Fair Price for Used Reloading Gear

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I figured since there is always 100 threads at any one time asking people to help value some old dusty gun from their crawlspace, I could make a similar thread for reloading items :p
One of my good buddies I go shooting with all the time has joined me a couple times at my bench for reloading and has wanted to get into it himself eventually. I guess his inlaws were visiting last night and said that their neighbour was looking to sell off their reloading gear. They sent him 4 (less than ideal) pictures of everything they are looking to get rid of. He was wanting to know what would be a fair price to pay (the seller already has a price in mind they said). I'll post what I though based on what I typically see prices on the EE for, but if I am way out in left field let me know.
Also, I told him all my prices I came up with were based on everything being full boxes of bullets and full jugs of powder. Lastly, I warned him, it could be a good deal, but if every bullet and powder (which makes up quite a bit of my estimated price) isn't something he could use, then it may not be a good deal after all.

My Estimates
Hornady Auto Trickler? (Tough to tell with the hand in the way....) $200
2 x Reloading Manuals $40
Assorted Brass and MTM style cases $50
Vibratory Tumbler and Media $100
Unknown brand progressive press (Who makes them grey? Red = Lee or Hornady. Green = RCBS) $200
11 random boxes of unknown calibres of bullets $40/box = $450
1000 primers $50
Manual case trimmer $50
Say 12lbs assorted powder $50/lb = $600

So my estimates put it at about $1500 if everything is full and in good shape and it is items you could actually use. My prices are based on what I would put it on EE for and not have to have an ad up for weeks if I was given everything and wanted to surplus it off. My buddy is supposed to be getting better pictures later today or tomorrow and I will update the thread then.

Thanks for the help folks!

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Your estimate is about right but the press is not a progressive but a Lyman t-mag turret press. The components or dies not suitable for your friend can be sold or traded for more usefull items.
 
Thanks for the insight already. I assume the Lyman press uses standard dies?
I told him a similar thing about selling/trading what he doesn't want/need. When I bought a used set-up, I did a similar thing of selling off things I didn't need and using the funds to buy what I did need
 
I would guess that the seller is not a reloader because no reloader I know would take a picture of the press upside down. Maybe it belonged to a deceased family member previously.

Valuation is a bit high maybe. Keep in mind high probability of missing parts when stuff is all jumbled together like that by people who don't know much about it.
 
jethunter said:
I would guess that the seller is not a reloader because no reloader I know would take a picture of the press upside down. Maybe it belonged to a deceased family member previously.

Valuation is a bit high maybe. Keep in mind high probability of missing parts when stuff is all jumbled together like that by people who don't know much about it.
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From what my buddy was told, the husband passed away and the kids are selling off everything because the wife is downsizing to a condo (or similar)
 
DiMP said:
From what my buddy was told, the husband passed away and the kids are selling off everything because the wife is downsizing to a condo (or similar)
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There you go. I've been involved in these estate sales by people who don't know anything about reloading. There is a large possibility of lost, mismatched, or mixed-up parts and components. For instance does the trimmer come with the complete set of pilots? If your buddy has the knowledge to do so a close inspection is needed. If that's not possible then the valuation for me would be about 1/2 to 2/3 of your's.
 
When I consider buying a pile of semi related tools, at the very high end I would consider paying 1/2 what they might cost new. You are buying other people’s problems, mistakes, and left over crap. Not a chance I would pay $1500 for that pile of random stuff. I would start at $500, maybe go to $700. Who knows if the powder accidentally got mixed even? Boxes of random weight and caliber bullets? Kind of like buying 5 random spices.
 
Lyman tmag turret press, newish one, the old.ones are lyman orange. Decent pistol press, they have a.fair bit of slop which people don't like.for precision rifle.ammo.

Most prices quoted are pretty much retail or between EE prices and retail( if there is a gap). If your buying a.package, it.should be discounted. A new reloader is.going to love some.stuff, replace other stuff with a variety of brands. The sellers positive about.that.is it's all gone, like a auction. No back to top 47 times to sell it all.
 
I think your prices are too high imo unless he really wants those specific items.
He will be spending a lot of time trying to sell whatever he does not want/need at the prices you mentioned.

The bullets and powder is where most of the money sits by the looks of it.

They say they have a price in mind but don't assume that price is as high as you think.
Try offering 600 or 700 bucks and see what they say, you can always go up from there, once you make a 1500 bucks offer you can't go back.
In a case like this, judging by how it it tossed in totes these people just want to get rid of it.
 
The sellers have no knowledge, so they have taken rather unhelpful photos. You need photos of die sets or at least the labels on bullet boxes so you can get some idea of what calibers / cartridges have tooling present. The only thing I can see for certain is there is a Lyman turret press. Unless you can get a closer look, everything else is a gamble and should be priced accordingly. I wouldn't go above $500, myself.
 
I would offer $600 bucks. If they say no thanks, say , ok Thanks for your time.

There might be some value there, but as already pointed out many times, there may not be either.

Your buddy would be rolling the dice.
 
S I went to the outdoor rink yesterday for some shinny with my buddy. I passed along all the advice and he's going to offer them $550 to see what they say. If they don't want to take that, he'll pass. If the seller wasn't 2 hours away it would be easier so that we could just swing by and check it out. Me and him might be heading that way next weekend for the Lethbridge Gun Show, so maybe we can take a look at it then

PS: Thanks for everyone's insight and advice
 
There is an exactly zero % chance I'd pay anywhere close to $1500 for that lot. Like you said, the likelihood of all of that stuff being useful to a person is next to zero. Also a pretty good chance things are incomplete, parts are missing, boxes are half empty or empty, etc. I also wouldn't trust open powder containers from an estate sale, you never know if someone put powder back into containers and got them mixed up. You have to expect to take pennies on the dollar when someone else is taking a risk on something like that, unless you're extremely knowledgeable and can come up with a complete inventory of everything.
 
i would think $500 to $700 would be it for me. lots of sorting and selling off of stuff not wanted. i have bought estate gear but only at the low end as often its incomplete. last one i bought sealed powder. primers cleaning rods at a discounted price, buddy got a good deal on a cz american missing the mag. with volume and unknown prices must be right.
 
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