what would you do with an old sound system?

My DH recently tried to sell two really good amplifiers, one a Sony and the other a Toshiba along with four Mission speakers. He advertised them on Gum Tree for very low prices. He had absolutely no interest in the speakers, sold the Toshiba amplifier for half of what he advertised it for and the person who bought it asked if he could deliver it! Somebody offered him £15 for the Sony amplifier which although old gave a brilliant sound so I advised him to hold on to it and he has set it up in a spare bedroom with two of the Mission speakers, the other Mission speakers have gone in the loft. I agree about sites like Freecycle, some of the people who come after things are obviously dealers. We did try the for sale sections of specialist magazines but there were literally hundreds of listings. We didn't try EBay because of the delivery costs but selling them for collection only and ‘as seen’ is a good idea.

Sell on eBay, or get a family member/friend who is experienced to sell for you.
Sell as collect only, so the buyer comes to collect. Then he buys as seen and you don’t have to spend hours packing it all carefully and arranging couriers.
Check it all works and describe it fully and accurately.
We sold ours this way over a year ago and got an unexpectedly nice amount. We sold all the equipment individually as not many people would want to buy a whole system.
Look at eBay “sales” to see how much items are selling for. The “ for sale” prices are useful, but not indicative as to what people are prepared to pay.
The sites that “help” you sell will take most of your profit and may mean it’s not worth bothering.
Some charity shops take equipment, some don’t.
If put on freecycle, a queue of dealers/grabbers/eBay sellers will form immediately - at least that’s what happens when we put anything on! The first 3/4 desperate askers will never respond to your email or arrange to come but won’t turn up. The fifth or sixth will actually come and take it away! ( sometimes not even with a thank-you!!)

We didn't get thousands, nor even a hundred but at least it went to a good home.

We were going to Freecycle but a friend sold ours on Ebay; we shared the money.
The purchaser collects old systems and strips/rebuilds them I think.

If its a good make you might find people looking for it in HI Fi magazines .Ours is about 15 years old but some of the components are worth thousands because they dont make them anymore.Not selling though as we like our music and a good system makes all the difference

Sorry that was I answer to elaine

Those sites really fleece you it’s much better to sell it yourself I sold some brass bits through a well know antiques dealers site I wasn’t expecting much but it was ridiculously small ...wouldn’t do it again

There are, or were, until this year, music fairs, record fairs and all things sound systems. You will probably get a good price, try this link www.audioaffair.co.uk/cash-for-hifi and if you find that your's is not the type of system they want, search: "Sound Systems, Bought & Sold." You could always donate whatever you make.

If anyone has an old analogue cell phone, they are selling like hot cakes at the moment.

Lots of people love the older equipment! And am sure you'd find buyers if you list it-

There are sites online that take things and sell them on then pay you the profit. DH used one in October I think. He packaged them and paid for the suggested courier. I'll try to find out the web address.

Another option would be to offer the equipment to the music department of a post-primary school.

I ve got my dads stack that I want to sell too but not sure how to sort it all out for checking speakers etc
I will sell when I ve sorted it I ve been amazed at prices you can get for stuff that you think no one will ever want
I sold a Lego (weird alien) that my grandson had never opened I got £35 for it (to give to him) and lots of other things pushed away in my attic and a teapot (heavy Sandy coloured pottery not nice delicate china ) it was bought in HK when I lived out there in the 60’s it really wasn’t pretty and only worthy of the bin or so I thought ...£135
Give it a go retro is in !

Our local Facebook page has a ‘Give For Free’ section.

I see the same people asking for items, often wonder if they sell them on, but if you want to get rid of stuff, seems a good solution.

We listed ours on Freecycle and they were snapped up pretty quickly.

You could also try local Facebook page (our village has a very active one) or Facebook Marketplace.

Maybe look up the going rate to sell them on ebay.

Or ask some charity ikf they want them to sell.

Ar ask local authority if they can be put in the rubbish bin with ordinary rubbish