How much is my PC worth?

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• Cablespider Member UncommonPosts: 272

  January 2009

  Why not price all the parts new then take a percentage off for being used? Take off 25%, for example, to make the deal attractive. The potential customer can price the stuff and see they are saving. This assumes you want to do the right thing and not rip off anyone.

  Just a suggestion.....

  
• Sabiancym Member UncommonPosts: 3,150

  January 2009

  Originally posted by Cablespider
  
  
  Why not price all the parts new then take a percentage off for being used? Then, take take off 25%, for example, to make the deal attractive. The potential customer can price the stuff and see they are saving. This assumes you want to do the right thing and not rip off anyone.
  Just a suggestion.....
  

   

  It's a little tought to price this stuff new.  I've seen the 3870x2 listed anywhere from 200 to 500.

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• Webferret Member UncommonPosts: 90

  January 2009

  I run my own IT business and to be honest selling a second hand PC is rather hard at times, even one that has failry new componentry. Unless the buyer isnt savey on PC pricing and technical then sure you can sell your pc close to new, but most customers are fairly keyed up on how much a new one is and  buying second hand at say 25% less is hard as prices for PC parts are failry cheap now anyways compared to yesteryear . All my kids have top end gaming machines ( I have to pay retail - cant claim those on tax LOL ) which cost me hardly anything compared to what I would of paid say 5 years ago.

  But if your going to sell it to someone, I would personally sell it for a fair price, but don't be surprised if you don't get anywhere near new prices. most that come in ( we consign second hand systems in my store for people) don't sell for anywhere near what the client wants. (It's upto them to agree on price, I have no say in the selling of these on price. Buyer deals direct with client) even top end systems go cheaper than expected as people would prefer to spend top dollar on brand new than second hand.

  So I would start at say 25% off retail and workk from there, but be ready to move your price down if needed, as most people wanting to buy second hand are looking to pay as little as they can.

  Good luck selling your PC, it is a nice system

  Cheers

  Tan

   
• Sabiancym Member UncommonPosts: 3,150

  January 2009

   Thanks for the help.

   

   

  I'll probably end up breaking it down and selling the parts individually on Ebay.  Was just wondering how much people would be willing to pay.

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• Tykero Member Posts: 349

  January 2009

  Decent setup. Processor bottlenecks it a bit.

   

  Used, I'd say ~$400 to $500.

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• snidebot Member Posts: 7

  January 2009

  If you're looking for a market price, the most basic answer would probably be "next to nothing."

  Someone who doesn't know about computers isn't going to buy it. Someone who does know about computers may give you a little something for a few of the components, assuming nothing has been overclocked (in which case, in my opinion at least, you shouldn't even attempt to sell them).

  I'd say your best bet would be to just sell the case, as it's the most likely thing to fetch any sort of price.

   
• Tykero Member Posts: 349

  January 2009

  Originally posted by snidebot
  
  
  If you're looking for a market price, the most basic answer would probably be "next to nothing."
  Someone who doesn't know about computers isn't going to buy it. Someone who does know about computers may give you a little something for a few of the components, assuming nothing has been overclocked (in which case, in my opinion at least, you shouldn't even attempt to sell them).
  I'd say your best bet would be to just sell the case, as it's the most likely thing to fetch any sort of price.
   
  

   

  Well, I'd disagree. There is a very real range of customers who are technically competent, but not savvy enough to build their own machine. I used to fit in that bracket, and used my knowledge to buy an appropriately priced used PC, which I used for a good few years until I was able to build my own.

   

  It's certainly not a very broad selection of people, but they're around. It costs next to nothing to list the PC in the paper (for some it's free) or online. It might take a while, but it would be worth it.

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