Used TV units in Edinburgh typically sell for £25 to £140 (about $34 to $190). TV units sell steadily but cheaply, so material and cable management are what separate one listing from another.
Selling a TV unit 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.
August brings a large temporary population that arrives with things and leaves without them, and September brings the students. Between them the autumn is reliably the best time to buy here and a slower time to sell.
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.
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.
Sell your TV Unit in Edinburgh
Listing is free and there is no commission and no buyer fee, so the price you agree is the price you keep. Most listings take about a minute to put up.
What TV units are worth
What lifts the price
- Solid wood and quality veneer
- Working drawers and doors
What pulls it down
- Sagging particleboard shelves
- Chipped edges and lifting veneer
Working out what yours is worth
- Sight along shelves for sag
- Check every door and drawer
Getting it ready
- Test drawers and doors, and check any glass shelf for chips at the corners.
- Tighten legs or castors and check the top for a sag if it has carried a heavy set for years.
Photograph
- The whole unit straight on, empty, against a plain wall
- The back, showing cable holes and whether the rear is open or panelled
Put in the description
- Width, depth and height in centimetres, and the usable top width between any raised edges
- Storage layout — open shelves, drawers, cupboards — and whether shelves are adjustable
Collection. Most units fit in an estate car or small van, so give the boxed or assembled dimensions and say whether it dismantles, which decides the vehicle they need to bring.
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 TV unit 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.
Will my 55-inch TV fit on it?
Give the usable top width in centimetres and let them check their own stand footprint. Screen size in inches is diagonal and tells nobody how wide the feet sit.
How much is a TV unit worth in Edinburgh?
Most used TV units change hands for £25 to £140 (about $34 to $190). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a TV unit across the United Kingdom, what TV units are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Furniture in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.