Trading Photography Gear

Purchasing and selling analog photography gear is somewhat challenging because it's a niche market and most audio/video/photo retailers do not buy and sell older photography equipment. The following is a summary of my experiences.

First Pick

UsedPhotoPro

✓ Actual product photos
✓ Flexible payment methods
✓ Fast, fair quotations

Honorable Mentions

B&H Photo

✗ High-demand items only
✗ No darkroom equipment
✗ No photos of actual inventory
✓ Flexible payment methods
✓ Fast, fair quotations

eBay

✗1099-K automatically submitted to the IRS in the USA
✗ High commission fees (~ 13%)
✓ International market

KEH Camera

✗ No darkroom equipment
✗ Items frequently rated as EX when they should be graded as BGN
✗ No photos of actual inventory
✓ Friendly customer support
✓ Flexible payment methods

Other Options

Photrio Classifieds

✗ Low-cost membership required to list items
✓ Forum to ask questions

Craigslist

✗ Mostly scams
✓ Free

Gear Focus

✗ Payouts using Paypal only
✓ High-quality products listed