Price advice

jesperb

Hello boys and girls,



I'm new and I'm sorry if this is the wrong section.



I have a MacBook Pro 15" from late 2008 with the following specs:

Mac OS X 10.6.6

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

250 gb Harddisk



And this MBP has a problem in de display, it has to be replaced for a new one because there's a cable inside the display broken and that gives me 150 to 300 pixels of errors on my display. A new display costs €564,14($770) without installing it, that's around €100($136)



Because the new MBP's are coming very fast and this MBP is not from yesterday I'm not repairing it myself but I want to sell it but I have no clue about the price. Can you help me with this?



I was thinking about €400/500, that's cheap for a Mac but expensive for a MBP with broken display?



Thanks in advance,



Regards,

Jesper

mr. h

put it on eBay on 10 day auction with a starting price equivalent to $0.99 with no reserve. Be honest about its condition and provide good photos; it will find its price and you won't have any insertion fees to pay (check your local eBay fees structure to confirm).

marvin

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Originally Posted by Mr. H


put it on eBay on 10 day auction with a starting price equivalent to $0.99 with no reserve. Be honest about its condition and provide good photos; it will find its price and you won't have any insertion fees to pay (check your local eBay fees structure to confirm).

Sometimes that's ok but you can end up with people bidding very low amounts if it doesn't end at a time when people are looking. I'd say a safer option is to assess the price range of MBPs of that age that have actually sold and deduct $200 or so based on someone buying it to repair themselves.



I'd say $499 (psychological) + $50 delivery or best offer would be ok and accept anything above $400.



Be sure to wipe your drive before selling it on. I'd say selling it broken is the best option.

mr. h

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Originally Posted by Marvin


Sometimes that's ok but you can end up with people bidding very low amounts if it doesn't end at a time when people are looking.

10 day auctions ending Sunday afternoon have never failed for me. Last year I sold a four and a half year old 12" PowerBook for £320 (which was £70 higher than the next highest selling price of the 12" PB auctions I had watched)! And in 2006 I sold an original Titanium PowerBook display (the LCD and casing) for £105.

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Originally Posted by Marvin


I'd say a safer option is to assess the price range of MBPs of that age that have actually sold and deduct $200 or so based on someone buying it to repair themselves.



I'd say $499 (psychological) + $50 delivery or best offer would be ok and accept anything above $400.

If the seller is worried about selling it "too" cheap, I think a low start with a reserve works much better than a high initial price. Low starting price and a long auction time makes it more likely that you'll get people interested in the auction and keeping an eye on it in the hope of a bargain.

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Originally Posted by Marvin


Be sure to wipe your drive before selling it on. I'd say selling it broken is the best option.

Definitely to both of these. Be sure to use the zero data option in disk utility.