Going to sell an old camera at a car boot sale

homerun_homer · 14-07-2009 10:29am #1

I'm going to try sell an Olympus C-700 which I got back in 2002. It's only 2.1 megapixel which isn't great - but it has done me some justices in the past - see below. I'll be selling a bag and cards with it, just curious as to what you think I could ask for it - I'm not expecting much at all in honesty but sometimes these sorts of sales can surprise you.
I remember thinking giving my mum some old VHS movies for a car boot sale a year ago was a waste of time and she sold them no problem.

Some pics I've taken on this camera;

Ricky91t · 14-07-2009 10:44am

Although it an old camera the quaility of those images would be far better than that of most modern day compacts,Sadly though due to the low MP i feel you'd stuggle to get more than €30 for it,But i could be totally wrong,None on ebay either.

CabanSail · 14-07-2009 10:56am

I cannot see the images at work.

If you want to get a better price then print some of the photo's you have taken with the camera to display with it.

homerun_homer · 14-07-2009 10:59am

CabanSail wrote: »

I cannot see the images at work.

If you want to get a better price then print some of the photo's you have taken with the camera to display with it.

Good idea & to be honest I would be happy with €30 for it (that's around the ballpark I was thinking I would get) and even though it's a low MP camera it is a bargain of a buy - my phone is 3.1 MP but wouldn't compare; it's all in the lens quality I suppose.

Greenmachine · 14-07-2009 11:02am

Pretty decent for 2 Megapixels.

Nice optic lens too. Hopefully you can get a fair price.

melekalikimaka · 14-07-2009 11:07am

really does give sound grounding to the ol megapixel myth, first image is really excellent, sadly the res itsn't amazing, A 2.1 MP camera wouldnt really appeal to many, but with those images someone could be interested

homerun_homer · 14-07-2009 11:10am

melekalikimaka wrote: »

really does give sound grounding to the ol megapixel myth, first image is really excellent, sadly the res itsn't amazing, A 2.1 MP camera wouldnt really appeal to many, but with those images someone could be interested

I know a 2 MP won't appeal but if there are people in this day and age who lap up old VHS movies when you can buy the DVDs cheap in any HMV then it's certainly gonna be worth a try.

Barack Obama · 14-07-2009 11:23am

So you're the guy that always in front of me in concerts taking photos! :mad:

Nice images but unfortunatly people will look at the MP size. Can you not just keep it as a point & shoot?

homerun_homer · 14-07-2009 11:27am

Barack Obama wrote: »

Nice images but unfortunatly people will look at the MP size. Can you not just keep it as a point & shoot?

Nah, I have a replacement P&S camera now which I use instead of my DSLR when the time needs it. Sure we'll see what happens, people are looking for old crap anyway at these things, so if it's crap that works it might sell.

Morrisseeee · 14-07-2009 11:59am

Great pics. Be creative with your advertising, put a 1 in front of the 2MP ! :pac::D

Tallon · 14-07-2009 12:01pm

Off topic: What car boot sale are you going too?
Alot of them seem to be dying lately

homerun_homer · 14-07-2009 1:00pm

Tallon wrote: »

Off topic: What car boot sale are you going too?
Alot of them seem to be dying lately

It's one in Limerick and I'm not sure how good or popular it will be. Some friends decided to give it a go and asked if I wanted to go so I thought "What harm".

Going to sell an old camera at a car boot sale

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