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Used Price Index, August 2026

What secondhand prices did over August 2026, from 7 August, when the index starts, measured from the cheapest genuine used listing for each of about 1,962 specific models on every day of the month.

-0.1%
The whole secondhand market over August 2026. The index stood at 100.0 on 7 August 2026 and 99.9 on 31 August 2026. 1,962 models carried a price on the last day.

Fell most over the month

Rose most over the month

Every category

Categories with fewer than 8 models on the last day are left out, because one listing would swing them. Each figure is that category's own chained index over the month.

9 categories marked mostly on moved most of the month in one or two days. A category index moves 2% in a day only about once in eighty days, and when it does it is more often the collector matching different listings than a change in what things sell for, so those are left out of the lists above.

CategoryModelsAugust 2026
Acoustic guitars mostly on 12 Aug25-12.6%
Projectors mostly on 17 Aug and 19 Aug28-10.0%
Office chairs mostly on 18 Aug and 23 Aug10-7.5%
AV receivers mostly on 19 Aug and 31 Aug19-4.9%
GoPros mostly on 26 Aug18-3.9%
Galaxy Tabs16-3.3%
PA speakers11-3.2%
NAS drives24-3.1%
Fitbits19-2.7%
CPUs41-2.5%
Welders16-2.1%
Launch monitors17-1.8%
Test equipment25-1.7%
Security cameras21-1.7%
Apple Watches11-1.7%
Electric guitars40-1.6%
Garmin watches11-1.6%
Rowing machines18-1.5%
Printers19-1.5%
Exercise bikes19-1.5%
Embroidery machines15-1.3%
Audio interfaces25-1.3%
Ham radios22-1.3%
Sonos speakers12-1.1%
Coffee grinders23-1.1%
Portable power stations25-1.0%
Golf clubs25-0.9%
Gimbals16-0.9%
Impact wrenches20-0.9%
Microphones41-0.8%
Blenders23-0.8%
Dyson vacuums18-0.8%
Strollers10-0.8%
DJ controllers27-0.7%
Saxophones19-0.6%
Sewing machines24-0.6%
Camera lenses42-0.5%
Game consoles22-0.5%
Soundbars17-0.5%
Synthesizers40-0.5%
Cameras44-0.4%
Gaming monitors16-0.4%
Electric scooters11-0.4%
Bass guitars26-0.4%
Air compressors16-0.4%
Generators17-0.4%
Robot vacuums30-0.4%
3D printers28-0.3%
Digital pianos19-0.3%
Espresso machines29-0.3%
Watches29-0.2%
Golf rangefinders22-0.2%
Camera flashes25-0.2%
MacBooks40-0.1%
Chainsaws22-0.1%
Guitar pedals40-0.1%
Fishing reels29-0.1%
Designer handbags40-0.1%
Turntables27flat
Mechanical keyboards24flat
Metal detectors23flat
Pizza ovens12flat
Studio monitors41flat
Treadmills35flat
Headphones29flat
Bench saws19+0.1%
Sneakers41+0.2%
Google Pixel phones22+0.3%
Telescopes25+0.3%
LEGO sets44+0.4%
Designer sunglasses25+0.4%
iPads40+0.4%
Film cameras42+0.4%
iPhones40+0.5%
Binoculars22+0.6%
VR headsets10+0.6%
Samsung Galaxy phones40+0.6%
Networking gear24+0.7%
Business laptops42+0.9%
Guitar amps40+1.2%
AirPods8+1.2%
Drones19+1.2%
KitchenAid mixers mostly on 30 Aug8+2.1%
Edrum kits mostly on 12 Aug19+2.5%
Graphics cards58+2.6%
Wacom tablets mostly on 14 Aug and 22 Aug19+2.7%
Gaming laptops mostly on 14 Aug and 20 Aug11+2.7%
Cordless drills24+3.2%

How to read this

It is a cheapest-listing index, so it tracks where the floor of the secondhand market sits rather than what a typical buyer pays. It is chained day to day, and a single-day move of more than 25% on one model is discarded as the collector matching a different listing rather than a price change. The full method is on the daily index page.

This page is written once, when the month ends, and is not revised afterwards. The daily figures behind it are in the CSV, and the copy on GitHub has a commit for every day, so any number here can be checked against the day it was recorded.

Free to cite. Suggested wording: "the usefulHQ Used Price Index, August 2026, usefulhq.com/used-price-index/2026-08/". For a category or model not shown, or the rows behind a figure, write to [email protected].