Selling parts that I don't need

[lotsaIHCs]

I've been going through a bunch of NOS parts like main bearings and other such parts sitting in my shop that I'll never use. I have a problem with pricing the items. They aren't worth much to me at all, but I would think someone might be looking for or could use them. I've been listing most of them from $10 to $50, depending on what they are and if I think they might be somewhat rare. Like a set of 30s through early 50s Chrysler 6 cylinder main bearings. Brand new, in the box. Not a lot of demand, but maybe not easy to come across anymore (I haven't checked availability). Maybe they are more common than I think, but I'm not asking a lot for them either. I have a pair of JD brake linings, have no Idea what they fit, in the original box with the bag of rivets. Again, no idea of value. Anyway,  I'm just wondering how anyone else determines the prices of old obsolete stuff they are selling. I'm not going to spend hours on the web looking at comps, because asking price and actual value are usually way different. I'd rather sell cheaper than sit on them for months waiting for that one person who is willing to pay up! I'm just trying to get rid of stuff I don't need.

[Chester5732]

Best reasonable offer. 

[Sledgehammer]

Quick search. If nothing comes up, just list it however you see fit. I do a little research normally.  If it's a price from fleabay then the actual value is about 25-50% of asking price it seems. I just looked up a vise yesterday because I have one and a guy asked me about buying one. Yep, fleabay price is $650. Is it worth that?  Absolutely not. In reality probably $250-300 tops. It's all in what it's worth to you is what I'm getting at. 

[acem]

I've sold stuff on Ebay. It gets you alot of exposure to buyers. But the costs seems excessive.

[Matt Kirsch]

I've been to many estate auctions where guys have collections of this stuff. It ends up going for scrap price because nobody there has any use for it. Then it either ends up as scrap or it ends up in someone else's collection where it gets sold again in a few years for scrap price. Lather rinse repeat. I have a bunch of this myself, though I try to limit it to things I think I can use sooner or later.

The problem is it's unlikely that anyone local is in need of what you have. The person that needs that set of jafoffinator bearings for a 1943 munglebox you have sitting on the shelf, is on the opposite side of the country, and you have no idea of each other's existence.

To get things to the people that could use them means dealing with ebay, and/or joining multiple specialty groups and advertising on their marketplace. Even then you have to hope your target audience is watching, and not part of the "I hate ebay" crowd.

The alternative is to offer the whole thing in one lot cheap, be happy with whatever you get, and don't concern yourself with what happens to them after they're out of sight.