Used monitors in Edinburgh typically sell for £40 to £220 (about $54 to $295). Monitors hold value reasonably well because panels last, and the range mostly reflects resolution and refresh rate rather than age.
Selling a monitor in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Check vehicle access before agreeing to collect anything heavy from the Old Town. Several streets are restricted or effectively impassable for a van, and the nearest legal stopping point can be a long carry.
Edinburgh, in Scotland, has around 530,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
What monitors are worth
What lifts the price
- High refresh rates, which gaming buyers pay a premium for
- A panel with no dead pixels or backlight bleed
What pulls it down
- Dead or stuck pixels, which buyers check first
- Backlight bleed visible on dark screens
Working out what yours is worth
- Display a full-screen black and a full-screen white image to find pixel faults
- Check the stand and all cables are present
Getting it ready
- Note the size, resolution, refresh rate and panel type from the menu or the rear label.
- Find the stand, its screws and the correct cable, and check whether it is VESA compatible.
Photograph
- The monitor on, displaying a normal image, straight on
- The rear label with model number
Put in the description
- Screen size, resolution, refresh rate and panel type
- Whether the stand and correct cable are included, and VESA compatibility
Fragile without the original box. Collection with the monitor powered on is the safer route for both sides.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Scotland)
Common questions
Where can I sell a monitor in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Are there dead pixels?
Cycle solid colours and photograph. Offering that evidence unprompted separates your listing from most others.
How much is a monitor worth in Edinburgh?
Most used monitors change hands for £40 to £220 (about $54 to $295). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a monitor across the United Kingdom, what monitors are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Electronics in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.