Used tents in Melbourne typically sell for A$57 to A$385 (about $40 to $270). Tents sell on capacity and whether they are dry, so the single most persuasive thing you can do is pitch it, photograph it up, and confirm every pole and peg is there.
Selling a tent in Melbourne
Melbourne has the strongest vintage and op-shop culture in Australia and a large student population across several universities, so buying second hand here is entirely ordinary. It is also the country’s music city, which keeps instruments, amps and records moving in a way they do not everywhere.
Students arrive in February and leave in November, which inverts the northern-hemisphere rhythm. The inner suburbs also carry a lot of share-house accommodation, and share houses reshuffle constantly rather than seasonally.
The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Melbourne has around 5.1 million people in Victoria, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Melbourne
Australia Post covers everywhere, but distance pricing is real and interstate parcels cost meaningfully more than local ones.
What tents are worth
What lifts the price
- Complete with pegs, guylines and inner
- Recognised outdoor brands with spares available
What pulls it down
- Cracked poles and perished shock cord
- Mildew from being packed away damp
Working out what yours is worth
- Pitch it fully in the garden before listing
- Flex every pole section and check the shock cord tension
Getting it ready
- Pitch it in a garden or park. It confirms completeness, reveals damage, and gives you the photograph that sells it.
- Check the seams and the groundsheet for leaks, and make sure it is bone dry before packing — a damp tent grows mould in the bag.
Photograph
- The poles, pegs and guy lines laid out together
- The seams, groundsheet and any tear, patch or worn zip
Put in the description
- Whether all poles, pegs and guy lines are present
- Waterproof rating if known, and the condition of seams, zips and groundsheet
Capacity, brand and season rating: “Vango 4 Man Tent, 3 Season, Complete with Poles and Pegs”. Capacity is the primary search. “Complete with poles and pegs” is worth stating explicitly, because missing poles are the standard problem with used tents.
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 (Victoria)
Common questions
Where can I sell a tent in Melbourne?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Has it been stored dry?
Answer honestly. A tent packed away damp develops mould and a musty smell that never fully leaves, and buyers can smell it immediately.
How much is a tent worth in Melbourne?
Most used tents change hands for A$57 to A$385 (about $40 to $270). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a tent across Australia, what tents are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Sports & Outdoors in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.