Thanks Toby, Yeah, I agree - thing is, this was the current model last May until the Thunderbolt ones came out, so really is worth a lot more than the ridiculous offers I've been getting!!! Anyway, hopefully it'll sell. I'll put whatever software anyone wants on it, presuming they have a license for it (which, y'know, I don't necessarily have to see...). --
e. [email protected] t. +44 7590 540 120 w. http://www.helgaresi.com On 1 Jun 2012, at 10:39, Toby Leighton wrote: > Id estimate the earliest intel models to be worth around £400 assuming it all > works and is reasonably clean/undented for its age. the G4 machines now are > pretty much worthless. > The problem with your price, is (perceptively) a new macbook air costs £850 > and a new macbook pro costs £1000 - we all know thats not really the case, as > its just apples marketing of the lowest spec of each range, which your laptop > isn't. > > I think your price expectations are realistic, but offputting to casual > browsers or impulse buyers. I'd go for ebay but with a long auction run > time, and take time over the photos and description. If you just need to get > rid of the thing quickly to raise cash then you could sell to a shop, but > you'll need to accept a lower price. Someone who actually knows what the > computer is and what they are worth should come along eventually. > > I know its a bit naughty, but if it happened to still have photoshop, or > logic or similar nice software left installed on the hard drive it would make > it more attractive to the second hand crowd. > > On 30 May 2012 11:11, Chris Billett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having a bit of a nightmare valueing/selling a MacBook Pro (mid-2010 > model so the one previous to current, bought early 2011 at £1599) - I have > put it on GumTree at £900 but it didn't sell, then put it on eBay and am > getting ridiculous offers of about £400! Am I nuts in this? A friend has just > bought a white MacBook for £550 so I would expect to easily get over £800! > > Any thoughts, list, or tips on where I can sell this easily? (A shop or > something that'll give good value?) > > -- > > e. [email protected] > t. +44 7590 540 120 > w. http://www.helgaresi.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
