What's a good price for this used Safe

[Tommy Gun]

I will be selling this Champion Challenger Safe and a co-worker wants it. I'm trying to figure out a fair price. He knows he can buy other safes for what I'm thinking of asking for this one.
I was thinking $600 or $700 but that may be a bit out of touch with reality.

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Challenger Series
The Challenger Series will boldly confront intruders without defying your bank account. The Challenger line-up of safes provides high security and excellent quality at affordable pricing.

The Challenger Series offers many of the same advantages found on our higher priced models including the famous Sargent & Greenleaf lock, internal ball-bearing hinges, and 100% active door bolts. The Challenger has the thickest, heaviest, steel body in its class — 10 gauge (.135). The body is over 1 3/8-inch thick with Phoenix™ Class II Fire Protection, rated at 1300º for one-hour, a standard feature. The 4-inch thick composite door, protected by Champion’s thick Diamond Imbedded Armor-Plate™, contains what many safe and lock experts consider to be the best locking assembly made. Champion’s Auto-Relock™ System, which is activated by heat, drilling or tampering, stands by to securely deadlock the boltworks. Lock-up is accomplished with up to 16 active, 1-inch diameter, door bolts, including top and bottom bolts. Roughneck™ Bolt Guides provide a lifetime of smooth operation.

All Challenger Series safes have an attractive granite finish with chrome-plated, three-spoke handle and dial. The interior is covered with plush velour (except sidewalls).


Safe Model Ch-25
W x H x D (inches) 31 x 60.5 x 25
Outer Shell Thickness - 10 Ga.
Overall Depth - 26.5''
Volume (Cu. Ft. ) - 25
Approx. Weight (lbs) - 775
Active Bolts - (12) 1"
Door Edge Thickness - 1''
Body Thickness - 1.375''
Interior - Velour

 

[ntomsw]

These are very bad safes & have had recalls in the past. I don't want you to get in trouble if you sell it, so I'll take it off your hands for free. Just drop it off at my house. I am in Worcester.

 

[dcmdon]

how much did you pay for it, how long ago?

Is it american made or chinese?

 

[Tommy Gun]

American made, I purchased it new in 2001 from Eastern Security Safe but don't remember what I paid but I’m sure it was over a grand. It also has a Golden Rod installed.

 

[ntomsw]

Tractor Supply has some sales right now still on some pretty nice safes. So, that needs to come into play too. To me, $600-$700 is a little steep. I would be thinking $450-$500 if that. Just my opinion.

 

[dcmdon]

If its american made and you bought it from Eastern Security, then its a quality safe. The ones tractor supply sells are garbage compared to the one the OP has. Chinese crap.

$600 definitely sounds fair to me. I actually sold a Liberty Lincoln for about what I paid for it after about 5 years. The new ones had gone up so much that mine was a bargain.

Anything he's going to buy new in the $600 range is going to be Chinese.

One thing I might do is give Eastern Security a call and ask them what they thought.

 

[ntomsw]

Crap? They may not be great safes, but their specs on them are pretty much the same or better than what the OP is posting.

 

[dcmdon]

Go spend 5 minutes on youtube. search on chinese safes, big box safes, gun safes.

They have flimsy lockwork, they aren't seam welded, just a ton of shortcuts are taken to reach a price point.

Unless you are renting and need to keep the weight down, you are best served when looking for a safe by trolling the business section of Craigslist. You can find real safes. I'm talking about TL30 safes with 3/4 inch steel bodies for pennies on the dollar.
for example: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/bfs/3442551853.html

 

[Mike-Mike]

The price of a safe is directly proportional to who is going to move it. If you look around you can find plenty of free safes if you can get them out of there. I actually Karma'd 2 of them here.