low offers on Thermals

[Bugsy]

I like being a hillbilly Horlicks to the tech!

I know where your coming from ..we’re spending a fortune on new gear all the time .. some handhelds are 4k + and as for scopes where do we stop .. I’m making do with what I’ve got . Christ a good pair awe boots are £300 then yer pup decides there not ripped up enough and they could do wi a good coating o saliva bas…d . Think I’ll be stalking wi a pair o plimsoles soon .

 

[Bugsy]

Those flared Lee Jeans would be worth a small mortgage to to right hipster

To you Dave .. much cheapness .. you’ll cut the dash on the dance floor ..

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

Nowt wrong with Hillbillies Lee...keep the .270 alive (and cave painting, running around in furs made in the woods etc)

The old maid has gone it’s grab a grannie now I have 7x57

 

[Tim.243]

The old maid has gone it’s grab a grannie now I have 7x57

Fossil fuel feeding those 7x5's spud guns. Lee I heard those referred to as the fortnight rifle, it takes two weeks to get there..

 

[Heym SR20]

Is it still a criminal offence to take or intentionally kill a deer at night, unless under licence or as an act of mercy? You on a night license?

Yes

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

Is it still a criminal offence to take or intentionally kill a deer at night, unless under licence or as an act of mercy? You on a night license?

100% you intentionally shoot a deer at night without a night license and get caught your in the laps of the hunting gods and deserve their wrath

 

[Heym SR20]

The market is now pretty saturated in thermal / night vision. Most who want / need one now have them.

Market for second hand electronics has always been poor, as lifespan of most consumer electronics is single digit years at best. So buying 2nd hand, with something of the previous generation and only a few seasons use left in it is never going to command top dollar.

 

[slider]

Paid £1180 for my first thermal, a Pulsar 30 lite, a number of years ago. Had it for 3.5 years and put it on Ebay. Got £1050 - stunned to say the least!!
Conversely I have just sold a 2.5 year old Pulsar C50 scope that cost over £1200 for £320!

 

[kenbro]

Paying thousands for an out of warranty thermal sight, sight unseen and not knowing that it’s working as it should ( Well, it was working when I posted it!) doesn’t seem a very good idea.
It might indeed go wrong being thrown about in transit but who would want to cough for sorting that out.
Ken.
Ps. I did buy a used spotter and it works fine but it was only a few hundred quid so no big deal if it failed.
PPs. Do thermal images deteriorate with age/ use or are the just working one minute the dead the next?

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

Paying thousands for an out of warranty thermal sight, sight unseen and not knowing that it’s working as it should ( Well, it was working when I posted it!) doesn’t seem a very good idea.
It might indeed go wrong being thrown about in transit but who would want to cough for sorting that out.
Ken.
Ps. I did buy a used spotter and it works fine but it was only a few hundred quid so no big deal if it failed.
PPs. Do thermal images deteriorate with age/ use or are the just working one minute the dead the next?

I’ve had my pulsar Q50F about 6/7 years and still works, it will die eventually

 

[Heym SR20]

Paying thousands for an out of warranty thermal sight, sight unseen and not knowing that it’s working as it should ( Well, it was working when I posted it!) doesn’t seem a very good idea.
It might indeed go wrong being thrown about in transit but who would want to cough for sorting that out.
Ken.
Ps. I did buy a used spotter and it works fine but it was only a few hundred quid so no big deal if it failed.
PPs. Do thermal images deteriorate with age/ use or are the just working one minute the dead the next?

Conversley I bought a rifle 15 years ago fitted with a Zeiss 6x42 scope. It cost me £1,300. The rifle and the scope were built in 1974. Scope allows me to see at last light - still a very nice bright image, and allows to shoot to a bit over 200m without about trajectory. 20 years time I will be in my mid 70’s and suspect It will still be working just fine if i look after it.

 

[paul o']

Everyone wishes a gold coin at a coppy price! SD is probably one of the worst places and the best place to sell and buy on its reaching that spot that's the hard part ! A call is far better than the key board tap tap to reach that deal. IMHO.

 

[Bsmall1521]

Quite easy to understand if you shoot a few .. any time your up my way give me a bell and I’ll introduce you to the way thousands of stalkers do it .. no charge .. and you can take the clean carcass with you . And … wait for it .. all within daylight hrs .

If I disagreed with you, just to disagree with you, is the offer open to others?

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

Pulsar, HikMicro and NocpIx the main players all honour warranty if an invoice is present.

The problem is ... there is just too much out there and prices are coming down.. I do agree some people want a lot of money back for products, the result being they will probably struggle to shift them and the longer they hang on, due to not wanting to lose money , the more they will lose as things improve and drop further....

 

[Olaf]

sorry but I wouldn’t go out without mine , last night at around 8 I walked past an edge of forest and noticed 2 hot spots lying down inside the timber , so knowing they were there and chewing the cud I popped over onto a wee plantation , got a wee buck then came back for the sika , sure enough out they came and ping ping , so without the thermal I wouldn’t have seen them and carried on past , 3is better than 1 , I’m greedy

I normally take the other bits and leave those bits behind.
It must an Interesting spread on your dining table at meal times .
Kindest regards, Olaf

 

[Dazb1967]

PPs. Do thermal images deteriorate with age/ use or are the just working one minute the dead the next?

My thermal kit is quite old by standards now, Hikmicro TQ50 V1 scope and Pulsar XQ38LRF spotter.
The Image is still as good as it was when I bought it new, There is better stuff out there now but I have no plans to renew it until I need to as it still does what I need it too.

 

[kev1988]

It's the age old thing now, buyers want a bargain, sellers want to recover as much of the cost as they can.
The problem for sellers (double edged sword as it's ace for buyers) is that tech is moving so fast a thermal you pay £3k for today will be 2/3 gen older when you come to sell it even in a year or two!
A £3k thermal 3 years ago will be way behind a £3k thermal now, but people ask for a price off what they paid for it, not what's available now!

Always a kick in the nuts selling anything electronic nowadays!

 

[Bugsy]

If I disagreed with you, just to disagree with you, is the offer open to others?

I don’t mind anybody disagreeing with me that’s life and if I can help anybody out I will .. and I would always accommodate somebody that wanted a shot .

 

[mealiejimmy]

A used thermal (or any used electronics) is only worth what the highest bidder is prepared to pay for it - and that fact is what frequently ****es off sellers

Cheers

Bruce

 

[Lateral]

People will always want good quality kit, and as there's less around for sale, it will retain a higher value. The average, middle of the road kit, is more abundant, with people always wanting to upgrade, and expect to buy it cheap, sell it low.

There will be some absolute bargains out there, it's just trying to make sure you buy from an honest, genuine person, so that you get what you're expecting.