I’ve been trying to sell my deck (64gb, like new, only 3 months old) for a couple weeks now. Marketplace, Swappa, OfferUp… But I get zero bites. It’s in excellent condition, with screen protector and no controller drift and I’ve priced it lower than others I’ve seen sell. I have pictures of all sides, with it on and showing a game. I’m wondering what I need to do to sell it, what am I missing?
I want to get the new deck, but unload this one first, it’s more than $100 cheaper than I got it for which means way less than the new decks are going for.
Any suggestions? Or is nobody buying used decks now?
Considering officially refurbished Steam Decks are already a lot cheaper and they are checked for functionality/repaired if necessary and also come with fresh warranty, only going down $100 from the original asking price likely doesn’t get your listing a lot of attention.
This. I’d pay a little extra for the additional warranty and assurance from the company that everything works. Even if it’s not as good as OP’s unit in reality, it feels like it would be.
Not selling? Drop the price.
Already dropped the price? Keep on dropping til it sells.While I think capitalism is shit, I do believe in supply and demand. I was recently getting zero bites on my desktop computer, then lowered the listing price by 50% in the auction and sold it in a week at 80% of the original listing price.
It turns out the price I thought was fair, didn’t meet the market and there were exactly zero people interested in buying it at that price. That’s what’s happening to you sadly.
Think of it this way: at your current price you get no bites. If you were to sell it at $50 people would buy it immediately. Now you have to find a happy medium both you and buyers are happy with.
I’m in the market for a used Steam Deck, and will only buy one if it’s under $200
You just beat me to saying the same thing, I’m also in the market and I’m watching for sub-$200 units, especially for a unit that’s only got the 64GB storage in it.
I feel like selling it internationally is your best bet. Find someone in Australia and sell it to them for fair shipping.
Selling it locally is just going to make you tear your hair out. You’re trying to sell a popular device that has just had a refresh and a fair sale, outside of Facebook Marketplace or somewhere where a buyer is, quite frankly, not knowledgeable, I feel like your chances are just very slim.
On the other hand, Australian’s are looking at ~$1,200 AUD for a “new” high model that someone else bought and supposedly didn’t use.
You’d be doing the Steam Deck community a favor by selling it to an enthusiast without charging them extra just because they’re down under.
International shipping from the US at least is going to be tough. I’ve seen items that cost $50 or more to ship.
Yeah but so what? They can also go as low as $15 so it’ll just depend on the package size. I mean frankly, they are the ones who need it most and OP is clearly in a position where they are able to take some kind of L trying to sell it.
May as well be a good guy and pay it forward. Few around the states would be likely to buy it when the availability from official sources are just simpler and safer.
Besides, I bought a guitar from eBay from AUS. If they can charge me only $217 after shipping and the guitar itself, then a Steam Deck can get a nice price too ;)
I sold for 268$
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Hard to say without seeing a listing. If needs to be priced aggressively because most of the demand now will be for the OLED version. The market is probably saturated with regular Decks.
eBay it. Much easier to sell electronics there than local marketplaces, even though shipping can be a pain.
Most people won’t want the 64GB model since the eMMC storage is much slower…
Most people in the market for a deck can probably follow a tutorial to replace the storage
And they won’t bother, they’ll just look for a Steam Deck with an NVMe drive already.
I love these posts with only partial information. How are we supposed to help this person?
Not sure what other information you’re looking for. Their social security number? DNA profile? Top 3 favorite movies?
Post was pretty darn clear on what the issue was lol.
