By Michael Wong | January 3, 2022.
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10. Play It Again Sports (Visit playitagainsports):
- Sell your used sports gear and fitness equipment for cash, or trade-in for store credit, at any of almost 300 Play It Again Sports stores across North America.
- Two other options:
- Consignment: Play It Again Sports will offer select items for sale in the store and pay you a set amount after it has sold - this gets you the most cash, but you have to wait for it to sell.
- Donate: donate your item to charitable and non-profit organizations, and you receive the tax benefits.
- How much will you get?
- Prices depend on the brand, condition and demand for the item.
- Typically play it again sport resell used items for about 40% to 60% of what a new item would sell for.
- You receive 30% to 50% of that amount depending on demand, condition and current inventory levels of similar products.
- Bottomline is, expect to receive about 12% to 30% of what an a new item would sell for.
- Payment by cash or check.
- Get 20% to 30% more in store credit, if you trade-in for new or used products in the store.
- Product categories:
- Baseball/softball
- Disc golf
- Fitness
- Football
- Golf
- Hockey
- Lacrosse
- Snow sports
- Soccer
- Water sports
- Wheeled: bikes, helmets, skates
- Quality wanted:
- Gently used
- Excellent condition
- Free from tears or stains
- Brands wanted include:
- Bowflex
- Everlast
- Nike
- Ping
- Wilson
- Play It Again Sports is part of the Winmark Corporation, an American franchisor of five retail businesses, with over 1,200 stores across North America, and over $1 billion in retail sales.
- Winmark Corporation is a $500 million publicly traded company (http://c1ick.us/winmarkcorp-ndq).
- Employees: 51+ (est. 1988) (http://c1ick.us/winmarkcorp-lkd)
- Address: Winmark Corporation, 605 Highway 169 North Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55441
- Countries: USA, Canada.