Please call or E-Mail us for a quote on the specific makes and models of gear you are selling (the phone number is 510-549-2126). Please let us know if you are not local as this will certainly change our interest level in purchasing things that must be shipped here! Within a few days we can tell you which pieces we will buy and how much we will pay (presuming good to mint condition). These price quotes are good for two months. We will often still buy gear if it's broken - but at a reduced value to be determined after our checkout.
If our offer is acceptable, you must bring in the gear during our retail hours on Saturday for a technical checkout. For some entire sytems we are willing to drive to your home for evaluation and purchase on the spot. We can also arrange to have you drop off items by appointment time allowing on days besides Saturday. Normally it takes us a few days to perform the technical checkout of your components.
A few days after you've dropped the items off, we'll mail you a company check - presuming the gear checks out for the maximum original offer. Providing us with owners manuals, receipts and original packing boxes will not usually enhance the value of the gear, but we certainly appreciate it if you have any or all of them. We will call or E-Mail you back if for some reason the offer is lowered. Gear that gets lowered to zero value can be abandoned with us. We will either fix it for resale or take it to an electronics recycler.
We insist that all gear have serial numbers and that you present us with a current permanent (picture) driver's license or passport for personal identification. Local law enforcement insists we take a thumbprint. We will not purchase any gear with serial numbers removed or obliterated. If you have a receipt from the store where you bought it new (in YOUR name), we can forego the thumbprint, but still need to see your ID.
If you have large items that you're unable to transport,
please ask if that's an option. Our willingness to pick the gear
up at your house quite honestly is determined by how desirable
it is! We also sometimes pick gear up if it involves an
estate sale with lots of items.