hang on to 50% of its new value after a few years, I think that's pretty good going. Used JVC projectors still have value - I'm not saying by any means that they keep ALL their value, but they do better than many other projector brands since JVC have a deserved reputation as market leaders. The dealer I bought my N7 from says the JVCs are still in huge demand.
Obviously, if the seller is a mug and sells their item for less than it's really worth then they will take a bigger "hit" than someone else who takes more care with their sale. I know that N9 owner could have done better (I expect the buyer considers that they got a bargain). I've seen used N7s sell on eBay for not a lot less than that N9 went for. It's very easy to get burned with an eBay auction format, especially with high-ticket-price items - it's happened to me a couple of times, though never on anything as expensive as a £10k projector.
But if that N9 was a business purchase and used in a corporate environment, the seller often won't know or care what it was worth and doesn't much care what they get for it, as long as it sells. It often wasn't "their money" that was used to buy it, and not "their money" after they've sold it.
The figure that one example of an item sells for on eBay is not the definitive indicator of what that item is really worth used. I sold a 5-year-old mint and boxed drum machine on eBay a few years back for almost twice what anyone else got for theirs. I just presented it right and happened to sell when the demand was at a peak, and got a bit lucky with a few determined buyers fighting over it. Sometimes the auction format works for you, sometimes it doesn't.
I totally respect your choice to buy more affordable, lower-performance products in order to lose less money when you sell them. But there's no point getting angry at other people who prefer higher-priced higher-performance products. Some people (not me) buy brand new Ferraris, McLarens, Porsches.... Are they stupid for not buying a Honda Civic Type-R?
