Sporting Goods

The Metzee team2 min read

How to sell sporting goods on Metzee

Show the part that does the work. For a bat it is the face, for a racket the frame, for weights the coating.

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Buying sporting goods in a live auction

Ask the specification, then ask what has been repaired. Those two cover most of the risk.

Pricing sporting goods for a live auction

Model year and condition of the working part. Everything else is decoration.

The Metzee team2 min read

delivery

Packing and posting sporting goods

Length costs money and weight costs more. Find out what your courier charges before you promise.

Describing the condition of sporting goods

Match condition, practice condition, worn — and then the specific part that does the work.

What is your sports equipment worth?

Model year and the condition of the part that does the work. Nothing else counts for much.

Photographing sports equipment

Show the part that does the work, and show it doing it.

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Delivering sports equipment: courier, local or collection

Length and weight both cost money here, and most sellers only think about one of them.

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Questions to ask before bidding on sports equipment

What is the specification, what has been repaired, and can I see it working?

How sports equipment is graded

By what it can still do. Match condition, practice condition, worn.

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Getting the size right when buying sports equipment

Specification is sizing here, and most of it has standard names that mean something.

Storing and caring for sports equipment

Dry it before it goes away, and take the tension off anything that has tension.

Common mistakes selling sports equipment

Quoting delivery before checking the length, and never giving the specification.