Parting Out:Sears Craftsman Riding Mower

[Fish]

Ok. Hardest part is figuring out the pricing for used parts.

I just google it, or else start it @ 1/2 of retail in my store... If it doesn't move after some time, I drop the price until it does.

I bought a bunch of Snapper stuff once and there were some cogged "time deck" pulleys in the boxes, I ran the part numbers online, and the double pulleys were
selling close to $300 each on some of the sites, so I put them in my store for $150 each, I had 2.... After I put them in my E-Bay store, I went out to take the pic
of the single pulley part to put up, when I came back in 5 minutes later, the double pulleys were already sold. So I put up the single pulleys for just a little under
what the other guys were selling for, and they sold in the next day or two.... Paid for my whole haul of Snapper inventory just from those 5 pulleys.......

Lesson of the story.... You can always come down on the price.... So don't start out too cheap.

One time about 5 years ago, I had a customer that owed me money, he wanted to know if I would take an old saw in trade, always get a look at the thing before you respond...

It was just an old MacCulloch 10-10, but looked to be in good shape. All it really needed was a carb rebuild and maybe a fuel line, but I decided to part it out instead.
So I broke it down and put it in my store, and the parts sold great, I didn't have them too high. Most of it was gone except for the crankcase and block/piston-cyl.
I sold that as one as I didn't want to go through all of that for this model, and I had posted the compression readings from before the teardown, and the piston looked great from the intake/exhaust ports. I had the block up for @ 60-70 or so, don't remember.

Had some jerk send me an e-bay message, asking whether I was insane or just stupid for asking that much for the block......

I clicked on his username, and he was auctioning off old saws whole, and was only getting his starting bid of $30 for each. I let him know that I got $30 just for the starter assy.
If they think that I am a crook, or idiot. They can buy the part from someone else...

 

[davbell22602]

Still have plenty of parts left from this mower.

 

[davbell22602]

Still have parts available from this mower. Hood, seat, steering gears, steering shaft are SOLD.

 

[gfp55]

Ok. Hardest part is figuring out the pricing for used parts.

I will not pay any more then 1/3rd or new.

 

[Fish]

I just put the parts in my e-bay store, and try to price them high enough, and if they don't sell soon, just drop the price until they do sell.

 

[davbell22602]

I been pricing used parts out at 25% of what it costs new regardless if part is still available or not. Unless the part is too cheap then its half of what is costs new.

 

[davbell22602]

All I have left is odd n ends parts to this mower.