Why do people insist on selling 'as one package'...?

[radhak]

I always feel it might easier to sell off stuff if you offer individually...?

***Entire Home Hobbyist Woodworking Shop*** (Boca)

And to top it, he wants $4250 for all that. Must be the total price he paid for all of his shop when he bought things new.
< okay, so he's rounded it off and not insisted on the nickel and dime >.

[jackellis]

I think the reason is he just doesn't want to mess with a bunch of individual buyers.

It'll take him longer to make the sale, but it actually might be less hassle overall.

[docrowan]

He's still in love with his tools. No bargains to be had here even if he does wind up selling it piece by piece.

It's also funny he put in the lowest price he would accept. As if someone would offer him more than $4,250 now that he has stated his price. How would that conversation go?

"Say this stuff is so great, I'd like to pay you $5,000 for all of it, instead of the lowest price you would accept."

[LCHIEN]

It's as Jack said. I imagine he's got time. Or maybe no time and wants to sell it all at once (although that goes against the firm price).

There is also the mental factor - it looks like he's built a bunch of custom jigs and stuff, there's a labor of love involved, the equipment research and choices are his personal work on the canvas of life and secretly or not so secretly he doesn't want to see it broken up, even if it costs him to do so.

[os1kne]

The problem is that most people that are looking to buy woodworking equipment like his already have some equipment and they don't want duplicates - and people getting started that may eventually need most/all of his equipment aren't ready to make this level of commitment yet.

[pelligrini]

I think most package deals are because the seller doesn't want to do each item separately. I couldn't imagine having someone come by and kick the tires and haggling on each item if I were selling that lot.

[toolguy1000]

this seller is, foolishly, emotionally involved in the sale.

[radhak]

I agree more with Chris - subconciously (or not), he doesn't seem to want to part with his tools.

Other than the effort that must have gone into the purchase and into the jigs, mobile-bases, etc, it would cost me around the same price to buy the same stuff new, today! (I did a quick pricing - the first 5 large pieces in his list show up for $700, $650, $600, $400, $350 on the internet at their prime, and many are a bit obsolete now...).

And since the only way a package can be made attractive is by pricing it to be much less than the sum of its parts, maybe he just wants to show the wife that he's unable to get a buyer and he'll simply need to move with all that.

[Uncle Cracker]

He probably does not want to part with them... Nobody really does.

But I think the main reason for selling as a contiguous lot is that he won't end up stuck with leftover stuff that nobody wants, and nobody would buy if it was "pieced out".

[pelligrini]

Kind of like when my wife leaves me in charge of her garage sales on occaision. "Sure, I'll take $2 for that $5 item, but you have to take some stuff off of that pile over there. OK $5 it is..."

[Hoover]

At least they're name brand tools.

[Rand]

Sorry honey, I tried to sell the tools but nobody would buy them. Must be the economy.

[dbhost]

Sorry honey, I tried to sell the tools but nobody would buy them. Must be the economy.

I think you just nailed it down...

[Kristofor]

If it was me it would be the hassle factor...

Dealing with a handful of people wanting to come to my house and poke around is bad enough, doing that for a handful for each item would drive me nuts... For the couple grand that sale will net I'd either keep the stuff (most likely), give it for free to friends/relatives, or put it out on the curb and let some local grab it...

[docrowan]

If it was me it would be the hassle factor...

Dealing with a handful of people wanting to come to my house and poke around is bad enough, doing that for a handful for each item would drive me nuts... For the couple grand that sale will net I'd either keep the stuff (most likely), give it for free to friends/relatives, or put it out on the curb and let some local grab it...

I, too, would not like the hassle, but in his first paragraph he describes the tools as "mint condition", "painstakingly cared for", and "well-tuned". He doesn't want to sell these tools.