Estimated generator price

[jalichty]

Guys, a friend of ours died recently and has a Yahama 2000 generator that is very lightly used and about four years old. Went over yesterday and it started with about three pulls after sitting for two years. It ran great but the widow wants to sell it and was wondering what kind of price would be appropriate. Any help would be much appreciated.

[bucky]

Our dual air fiver no longers served our Yamaha EF2800I. Had no bites at $750, finally sold it at $600. No scratches, a cover, and less than 100 hours. I can't see a 2000 bringing that much.
With the economy booming, used stuff is getting harder and harder to sell. Internet scams aren't helping. People just don't want to deal with CL and other forums.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Try no need for wasting 1500 watts. Love the noir part for using the sun. Could't write fiction worth ten cents.

[mordecai81]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Horsepacking I saw a young lady carry a 5 gallon water jug away from where she dunked it into a lake. She washed her hair spread out an emergency space blanket then laid down on a granite slab hair splayed out on the shiny blanket and 15 minutes later she arose her waist length hair apparently dry.

Re-write that story a bit and you’d have a good beginning to a pot-boiler or maybe a noir detective story;)

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Horsepacking I saw a young lady carry a 5 gallon water jug away from where she dunked it into a lake. She washed her hair spread out an emergency space blanket then laid down on a granite slab hair splayed out on the shiny blanket and 15 minutes later she arose her waist length hair apparently dry.

[mordecai81]

At a NP campground right now with our Champion 3100. I bored my wife to tears on our after dinner walk around the loops with me pointing out all the different inverter gens being used. About 3 out of 5 were Honda 2000s. They are quiet under low load, but you could definitely tell when the reefer on electric kicked in. To be fair, when my wife cranks up her hair dryer in the morning the Champion really digs deep and throaty.

[bikendan]

solismaris wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:

Gulfcoast wrote:
$600 sounds fair to me

Good Luck with that. I can buy a brand new Champion for that price.

Champion? Ha! They should not even be allowed in campgrounds - too loud! Quietness and efficiency are among the many reasons Yamahas and Hondas are so expensive - and worth it. I'd be very comfortable paying 1/2 original price for a 4-year-old Yamaha - provided it is tested under load as described in previous post.

Champion makes many different INVERTER generators that are very quiet. in fact, Champion has been more responsive to the RV community, than Honda or Yamaha.

[bikendan]

cpaulsen wrote:
My new Champion 2200 watt inverter generator was 350.00 brand new.

never seen a Champion 2200w inverter generator. 2000w yes, 2200w no.
do you have a link?

[solismaris]

troubledwaters wrote:

Gulfcoast wrote:
$600 sounds fair to me

Good Luck with that. I can buy a brand new Champion for that price.

Champion? Ha! They should not even be allowed in campgrounds - too loud! Quietness and efficiency are among the many reasons Yamahas and Hondas are so expensive - and worth it. I'd be very comfortable paying 1/2 original price for a 4-year-old Yamaha - provided it is tested under load as described in previous post.

[cpaulsen]

My new Champion 2200 watt inverter generator was 350.00 brand new.

[Dodoremi]

How about the quality?

[Tvov]

jalichty wrote:
Thanks for the remarks, talked to our friend's widow and told her that $500 seemed about right, she doesn't need to sell so she can wait for a while if that's what it takes. Let's put this to bed now.

Does she have a backup generator for her house? Maybe it would be good to keep it?

If she keeps it, you might want to help prep it for long term storage so it doesn't get gunked up carb / fuel.

[bikendan]

Chum lee wrote:




The OP never stated which genny they actually had either. Others have posted links but here they are again.

https://www.amazon.com/iPower-Yamaha-Engine-2000-Watt-Generator/dp/B07L9N8SD7/ref=asc_df_B07L9N8SD7/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312134265253&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10809345387524383667&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9057137&hvtargid=pla-665065643915&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-EF2200iS-Inverter-Generator-Watts/dp/B07MY4G5QJ/ref=asc_df_B07MY4G5QJ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=322835433339&hvpos=1o5&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10809345387524383667&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9057137&hvtargid=pla-678694273902&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=67489383554&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=322835433339&hvpos=1o5&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10809345387524383667&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9057137&hvtargid=pla-678694273902

as I and others suspected, your $603 dollar "Yamaha" generator is NOT a Yamaha generator. it clearly says on the side "Powered by Yamaha". that generator is a Chinese-made generator that the only thing Yamaha in it, is the engine. it's a Ai Power inverter generator.

the second one is legit but also costs nearly $1000. so almost $400 more than your $603 fake Yamaha.

many others have got hooked by the clever marketing and blue color, to think it's a Yamaha.

[jalichty]

Thanks for the remarks, talked to our friend's widow and told her that $500 seemed about right, she doesn't need to sell so she can wait for a while if that's what it takes. Let's put this to bed now.

[ol_Bombero-JC]

jalichty wrote:
Guys, a friend of ours died recently and has a Yahama 2000 generator that is very lightly used and about four years old. Went over yesterday and it started with about three pulls after sitting for two years. It ran great but the widow wants to sell it and was wondering what kind of price would be appropriate. Any help would be much appreciated.

Check the comps on Craigslist - and price accordingly.

:C