Too many Surefires

[cody12]

I have 185 Surefire flashlights. All in excellent cond. I'm 76 yrs. old. It's time to let them go. I just don't know how.Average $200 a piece. $37,000. Is there a service
that could help me out? Say, for 50%?

 

[BillBond]

I have been trying to downsize my Surefire collection the last year.
IMO younger people prefer imported flashlights and the day of Surefire being king of the hill has passed.

Whatever price you have in your head, you will be lucky to get half of that.
Sold a handful on eBay lately but the selling prices have been disappointing.

 

[WarriorOfLight]

My guess is it depends on the lights. I would say the M3, M4 and M6 are selling well so far. There are a lot fans for that particular lights.

Other more common lights may be more in the range 50$ - 100$ even if they are in great shape.

You can get here a CPP subscription and you can list than your lights here in a thread with nice pictures. I am sure here is at least interest on some of the Surefires.

 

[sween1911]

I would say as much as you might want to sell them in lots, you'd get BURIED in requests to cherry pick certain pieces.

1) Make a list in a spreadsheet, go one by one and assign prices.
2) Get a subscription so you can post in the BST forum.
3) Post your list and some pictures.
4) Profit.

 

[OMCHamlin]

When out and about, I find Surefire G2s for $25 pretty commonly. If I can talk them down to $18-20, I snag it up. Used to find 6Ps like that, not so much anymore.
Remember, MagLites were once wildly popular, now, if they are in great shape, maybe I go $3-5 on one. (Unless it happened to be a 7D!)

 

[OMCHamlin]

I have 185 Surefire flashlights. All in excellent cond. I'm 76 yrs. old. It's time to let them go. I just don't know how.Average $200 a piece. $37,000. Is there a service
that could help me out? Say, for 50%?

Why don't YOU sign up for an ebay account, take a few pics of each and list them yourself? Look up the SOLD or COMPLETED prices for all of the models you own. Now take away about 15% of that and you keep the balance. Beats 50%, unless you're really uncomfortable with stuff like that.

 

[archimedes]

Some beauties in those photos, they look like they are in great condition. Were they all (or mostly) purchased new ? Boxes & papers ? Some collectors might pay more for that ....

 

[elzilcho]

Well, I'm already interested in the tan E1B/E2B combo and the Outdoorsmans.

Oh my gosh, I have problems...

 

[SassyRascal]

I’m interested in a few as well, among them I think I spy a 9z in the back. Any AA outdoorsman’s?

I second posting a catalog and prices, what we don’t buy can be listed on ebay or placed on consignment at an ebay auction house.

 

[iacchus]

Maybe reach out to some of the major retailers and see if they'd be interested in a consignment deal. Couldn't hurt to ask.

Killzone, illumn, going gear, etc

 

[Kestrel]

I was only a minor seller back in the day, but the vast majority of my sales were on CPF (-MP, fwiw); I sold only a couple lights on eBay, but it took 3x the effort & didn't seem like I was getting much more if any. The user interface formula of ebay listings is unnecessarily time-consuming, IMO.

On the other hand, at the time I was certain of appropriate asking prices - if a person had to spend time researching values, that would really add to the time investment. Which is where auctions like ebay would save time.

 

[tech25]

You have some really nice pieces there! Good luck with the sales!