Expect to lose about half of what you paid. The catalogue at Bali Garage Sale, checked on 22 July 2026, is the only public source we found that shows the original price and the asking price side by side: across its 57 second-hand pieces, the median discount is 47%, and 49% once you strip out the five antiques listed at no discount at all. 25 of the 57 items, or 44%, lose at least half their value. Excluding those five antiques, the middle half of the listings sits between -42% and -59%, and the full range runs from -20% (a teak bedside console, Rp 1,000,000 → Rp 800,000) to -89% (a leather-and-wood office chair, Rp 9,000,000 → Rp 1,000,000). Four small pieces in the sample — a coat rack, a glass table top, a spare bed base, a console — lose between 64% and 75%.
Where do you sell? None of the open classifieds sites we could reach carried any usable furniture stock: the trade happens inside closed Facebook groups and through a single garage-sale service. Then add transport: Rp 250,000 to 320,000 for a day's pickup hire in Denpasar. How long does it take? No public source we consulted documents it. The one hard signal is indirect: the items actually marked sold carry a median discount of 55.6%, 8 points deeper than the catalogue as a whole. In other words, you steer the timeline with the price.
What discount should you apply to your furniture?
Bali has no price guide for used furniture. Expat blogs say "half price" without showing their numbers, and the platforms don't publish original prices. Bali Garage Sale is the exception, with one caveat worth carrying through this whole article: it is a commercial house-clearance service, not an independent price observatory. For every piece it publishes the claimed purchase price, the asking price and the condition. Every discount figure below comes from there, and we recalculated each one piece by piece.
| Metric (57 pieces surveyed) | Value |
|---|---|
| Median discount, full sample | 47% |
| Mean discount, full sample | 45.4% |
| Median discount, excluding the 5 pieces listed at 0% | 49% |
| 1st quartile / 3rd quartile (excluding the 0% pieces) | 42% / 59% |
| Share of items discounted by at least 50% | 44% (25 of 57) |
| Range, excluding the 5 pieces at 0% | -20% to -89% |
So the working band is 40% to 60% below what you paid, anchored on half. Three caveats before you turn that into a rule:
- The original prices are self-declared: stated by sellers, with no receipt behind them.
- Only 8 of the 57 items carry a sold tag. For the other 49, we know the asking price, not the price achieved.
- The sample comes from a single channel. That makes it a solid order of magnitude, not an official price index.
The real discount is therefore probably steeper than the 47-49% measured here: an asking price still gets haggled down.
What sells is discounted more than what stays on display
The catalogue offers exactly one measurable link between price level and actual sale, and it is a clear one. The 8 items marked sold carry discounts of 33, 44, 48, 52, 59, 65, 70 and 89%. Their median is 55.6% (mean 57.7%), against 47% for the catalogue as a whole: what moves is discounted roughly 8 points deeper than what stays on the shelf.
With 8 sales, that is an observation, not a law. But the lever is real. If your listing is going nowhere, the variable you control is neither the photo nor the description, it's the price. Going from -45% to -55% puts you in the zone where those eight pieces actually changed hands. On the buying side, that is exactly where to hunt: our guide to furnishing a villa without overspending starts from the same finding.
How much does each type of furniture lose?
Here are the raw readings, claimed original price against asking price, as of 22 July 2026.
| Item | Original price (IDR) | Asking price (IDR) | Discount | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather-and-wood office chair | 9,000,000 | 1,000,000 | -89% | Sold |
| Teak coat rack | 800,000 | 200,000 | -75% | — |
| Latex corner sofa | 10,000,000 | 3,000,000 | -70% | Sold |
| Tempered glass table top | 1,000,000 | 300,000 | -70% | — |
| Iron spare bed base | 600,000 | 200,000 | -67% | — |
| "Coconut inclusion" console | 500,000 | 180,000 | -64% | — |
| Antique teak bed | 23,000,000 | 9,000,000 | -61% | — |
| Teak shop cabinet | 4,100,000 | 2,599,000 | -37% | — |
| Teak dining tables (4 listings) | 2,100,000 – 2,700,000 | 1,000,000 – 1,900,000 | -30% to -55% | — |
| Teak bedside console (set of 2) | 1,000,000 | 800,000 | -20% | — |
A dash means the piece was still on display when we checked. Two counter-intuitive lessons:
- Small furniture collapses. Across those four pieces — coat rack, glass top, bed base, console — the discount runs from 64% to 75%, for a final price between Rp 180,000 and Rp 300,000, often less than the trip to deliver them. Not every small piece falls that far — a bench-stool goes from Rp 150,000 to Rp 70,000, or -53% — but the catalogue's most brutal discounts do cluster here.
- Large living-room pieces lose just as much, but on amounts that make the effort worth it: a corner sofa down from Rp 10M to Rp 3M still leaves 3 million rupiah on the table.
"Like New" does not spare you the discount
The catalogue tags every piece Like New, Lightly Used or Well Used, and the split is lopsided: 51 pieces listed as nearly new, 3 lightly used, 3 well used. The last two groups are far too thin to build a rule on, and we won't invent one. Across the 51 items advertised Like New, the median discount is 47.8%. One caveat on scope, though: that figure includes the four antiques listed at no discount, which are also tagged Like New. Strip those out and 47 items remain, with a median of 49.9% and a range of 20% to 89%.
The one solid takeaway: even sold as nearly new, a piece of furniture loses half its value. Condition moves the needle at the margin. It does not change the headline discount.
Antique teak: the only category that holds its price (and doesn't sell)
Five pieces in the catalogue are listed at their exact original price, a 0% discount.
| Piece | Original price | Asking price | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carved antique teak armoire | Rp 7,000,000 | Rp 7,000,000 | 0% |
| Antique teak wardrobe | Rp 6,000,000 | Rp 6,000,000 | 0% |
| Antique teak dresser (first) | Rp 5,000,000 | Rp 5,000,000 | 0% |
| Antique teak dresser (second) | Rp 5,000,000 | Rp 5,000,000 | 0% |
| Antique chest of drawers | Rp 2,500,000 | Rp 2,500,000 | 0% |
That is the only exception we observed to the half-price rule. One useful detail: four of the five are advertised as Teak Original Antique — the carved armoire, the wardrobe and the two dressers. The fifth, an antique chest of drawers, is not advertised as teak and carries the lowest condition tag in the catalogue. So it is the "antique" label, more than the wood itself, that holds the sticker price.
One crucial caveat: all five pieces listed at no discount were still in stock when we checked, while far more heavily discounted pieces had gone. Holding your price and selling are two different things. And the "antique" label guarantees nothing: an antique teak bed was listed at -61% (Rp 23M → Rp 9M).
Where to sell? Every channel, opened one by one
We opened every platform the expat guides name.
| Channel | What we actually found | Stated cost |
|---|---|---|
| Bali Garage Sale | 57 pieces: original price, discounted price, condition, sold status | Not published (about and how it works both 404) |
| Re-Bali | 13 categories including Home & Garden, but zero furniture in the most recent listings feed | "No fees, no commissions" |
| BaliTop (bali.anilau.com) | Furniture category almost entirely rentals; a single sale (pink armchair, Rp 2,000,000, Sanur) | Not stated |
| BaliMarket | 4 categories including "electronics, furniture & more"; no furniture listing on display | "List for Free", unlimited posting advertised |
| Facebook groups (3 identified) | Groups exist; content and membership sit behind a login wall | Free |
| Facebook Marketplace Denpasar | Furniture category indexed, not viewable without an account | Free |
None of the open platforms we could reach concentrates Bali's second-hand furniture supply. Re-Bali is free, well organised and advertises "No fees, no commissions"; its most recent feed still held no furniture at all, across two separate checks on the same day. BaliTop, described in the guides as a used-furniture catalogue sorted by area, has largely turned into an equipment rental service for nomads: desk, chair and monitor at Rp 900,000/month, a TV at Rp 750,000/month.
The stock does exist, but it is locked inside Facebook — three groups identified (Bali Buy/Sell second hand stuff, BALI SECONDHAND BUY & SELL, Bali Expat Garage Sale), behind a login wall, unindexed, with no price history. Which is the argument for posting on an open, indexed platform: it travels further than a post buried in a group feed.
The physical second-hand markets
An expat guide published on 6 September 2023 maps the island's second-hand markets: Pasar Becing-Becing Marlboro (Jalan Teuku Umar Barat) and Pasar Kreneng in Denpasar, Pasar Beringkit (Wednesdays and Sundays only, winding down around 1pm), Pasar Kodok in the village of Dauh Peken in Tabanan, and Terminal Batubulan in Gianyar, which opens in the late afternoon and where goods change hands for Rp 10,000 to Rp 50,000. The La Brisa flea market does not appear in that guide: it comes from a second source, dated 24 January 2025, which gives no prices.
Three caveats before you count on them. These surveys date from 2023 and 2025, not 2026. Both sources describe the markets from the buyer's side. And neither explains how a foreigner would rent a pitch there to sell.
How long does furniture take to sell in Bali?
The honest answer: we found no source that documents it, and we would rather say so than float a "two to three weeks" resting on nothing.
The problem is structural. The platforms we tested show no publication dates — not Bali Garage Sale, not BaliTop. The Facebook groups, where most of the volume probably moves, cannot be read without an account. No public series lets you calculate an average time to sell.
What we can say is which lever the timeline turns on: the price — as the gap between the pieces that sold and the pieces still on display makes clear. Hence three principles.
- Set your price around your departure date, not around what the piece cost you.
- A "whole villa" job lot means fewer trips than a dozen separate listings, but fetches less per item. That's a trade-off, not a recipe.
- Post early. No data puts a number on the gain, but a listing that goes up three days before your flight leaves you no room to negotiate.
On the mechanics of the listing itself, our five tips for selling fast apply to furniture exactly as they stand.
The cost everyone forgets: moving the furniture
"Do I deliver, or does the buyer collect?" is not a politeness question, it's a cost line that can wipe out the sale. A Denpasar rental company published these rates on 22 July 2026, lepas kunci (self-drive).
| Vehicle (self-drive, Denpasar) | Per day | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Standard bak pickup | Rp 250,000 | Rp 5,000,000 |
| Bak long pickup (described as suited to furniture) | Rp 300,000 | Rp 6,000,000 |
| Closed box pickup | Rp 320,000 | Rp 6,200,000 |
With a driver, the rate is quoted on WhatsApp only. Beyond the pickup, no public price list exists: a second operator advertises eleven vehicle types, from a 0.8-tonne pickup to a 40-tonne trailer, but every single rate reads "Rp Call".
Do the maths before you promise delivery. A day's pickup at Rp 250,000-300,000 costs more than a coat rack sold for Rp 200,000, and eats 8% to 10% of a corner sofa that went for Rp 3,000,000: the trip only pays if you group several deliveries into the same day. On small furniture, buyer collection is therefore the condition of the deal. Say so in your opening line, with the exact area.
Why new-furniture prices won't help you set yours
Here is the classic trap: "the same sofa is 20 million new in a showroom, so I'll ask 10." Except that Bali does not have one new-furniture market, it has two. On one side, the showrooms of Kerobokan, Seminyak and Sanur: an article dated 1 January 2026 in The Honeycombers lists thirteen retailers and these brackets.
| Piece (high-end showroom) | New price advertised |
|---|---|
| Teak dining table | Rp 15 – 55M |
| 3-seater sofa | Rp 15 – 30M |
| Outdoor lounge set | Rp 15 – 25M |
| Bed frame | Rp 20 – 65M |
On the other side, the original prices declared by sellers in the second-hand catalogue: Rp 2.1M to 2.7M for a teak dining table. Depending on which ends you compare, the gap runs from a factor of 5.6 (15 ÷ 2.7) to a factor of 26 (55 ÷ 2.1).
The likeliest explanation — a working interpretation, not an established fact — is that these are two separate segments: local workshop furniture on one side, designer showrooms on the other. The rule that follows has no exceptions: never calculate your discount by crossing the two. A piece bought for 3 million at a local workshop does not resell against a 30-million showroom tag.
One last marker on the new side: PPN, Indonesia's VAT, whose headline rate has been 12% since 1 January 2025 (PMK 131/2024). As Indonesia's Directorate General of Taxes explains, that rate only applies in full to luxury goods subject to PPnBM; for everything else, a "nilai lain" base of 11/12 brings the effective rate back to 11%. That is what sits inside the price of a new piece in a shop.
On the tax treatment of a private resale, by contrast, we found no official source. Don't assume your garage sale is out of scope. If your volume goes beyond simple decluttering, have your position checked by a local tax adviser.
Setting your price, in practice
1. Start from what you actually paid, not from a showroom tag. If you bought second-hand, that's the number that counts.
2. Apply -50% by default, whatever the condition, including on pieces advertised as nearly new.
3. Adjust for urgency. The data gives no timeline, it gives a band: -42% at the catalogue's first quartile (antiques aside), -55.6% at the median of the pieces that actually sold. The closer your departure, the further you slide from the first figure towards the second.
4. Treat small furniture separately. Below Rp 500,000, logistics matter more than price: bundle it into lots, or give it away.
5. Only test full price on rare pieces — old teak, carved, original — accepting that they may still be unsold when you leave.
Always state the condition, the dimensions and the collection area: the catalogue we analysed does it for every piece (one shop cabinet is listed at 200 × 160 × 46 cm), and that is what lets a buyer decide without travelling. Finally, line your selling calendar up against the notice period in your lease. If you are moving villa rather than leaving the island, our guide to yearly rents by neighbourhood and the moving-in checklist set out the deadlines you cannot miss.
Frequently asked questions
What discount should I apply when selling furniture in Bali?
About half the purchase price. Across 57 pieces surveyed in July 2026 in the Bali Garage Sale catalogue, the median discount reaches 47%, and 49% excluding the five pieces listed at no discount. Still excluding those five, the first quartile sits at 42% and the third at 59%. Across the whole catalogue, 25 items out of 57 — 44% — lose at least half their value.
Does furniture in excellent condition sell for much more?
No, not by the margin you would expect. Across the 51 items tagged "Like New" in the catalogue analysed, the median discount is 47.8% — and 49.9% once you exclude the four antiques listed at no discount, which are also tagged "Like New". The range is the same as the rest of the catalogue, from 20% to 89%. Condition moves the needle at the margin; it does not change the headline discount.
Does antique teak hold its value in Bali?
It is the only exception we observed: five antique pieces, four of them teak, were listed at their exact original price, from Rp 2,500,000 to Rp 7,000,000. But all five were still in stock when we checked, while far more heavily discounted pieces had gone. Holding your price and selling are two different things.
How long does it take to sell a piece of furniture in Bali?
No public source we consulted documents it, and the platforms we tested show no publication dates: there is no reliable average time to sell. The one hard signal is indirect — items actually marked sold carried a median discount of 55.6%, against 47% for the catalogue as a whole. The timeline depends first and foremost on the price you set.
Where do you sell your furniture when you leave Bali?
The channels verified on 22 July 2026 are the garage-sale service Bali Garage Sale, the open classifieds platforms (Re-Bali, BaliTop, BaliMarket) and three Facebook groups dedicated to second-hand goods. A warning, though: the generalist sites we tested were close to empty on furniture — zero pieces in Re-Bali's recent feed, no furniture listing on display at BaliMarket, a single sale on BaliTop. Most of the stock circulates inside Facebook, behind a login wall and unindexed.
How much does it cost to transport furniture sold in Bali?
In Denpasar, self-drive pickup hire was advertised at Rp 250,000 per day for a standard flatbed, Rp 300,000 for a long bed suited to furniture and Rp 320,000 for a closed box, as of 22 July 2026. With a driver, the price is negotiated over WhatsApp; beyond the pickup, none of the operators we checked publishes a price list.
Do you have to declare the resale of personal furniture in Indonesia?
We found no official source on the tax treatment of a private resale in Indonesia, and we are not going to decide on the tax authority's behalf. What the Directorate General of Taxes does document is VAT on new goods: 12% headline since 1 January 2025, brought back to an effective 11% outside luxury goods. Have your own case checked locally.
Sources
- Direktorat Jenderal Pajak — PMK 131/2024 — official: PPN at 12% headline, 11% effective outside luxury goods (art. 8A and 16G, UU HPP no. 7/2021). Published 6 January 2025.
- Kementerian Keuangan — KLC portal — official: briefing note "Pemberlakuan Tarif PPN 12% Sejak Tahun 2025" (Andri Marfiana, BPPK), published 23 June 2025. Only the metadata is readable remotely: cited as institutional evidence that the regime exists, not as confirmation of its content.
- Bali Garage Sale — primary source, and a commercial operator (online and offline house-clearance service): the 57 pieces, original prices, asking prices, condition and sold status. The site publishes no commission, no fees and no timelines — its about and how it works pages both return a 404. Detailed product pages on /shop.
- Balioh — Sewa pickup di Denpasar — commercial (vehicle rental): the lepas kunci pickup rates in the table above; rate with driver on WhatsApp request.
- Happy Truck — Sewa truk Bali — commercial: eleven vehicle types, from a 0.8-tonne pickup to a 40-tonne trailer, every rate listed as "Rp Call". Page marked "Update 2026".
- The Honeycombers — 13 best furniture stores in Bali — lifestyle media: the high-end new prices and thirteen named showrooms. The article mentions no second-hand option. Published 1 January 2026.
- Re-Bali — commercial (classifieds platform): "No fees, no commissions", 13 categories including Home & Garden, no furniture in the most recent listings feed (two checks on 22/07/2026).
- BaliTop — Furniture — commercial (classifieds platform): rentals (Rp 900,000, 750,000 and 400,000/month) and a single sale (Rp 2,000,000, Sanur). The site shows raw numbers with no currency symbol, and no publication dates.
- BaliMarket — commercial (classifieds platform): four categories, "List for Free", no furniture listing on display.
- What's New Indonesia — markets in Bali — expat media: the physical markets, their opening days and the Terminal Batubulan prices. Does not mention La Brisa. Published 6 September 2023.
- Bali Guider — community guide: Tabanan, La Brisa, second-hand shops in Denpasar and Kuta. No prices. Published 24 January 2025.
- Every Bali — Essential Facebook groups — community media: confirms that Facebook groups ("Buy and Sell in Bali", parent groups such as Sanur Mums) are used as a resale channel for household goods and furniture. No membership figures given. Published 25 April 2024.
- Facebook groups (community), opened one by one on 22/07/2026 — Bali Buy/Sell second hand stuff, BALI SECONDHAND BUY & SELL, Bali Expat Garage Sale: all three names are confirmed, but neither membership numbers nor content are readable behind the login wall. No community figure is therefore quoted in this article.
Unless stated otherwise, these URLs were opened and re-checked on 22 July 2026, and the discount statistics were recalculated item by item across the full catalogue. One warning about the nature of these sources: apart from Indonesia's Directorate General of Taxes, every price figure in this article comes from a commercial operator (a garage-sale service, two vehicle rental firms, classifieds platforms) or from the media, never from a public body. These are advertised prices, not an official index. OLX Indonesia, Carousell Indonesia and Bali Advertiser could not be opened (timeouts or a 403 error depending on the site) and are therefore neither cited nor recommended here. Rupiah prices move: re-check transport rates and the state of the platforms before you build your plan.
