Bundling a sell/buy deal vs making two deal

[cerendigit]

Suppose I have this watch that I’m looking to sell to a reputable gray market dealer. They also have something that I might want to buy (I’m just not in a hurry).

Do you think it’s best (for me) to present the deal as a trade, or to only talk about the watch I want to sell, and then buy the watch I want to buy at a later point in time (in a separate deal).

In other words, I’m I going to get a better price for my watch in a trade over just a sell for cash.

PS. All else being equal, please ignore market price fluctuations.


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[Harry-57]

It's going to depend on what you are selling and the grey you want to do the trade with. Anecdotally, the best two prices I've obtained on watches I wanted to sell were achieved by selling them without a trade. The one I sold as part of a trade also attracted a good price but not as good as if I had sold it to another grey separately. It was less hassle and not a lot of lost money to just take it to the grey for the deal and pick up my new watch at the same time.