tomlinscote said:
The problem is I live in rural France, which idyllic though it maybe there are no HiFi dealers within several hundred miles and the nearest ones are not interested in UK kit, so my only chance is to box the kit up and take it to the UK. International postage on heavy kit is to dear so eBay or selling privately is not really on the cards. Of course I would use the opportunity to visit family etc at the same time as changing the HiFi kit.
Ah, rural France eh? Best substitute a good Claret for that whisky mentioned in your other thread then.
Re kit, could you not just box it up, bring it back to the UK (visit family of course) but put it on eBay with collection from a family members address?? Just a thought. Also is the cost of a courier that much more expensive in France than the UK?
It would be to your benefit to sell privately if at all possible as what they (if you can find any) would give as a trade-in would be negligable.
You do not say what type of kit you have but there are dealers (emporiumhifi.com being one) that do buy bits of kit rather than trade-in, but what they offer is 'silly' money.