Valuation of SONY SLV-X842

[jhalphen]

Hi to all,
Hi kws53,

to answer your question i looked at E-Bay completed sales. Your exact model did not show up but this fairly similar Sony SLV-X700 multistandard model sold for 112$ see here :

https://www.ebay.com/itm/19608116842...Bk9SR9DFquOsYw

High-end multistandard machines had (have) a niche following in Europe because of the possibility to play tapes purchased from abroad such as NTSC VHS films & shows never available in the Euro market.

Unfortunately, the reverse is not true, Americans are usually perfectly happy with NTSC-only machines & playing foreign tapes has never been a big thing statesides.

Diplomatic staff, expats & people with family abroad were the possible market for these machines.

Pricing your machine: if you can put a reserve, i would try 300$ & see if it moves (or not).

In your advert, take good detailed photos of the front (machine operating) & back (connectors). Make sure function controls, knobs, etc. are well legible and show the machine playing a tape with a good color picture on a TV siting on top of the VCR (to avoid suspicion "yeah it's another hidden machine playing the tape"). Describe in text all the important features especially the multistandard capabilities.

Advertize worldwide with shipping to EU, UK, Australia, Japan accepted.
E-Bay "Global Shipping" is a killer for the buyer (doubles cost), offer USPS/DHL as an alternative.

Good Luck!

Best Regards
jhalphen
Paris/France