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doldroyd

Audiophyte
We have a nice pair of Polk Audio Monitor Series Speakers (11T 27262). I say it is time to get rid of them since they haven't been used for years and are just taking up storage space. My husband says they are nice speakers and we should keep them. I say for what?!! He has a new home theater system and these are too big for any other use axcept taking up space. Could we try to sell them or just junk em?

Thoughts?
 
Adam

Adam

Audioholic Jedi
Welcome to the forum!

I'm a huge pack rat, so I'm not going to try and talk you into getting rid of them. :D I still have my Radio Shack speakers that I bought in the mid-80's. :eek:

I wanted to mention the possibility of giving them to friends or donating them as opposed to junking them. If you decide to part with them, you should be able to get some money for them, but probably not a lot. Those look like nice speakers to me, and I'm sure that someone who doesn't have any (or doesn't have any that nice) would sure appreciate them.
 
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MDS

Audioholic Spartan
Take the retail price of the speakers, cut it in half, and post an ad on craigslist and/or free internet classifieds for your local newspaper.

If you don't get any interest, call Salvation Army and have them pick them up and use the donation as a deduction on your taxes.

That's pretty much the approach I use. If you're not going to use them there is no sense in having them hang around and take up space. If you've had them for awhile you've gotten your use out of them so you may as well make a few bucks or donate them to charity where someone that might not otherwise be able to afford them can pick them up cheap.
 
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MatthewB.

Audioholic General
Evrytime I upgraded, I managed to build three other systems with my spare gear. I now have a 7.1 Ht system in my master bedroom and an awesome stereo only unit in my office/guest room all without doing anything, but using what I already had.

In fact i had two Monster brand (I know I know) speaker selector switches just sitting in my garage for two years now and lo and behold a co-worker came up to me Friday and said his installer said he needs one and he asked where he could get one. So on Monday my coworker gets a free speaker selector switch because I kept it and lo and behold two years later, I had a chancve to do a solid for a buddy.

I say use the speakers in a bedroom setup.
 
Pyrrho

Pyrrho

Audioholic Ninja
We have a nice pair of Polk Audio Monitor Series Speakers (11T 27262). I say it is time to get rid of them since they haven't been used for years and are just taking up storage space. My husband says they are nice speakers and we should keep them. I say for what?!! He has a new home theater system and these are too big for any other use axcept taking up space. Could we try to sell them or just junk em?

Thoughts?
Either sell them, give them away, or keep them and use them. Whatever you do, do not throw them away.
 
Nomo

Nomo

Audioholic Samurai
We have a nice pair of Polk Audio Monitor Series Speakers (11T 27262). I say it is time to get rid of them since they haven't been used for years and are just taking up storage space. My husband says they are nice speakers and we should keep them. I say for what?!! He has a new home theater system and these are too big for any other use axcept taking up space. Could we try to sell them or just junk em?

Thoughts?
Exactly what "home theatre system" are you looking to replace these speakers with?
 
Patrick_Wolf

Patrick_Wolf

Audioholic
Tell him to stop being a stupid ***. No reason to keep them only because they're "nice". Someone else could be enjoying them.
 
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mtrycrafts

mtrycrafts

Seriously, I have no life.
We have a nice pair of Polk Audio Monitor Series Speakers (11T 27262). I say it is time to get rid of them since they haven't been used for years and are just taking up storage space. My husband says they are nice speakers and we should keep them. I say for what?!! He has a new home theater system and these are too big for any other use axcept taking up space. Could we try to sell them or just junk em?

Thoughts?
If you are not using them, nor have any immediate plans for them, pass it on. Perhaps donate them; less trouble, if you don't have a relative who needs a set of speakers. Selling them may be too much trouble?
 
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cfrizz

Senior Audioholic
Hi those are some nice speakers that still have lots of use in them. I have their little brother the RTA 8T.

Go sign up at www.polkaudio.com and tell the group of your predicament. Now you won't be able to post them for sale since you need 25 posts to do so. But someone might be willing to help you out anyway.

Otherwise, list them locally on Craigslist to see if you get any takers.

Good luck.:)
 
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highfigh

Seriously, I have no life.
Take the retail price of the speakers, cut it in half, and post an ad on craigslist and/or free internet classifieds for your local newspaper.

If you don't get any interest, call Salvation Army and have them pick them up and use the donation as a deduction on your taxes.

That's pretty much the approach I use. If you're not going to use them there is no sense in having them hang around and take up space. If you've had them for awhile you've gotten your use out of them so you may as well make a few bucks or donate them to charity where someone that might not otherwise be able to afford them can pick them up cheap.
What if the current average selling price is higher than that? Why not just find the average current selling price and ask that?
 
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highfigh

Seriously, I have no life.
We have a nice pair of Polk Audio Monitor Series Speakers (11T 27262). I say it is time to get rid of them since they haven't been used for years and are just taking up storage space. My husband says they are nice speakers and we should keep them. I say for what?!! He has a new home theater system and these are too big for any other use axcept taking up space. Could we try to sell them or just junk em?

Thoughts?
Never junk things that can be sold or donated. Anyone who junks operational items is wasting them.

You don't have another room that would benefit from having music sent to it?
 
bandphan

bandphan

Banned
The donation would be my choice. I believe that its a great way to get younger people involved in music and arts.
 
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FirstReflection

AV Rant Co-Host
We might be overlooking something here folks. I do not know, of course, but perhaps these speakers have some sentimental value. I know that I've held onto a record player that was given to my by my aunt. I haven't used the thing in decades! But I keep it because it holds memories and has sentimental value.

I'm not at all sure if that is the case here, but it's a possibility :)
 
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Christopher__BA

Junior Audioholic
Be careful on craigslist.... I have now had three attempted scams while trying to sell my Pioneer vsx-1016 receiver in Richmond, VA. They usually want addresses, paypal info, and some form of shipping info. Very shady indeed.
That being said.....I love my polks (old and new)!! And when I'm done with gear I look to my friends who love music first and then check out my other options.
 
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MDS

Audioholic Spartan
What if the current average selling price is higher than that? Why not just find the average current selling price and ask that?
How do you know what the average selling price is? The only way to obtain that kind of information would be to have a large data set of recent sales of the exact item in your area. Kind of like comparables for real estate.

With Craigslist, it is my experience that people want cheap. If you offered a pen for sale for $1 you would get 10 replies with people asking if you'll take 50 cents or 75 cents. I have an ad now for 5 JBL speakers and I priced the whole set at $225 and no responses yet although I'm surprised I haven't gotten any responses asking if I'll take $100 for them.
 
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highfigh

Seriously, I have no life.
How do you know what the average selling price is? The only way to obtain that kind of information would be to have a large data set of recent sales of the exact item in your area. Kind of like comparables for real estate.

With Craigslist, it is my experience that people want cheap. If you offered a pen for sale for $1 you would get 10 replies with people asking if you'll take 50 cents or 75 cents. I have an ad now for 5 JBL speakers and I priced the whole set at $225 and no responses yet although I'm surprised I haven't gotten any responses asking if I'll take $100 for them.
One way is to go to a stereo shop that takes trade-ins or a pawn shop. They have a book called the Orion Blue Book and it's exactly what it seems- a blue book for audio equipment. This is compiled by taking minimum and maximum trade-in allowances with respect to condition and selling prices, WRT to the same. Another way is to look on ebay in the completed listings. google is your friend and all of these will get the info someone would need. Looking on Craig's List is a decent way, too. If you do a search for that model in different parts of the country, you'll see a pretty good cross-section of conditions and prices.

Timing is another think that makes a difference. Nobody will make a killing right now, with so many people out of work but some models will get what they normally get, because of demand. Location is just as important. As far as being cheap, why did you post them in Craig's List? Oh, yeah- it's a free listing.

I don't know where you are but I know of a guy who buys and sells every pair of Polk speakers he comes across. That's one of his favorite brands.
 
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MDS

Audioholic Spartan
First and foremost, speakers or anything else, are worth what somebody will pay for them. It doesn't matter if a 'blue book' compilation says they should be worth X.

Look at it from the perspective of charitable donations and taking a deduction on your taxes. The IRS typically values everything at 40% of retail. No doubt the blue book value is going to be in that range too. Nobody is going to pay anywhere near retail price even if you bought them yesterday.
[Well, some people actually are stupid and would]

I don't see how Craiglist being a free service means anything. Do you think you reach a higher 'class' of people or people willing to pay close to full price just because you spent a hundred bucks to post an ad?
 

pzaur

Audioholic Samurai
Being a music teacher...

Donate them to your local elementary, junior high, or high school band/orchestra department! You'd be amazed at how many of these programs do not have adequate sound equipment.

If you're in the Phoenix area I'll take them for one of my elementary schools! We listen all the time and have to use crappy JVC speakers that can't handle the room volume.

-pat
 
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highfigh

Seriously, I have no life.
First and foremost, speakers or anything else, are worth what somebody will pay for them. It doesn't matter if a 'blue book' compilation says they should be worth X.

Look at it from the perspective of charitable donations and taking a deduction on your taxes. The IRS typically values everything at 40% of retail. No doubt the blue book value is going to be in that range too. Nobody is going to pay anywhere near retail price even if you bought them yesterday.
[Well, some people actually are stupid and would]

I don't see how Craiglist being a free service means anything. Do you think you reach a higher 'class' of people or people willing to pay close to full price just because you spent a hundred bucks to post an ad?
The blue book is an indication of what people recently paid, on average and took when they traded them toward something else, it's not just arbitrary numbers. Whom is reached depends entirely on where you post an ad. People in every income range know where to find things in the price range they want to pay, but it's not just a "cheap people post in ABC and rich people post in DEF".

Blue book has absolutely nothing to do with what the IRS allows or considers acceptable. Some classic pieces are bought and sold for more than their list price when they were new. Doesn't seem like a smart decision to donate them, does it? Go to a resale store- how do you think they set their prices? They can't very well ask too much, or nothing will sell and if they ask too little they don't actually make any money, charitable or not.
 
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highfigh

Seriously, I have no life.
Has anyone else noticed that the OP hasn't commented since asking what to do?
 

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