028 AV Super ?

Seems like $175 would come out of my mouth . Maybe $200 with that new bar ! Good old firewood cuttin machine there !

 

Unless it has a custom gold piston and cylinder !!! Thats a steep price .One could find a better deal no problem Im sure .

 

He must be pretty proud of that saw at that price.

 

In my area a guy had one up on CL for $200 for a couple of months with no takers. Partly that's because he couldn't figure out how to post or email pics, and he was pretty far out in the country, but he sounded like an honest guy and said it had only been used at camp, still had the original bar and chain and was in nice shape aside from needing a new chain. It sold shortly after he dropped the price to $175.

$425 is a what-are-you-smoking? price.

 

Great saws! I still have one but not likely it has $425 left in it.

 

Wow, That's like the typical add I see around here. Most saws on CL around here are over priced by a couple hundred and you could buy a new one for $50 more.

 

For that price you can buy a 440 or 044. I think there was a 441 for sale that looked new for $535ish??

 

Same in my area; most sellers seem to ask almost double what they can reasonably hope to get.

 

I am about tire of seeing a "lightly used stihl ms170" for $150. Or I bought it 3 years ago and used it a few times its a professional grade stihl only $150 when I ask what model....170!!!

I'm tell them that literally is the smallest saw stihl makes and its the homeowner line. But I will give you $90.....crickets is all I hear. The guy who had the "professional grade stihl that if your a pro you can literally make hundreds of thousands of dollars with this saw" when I pointed out the saws short comings it turned into a mid grade saw but still kept its price.

Some one else must of got tired of it too cause they posted a link and said that the all still that folks have been posting can be bought for $180 new.

 

Id pay $175 if p/c was decent. There is a $50 b/c combo there.

 

hahaha........ if they are on craigslist and I'm bored I'll call those people and ask how they came up with the price

 

Sometimes the price is, "this is how much money I need for something else," or "this is how much I need to get to not feel like an idiot for buying it in the first place."

I've emailed a few CL posters who seemed especially clueless, and reactions to my unsolicited insights vary widely. One guy asking $1500 for a beat up (but running!) 510 was indignant when I pointed out another seller that had been advertising one for $200 for a month or more without success. Another guy advertised a non-running 660 power head for $800, insisting in the ad that he could fix it himself and get "a lot more" but just didn't want to mess with it. I emailed him to point out that he'd get about $500 for it on eBay, and probably $350 locally. He sheepishly lowered the price to $550, and when it still didn't sell he decided to pull the ad and fix it himself after all. And then there was the guy wanting $200 for his deceased grandfather's beat-down, worn-out Husky 350 that smoked badly when turned on its side, with a non-functioning kill switch and the bar a solid sheet of rust. I think I offended his pride (or the memory of his grandfather) when I told him that if anyone offered $80 he should take it. He changed the price to $150, and kept reposting the ad that way for months.

Selling locally in my area, it seems like the best one can do is 65%-85% of what a similar saw would bring on eBay. Anything priced above that range just sits there while the sellers work through their issues. But it seems clear that no seller wants to be told their stuff is worth less than they thought. If I tell a seller that their saw isn't worth what they're asking and back it up with evidence, it's a fairly sure thing that when the price does come down, it will be someone else that gets to buy it. But if I validate the seller's sense of the thing's value and say something like, "I've heard those are really nice saws, but I just don't have that much to spend -- wish I did," then they're much more likely to become flexible on the price. Regardless of what I know (and they don't know) about the market for used chainsaws, I can completely sympathize with that.

 

The last mint 028WB I sold went for $275 PHO plus shipping but it did look like new.

 

I've got an 028 Super that I wouldn't sell for less than $400. It has been completely rebuilt with all rubber parts replaced, new piston and squish set and ported. I've got several bars/chains for it. Had it since 1991, and had it rebuilt in 2012. It's much stronger than my 346XP or 550XP. Incredibly loud!!

 

Totally different that a beat up stock saw that has been run cutting firewood the last year with a dull chain burning g up and tempering the bottom of the bar burning than paint off!