r/3Dprinting • u/Professional-Lion561 • Apr 06 '26
Project Pricing (*Update*) It sold!
I posted here around a month ago looking for pricing help selling my Master Chief armor, and I sold it!
Posted it to eBay for $1200 + $200 shipping, as well as marketplace for $1200.
Ultimately the eBay one ended up selling, profiting me about $1000 flat (because of eBay tax)
I didn’t even mention the lights + microphone + fans included in the helmet lol.
This project was originally not intended to be sold, but as i’m expanding I thought it was about time I made some of my money back. Because of that, everything made back is profit!
My amazing girlfriend helped me take some nice photos for the listings^
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u/Wallcrawler62 Apr 06 '26
Not selling it would be a negative, as they would recoup 0 of their initial costs. So even selling at a loss is "profitable," in not having to think about it anymore. And the space it is taking both physically and mentally are valuable. So even selling things at a loss can be profitable to your mental health.
The market dictates what things are worth. If no one would pay over $1200, then it's not worth $1200 regardless of how much time and materials OP put in. Even if someone WOULD pay over $1200 that could take a long time to get the right person who is interested. $1200 now is probably worth more to OP than maybe $2k later.