Buying guides
Buy smarter: guides for buying cars, gold, tools, electronics and equipment
These guides are for people buying an item — to use, hold or resell. Each shows how to identify the exact item, verify it, count every entry cost and set a walk-away price before you pay.
Educational guides. Have It Sold does not list, buy or sell items for you.
Buying a Car
A buyer's checklist for used cars: VIN history, title status, inspection, total ownership-entry cost and a walk-away price set before you negotiate.
Read guideBuying Gold
Buying gold coins, bars or scrap: verify weight and purity, understand premiums over spot and dealer spreads, and know your resale exit before you pay.
Read guideBuying Industrial Equipment
Buying used machinery, PLCs, drives or test gear: confirm exact model and revision, testing status, rigging and freight, and support availability before you bid.
Read guideBuying Used Tools
Buying used power tools and hand tools: check model and generation, battery platform and health, wear parts, theft risk and total cost versus new.
Read guideBuying Used Electronics
Buying used phones, laptops, tablets and consoles: verify exact model and specs, activation and account locks, battery health, carrier status and return terms.
Read guideOther categories
These categories are covered in the flipping guides, which include where to buy and how to sell:
What Have It Sold does today
- ✓ Organize buyer evidence (written offers, standing orders, buyback quotes) in a Buyer Book
- ✓ Total every cost and calculate a Max Safe Buy before you commit
- ✓ Grade deals NEON GREEN / GREEN / YELLOW / RED and show what is UNKNOWN
- ✓ Track sourcing candidates, deals, payouts and actual results versus projections
- ✕ Host listings or a marketplace — you buy and sell through your own channels
- ✕ Execute purchases, place bids, or contact buyers or sellers on your behalf
- ✕ Guarantee a buyer, a price, or a profit
A direct marketplace for buying and selling is not available today. If one is ever offered, it will be announced on this site; nothing here should be read as a current listing service.
Also see the selling guides, the flipping guides and how the buyer-first method works.