Used total stations sold on eBay US in September 2026 for between $600 and $22,495, and the two numbers that matter most this month are both Trimble S6 numbers. Bare S6 bodies cleared at $2,650 to $6,900, with a median of $6,200, which is the bottom half of the asking band in our buyer's guide or below it. Kits with a collector and an MT1000 cleared at $12,000 and $16,495, which is under the bottom of the guide's kit band. Everything else is thin. We counted 25 qualifying sales across 17 models. Six models had sales inside the 30-day window, six needed the window widened to 60 days to find anything, and five had no US sales at all in 60 days.
These are sold prices, not asking prices, read listing by listing from eBay's completed and sold results, used condition, US sellers only, sampled 30 Sep 2026. The method, including what we throw out, is here: how our price reports work.
How to read this table
Sold, low to high is the range of item prices we kept, without shipping. Sold, typical is the median where a row has five or more sales, and the midpoint of the range where it has fewer, flagged as such. Sales counted under three is marked thin and should be read as a hint, not a number.
When a seller accepts a Best Offer, eBay hides the accepted amount and shows the listed price struck through. We count those sales and treat the struck-through figure as a ceiling. Where a row's range is made of ceilings it says so, and where hidden offers are more than half the row, the notes say that too. Auctions count as sales. Rows where auctions set the bottom are flagged.
The new price is the manufacturer's or an authorised dealer's published price on the sampling date for the same model or, where the model is out of production, its direct successor, named in the row. Where no dealer publishes a price, the cell reads quote only and the discount is blank. All prices are item prices without shipping.
Manual total stations
| Model | Sold, low to high | Sold, typical | Sales counted | New price | Used discount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leica TS06 Plus | $4,295 to $6,250 (both ceilings) | $5,275 (midpoint) | 2 (60 days) | $11,695 (TS07 5" R500) | 55% | Widened to 60 days. Thin. Both hidden offers, so the whole range is a ceiling. 3" R1000 at the bottom, 5" R500 at the top. Successor TS07 used for new price |
| Leica TS06 (original) | no US sales in 60 days | 0 | $11,695 (TS07 5" R500) | Every "TS06" that sold in the window was a Plus. Successor TS07 used for new price | ||
| Leica TS02 / TS02 Power | $2,750 to $2,995 | $2,875 (midpoint) | 2 | $9,345 (TS03 5" R500) | 69% | Thin. One TS02 Plus 5" R500 and one TS02 R400 with case, both Buy It Now. Successor TS03 used for new price |
| Topcon GTS-235W | $600 (ceiling) | $600 (single sale) | 1 | $5,796 (GM-55 5") | 90% | Thin. One hidden offer from a surplus seller, two batteries and hard case included. Successor GM-55 used for new price |
| Topcon GM-52 | no US sales in 60 days | 0 | $6,970 | Still current; dealer selling price shown | ||
| Sokkia SET530R3 | $1,999 | $1,999 (single sale) | 1 (60 days) | $10,700 (iM-105) | 81% | Widened to 60 days. Thin. Dealer Buy It Now with free returns. Successor iM-105 used for new price |
| Sokkia CX-105 | no US sales in 60 days | 0 | $10,700 (iM-105) | Successor iM-105 used for new price | ||
| Nikon NPL-322 / NPL-322+ | $1,500 to $2,800 | $2,150 (midpoint) | 2 | $6,100 (Nikon N 5") | 65% | Thin. 2" with case at the bottom, 5" with two batteries and a field test at the top, both Buy It Now. Successor Nikon N series 5" used for new price |
| Nikon Nivo 5.M / 3.M | $1,995 (ceiling) | $1,995 (single sale) | 1 | $6,100 (Nikon N 5") | 67% | Thin. One Nivo 3.M, hidden offer. Successor Nikon N series 5" used; the 2" price is not published |
Robotic total stations
| Model | Sold, low to high | Sold, typical | Sales counted | New price | Used discount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leica TS12 | $6,000 to $7,850 (top is a ceiling) | $6,925 (midpoint) | 2 (60 days) | $37,705 (TS16 P 3" R500) | 82% | Widened to 60 days. Thin. One with controller at $6,000; one TS12 P R400 5" hidden offer. A third listing with the identical title from a different new account was excluded as a duplicate. Successor TS16 used for new price |
| Leica TS15 | no US sales in 60 days | 0 | $37,705 (TS16 P 3" R500) | One Canadian sale in August, not counted. Successor TS16 used for new price | ||
| Leica TS16 | $14,000 | $14,000 (single sale) | 1 (60 days) | $37,705 (TS16 P 3" R500) | 63% | Widened to 60 days. Thin. TS16 A 3" R500, Buy It Now from a pawn shop, no controller. New price is a 3" R500 package with keyboard and radio handle, no CS20 |
| Trimble S5 | $6,000 | $6,000 (single sale) | 1 | quote only | Thin. 3" DR Plus, bare, Buy It Now from a dealer | |
| Trimble S6 | $2,650 to $16,495 | $6,895 (median) | 7 | quote only | Kit versus bare: two kits at the top ($12,000 with TSC3 and MT1000; $16,495 with TSC7, MT1000 and Access 2026). Bare units $2,650 to $6,900, median $6,200. Bottom is an auction whose title carries a condition note we could not read. One hidden offer. One relisted auction excluded | |
| Trimble S7 | $10,000 to $22,495 (top two are ceilings) | $16,250 (midpoint) | 3 (60 days) | quote only | Widened to 60 days. Hidden offers dominate. One-bid auction with MT1000 at the bottom; 1" kit and 3" kit with TSC7 at the top | |
| Topcon PS-103 | $5,195 to $5,500 (bottom is a ceiling) | $5,350 (midpoint) | 2 (60 days) | $22,500 (GT series) | 76% | Widened to 60 days. Thin. Both PS-103A with RC-5. Successor GT series dealer base price, variant unspecified |
| Topcon GT-1003 / GT-503 | no US sales in 60 days | 0 | $22,500 (GT series) | Successor GT series dealer base price, variant unspecified |
What moved
- Trimble S6 is the only row with a real sample, and it cleared low. Seven sales in 30 days. The five bare instruments went for $2,650, $4,700, $6,200, $6,895 (a ceiling) and $6,900. The guide's 28 Sep asking band for a bare S6 is $5,250 to $11,500, so three of five sold under the middle of it and one sold under the bottom. The $2,650 was a 43-bid auction with a "(Read)" warning in the title from a seller with 42 feedback; that is what a gamble on an S6 costs, not what an S6 costs. The two kits, at $12,000 and $16,495, both came from the same high-volume dealer and both sold at their Buy It Now price.
- Leica TS02 sold at the bottom of its band. Two Buy It Now sales at $2,750 and $2,995 against a guide asking band of $3,000 to $5,900. The $5,900 dealer listing with warranty that set the top of the band is still sitting there.
- Leica TS06 Plus went quiet. Nothing sold in September. The two August sales were both accepted offers with $4,295 and $6,250 as ceilings, against asking prices of $6,400 to $7,350 on 28 Sep. A used TS07, the current model, sold for $4,500 on 17 Sep, which puts a ceiling on what a TS06 Plus should fetch.
- Robotic Leica is nearly all hidden offers. The one clean TS16 number is $14,000 for a 3" R500 body with no controller, which sits just above the $12,000 bottom of the guide's band. The TS12 pair (one at $6,000, one capped at $7,850) is 25 to 45 percent under the guide's $10,500 to $13,700 asking band. We threw out a $10,000 TS12 sale on 9 Sep because it was a word-for-word copy of the 28 Aug listing posted from a different two-feedback account.
- Trimble S7 has no clean number. Three sales in 60 days: a one-bid auction at $10,000 with an MT1000, and two kit sales with hidden offers capped at $19,999 and $22,495. The guide's asking band is $19,000 to $30,000. The auction is the only sale where a buyer and seller agreed on a visible price, and it was half the bottom of the band.
- The cheap end is thinner than the guide suggests. One GTS-235W, one SET530R3, one Nivo 3.M and two NPL-322+ bodies changed hands in the whole period. The GTS-235W went for at most $600 with two batteries and a case, against a guide band of $1,200 to $3,450; the GM-55 5" sibling of the GM-52 sold for $3,795 on 28 Sep, and nothing badged GM-52 sold at all.
Sold versus asking
Where both a September sold typical and a 28 Sep asking band exist, the sold figure landed at or under the bottom of the asking band in most rows. TS02: sold $2,750 to $2,995 against $3,000 to $5,900. TS06 Plus: sold typical $5,275 (from two ceilings) against $6,400 to $7,350, about 18 percent under the bottom. TS12: $6,925 against $10,500 to $13,700, 34 percent under the bottom. Trimble S5: $6,000 against $8,000 to $16,000, 25 percent under. Trimble S6 bare: median $6,200 against $5,250 to $11,500, inside the band but in the lower third; S6 kits $12,000 and $16,495 against $15,000 to $20,000. Trimble S7: $10,000 to $22,495 against $19,000 to $30,000. GTS-235W: $600 against $1,200 to $3,450. SET530R3: $1,999 against $2,200 to $2,900, 9 percent under. Nivo: $1,995 against $2,500 to $3,700, 20 percent under. Two rows sold inside their bands: TS16 at $14,000 against $12,000 to $24,700, and PS-103 at $5,195 to $5,500 against $4,600 to $6,400. One sold above: an NPL-322+ 5" with two batteries and a field test went for $2,800 against a $1,400 to $2,500 band, while the 2" body went for $1,500 inside it. The asking bands are here: the used total station price guide.
What to do with these numbers
- Use the typical as your offer ceiling. On a bare Trimble S6, that is about $6,200. On a TS02, under $3,000. Sellers have already shown they accept these figures; there is no reason to open above them.
- Price imperfect units off the bottom of the range. A TS06 Plus with a worn keyboard or a dead GEB221 should land nearer $4,300 than $6,250. An S6 that "powers on" with no EDM check is a $2,650 instrument until proven otherwise.
- Where the discount is thin, buy new. No row is thin on discount this month; every row with a number is 55 percent or more below new. That is not a reason to skip the peg test, and for the 76 to 90 percent rows (GTS-235W, SET530R3, TS12, PS-103) ask what the market knows about parts and service before you commit. Whether a robotic body is worth its premium over a manual one is worked through here: robotic vs manual total station.
- Check the count before you trust the row. One row (S6) is a market. Three rows have two sales. Eight have one or none. Treat anything marked thin as a hint and go read the live sold listings yourself before you make an offer.
FAQ
Why are sold prices lower than asking prices? Because asking is an opening position and sold is an agreement. Most used instrument listings above $3,000 are Best Offer, and this month's rows show the gap running from a few percent (SET530R3) to a third or more (TS12, Trimble S5). Dealers also relist the same unit for months at a number nobody pays, and those listings sit in the asking band without ever becoming a sale.
Do these prices include shipping? No. Every figure is the item price. Delivery on the sales we read ran from free (most dealer listings) to $300 (the S6 auctions and a TS15), so add it before you compare a sold price to a local offer.
Why is the Leica TS15 missing or thin? Because nothing badged TS15 sold from a US seller in 60 days. One TS15 P 2" R400 sold from Canada on 4 Aug with the accepted offer hidden, and we do not count overseas sales on a model that normally has US supply. The same applies to the GM-52, CX-105, GT-1003 and original TS06 rows: no US sale in the window means no number, not a guess.
When is the next report? 1 November 2026, covering October sales. Bench oscilloscopes join the reports in October, so the November report will have two instrument families.
Twenty-five sales is a small sample, and most rows in it are a hint rather than a market. Read the count, read the date, and then read the listing.
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