WTS: My PC?

epidemik

epidemik

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I would suggest craigslist. Put in the description that its custom built with higher quality parts and include a picture of the case with the lights on (those two things seem to be the most important points CL buyers look for).
 
bomberboysk

bomberboysk

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most companies do not offer a transferable warranty on components. One of the few that does is xfx on their mobos and gpus, but most don't.
 
tlarkin

tlarkin

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I always sell my used technology on craigs list, and I always say for cash in person. I don't take paypal, credit cards, or anything but cash in my hand in person.

PCs have some of the worst resell value in a product you can buy. Once it is used, it slashes about 50% of the cost right there. Another alternative is to part it out and put it on ebay.
 
Aastii

Aastii

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If it doesn't seem used and you still have receipts, why don't you just format the drive and sell it as new, custom built. If it really is just a few months old the use will be negligable really. You can always say it is "fully tested" and that would be the reasoning for it, all you did after all was make sure it could support certin games and every day use ;). Send it with receipts, so far as the manufacturers and the new owner is concerned, they are the first owner
 
K

konsole

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who knows why you arent willing to sell it in parts because those are good components and wont have a problem selling either on ebay or craigslist and even here.
 
bomberboysk

bomberboysk

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Aastii said:
If it doesn't seem used and you still have receipts, why don't you just format the drive and sell it as new, custom built. If it really is just a few months old the use will be negligable really. You can always say it is "fully tested" and that would be the reasoning for it, all you did after all was make sure it could support certin games and every day use ;). Send it with receipts, so far as the manufacturers and the new owner is concerned, they are the first owner
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I wouldnt recommend that, mainly due to the fact it is untruthful. I personally will not sell used technology for more than what it is worth on craigslist, as i feel doing so is basically preying upon the unknowing.
 
ScottALot

ScottALot

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bomberboysk said:
I wouldnt recommend that, mainly due to the fact it is untruthful. I personally will not sell used technology for more than what it is worth on craigslist, as i feel doing so is basically preying upon the unknowing.
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And if/when someone figures it out, then you are marked as a low-down cheat of a seller.
 
Aastii

Aastii

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bomberboysk said:
I wouldnt recommend that, mainly due to the fact it is untruthful. I personally will not sell used technology for more than what it is worth on craigslist, as i feel doing so is basically preying upon the unknowing.
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He Isn't lieing, he is just enchancing the truth a little.

He hardly got a full life out of the system, he simply thoroughly tested it. Everything may aswell be new, a few months to a component is nothing, the lifespan of components fluctuates by more than that, and to know it has been tested and working and to know what it is capable of, that is a good thing for the seller.

And he did build it, so that is labour costs going into that, not just parts cost. I know if I built a system and sold it I wouldn't sell for what I payed for it, I'm not running a charity, I would have built the system to make money, I put time and effort into that. Obviously if I payed £1000 for a system 10 years ago and I built it myself, I'm not going to sell it for just over that, it is outdated and heavily used, but a new, modern system, different story.

To OP: good luck with the sale :D
 
tlarkin

tlarkin

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Theblackoutow said:
Ya, I even posted tha on CL, and they still send that shit.
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They always will, just reply to them and say cash in hand only. I had one guy who tried to give me a check and when I emailed him back and said cash only he was like cool where do you want to meet. I met him at a coffee shop in neutral distances between our neighborhoods. He looked the laptop over and bought it on the spot.

So, sometimes people don't read or ignore the cash only clause, but most of the time they are dumb ass scammers. Also, and no offense, but since you seem like a kid you may want to take someone with you when you sell it. That way no one tries any funny business.
 
bomberboysk

bomberboysk

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tlarkin said:
They always will, just reply to them and say cash in hand only. I had one guy who tried to give me a check and when I emailed him back and said cash only he was like cool where do you want to meet. I met him at a coffee shop in neutral distances between our neighborhoods. He looked the laptop over and bought it on the spot.

So, sometimes people don't read or ignore the cash only clause, but most of the time they are dumb ass scammers. Also, and no offense, but since you seem like a kid you may want to take someone with you when you sell it. That way no one tries any funny business.
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I always like to meet in a nice public spot whenever selling/buying something on craigslist, and i always have a knife or something within easy reach. Taking along an extra person is always a good idea as well.
 
ganzey

ganzey

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whenever i sell on CL i ALWAYS have them meet at my house. a public place just seems to risky to me (IE: they could pull a gun and drive off with whatever i was selling)

this is mostly becuase there is some guy in a town about 15 miles from me that has been posting stuff for sale and says "cash only" and when the people get there he pulls a knife and takes their cash
 
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