How much would you bid for this computer?

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Chadbeska

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Current Bid - $50.00

I'm just curious, how much would you bid for this computer (on eBay)?

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  • MSI K9N4 Ultra-F Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 500 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
  • AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor (Dual Core)
  • Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
  • PNY VCG85512GXPB GeForce 8500GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card
  • APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 ATX 500W Power Supply 115/230 V UL
  • Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000KD 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
  • ASUS Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM
  • Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD

So, if the starting bid was $50.00, do a pretend bid. Be serious. So pretend it's an actual eBay auction. Please, do not search up these items on Newegg and find their actual value. Pretend you are just looking at specs.

Thank you.

Let the bidding begin!
 
$750 tops then. But then again I knew just from looking at the parts list what it was worth. Did not have to look up the prices. But, someone that did not have a clue about computers or prices might bid more. Look all over the forums, people are spending more for a system like that pre built from Dell and other places. But they have the Dell brand and support behind it.
 
You better put a limit on what you will take for it, or it might end up going for $100.

Hmm... wait a minute, go ahead and put it up. :) Just let me know what your seller name is first.
 
Just a reminder we have not yet made the computer we are just trying to find out if it is worth it to make a computer and sell it. The actuall cost is $691.10.
 
Remember, You don't have a name brand that people trust as a builder. You can't offer tech support. Both of those reasons are why someone might be Leary from buying from you.
 
paratwa said:
Remember, You don't have a name brand that people trust as a builder. You can't offer tech support. Both of those reasons are why someone might be Leary from buying from you.
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So then, it is not worth it to sell computers that I custom build? That's too bad, as it's fun and it could be a good source of money. :(
 
If you can build up a couple of hundred positive feedbacks on ebay as a seller, then people would start to trust you. But until then, ???

You might start by selling used parts to build up your feedback. Just make sure they are good parts before you sell them.
 
We actually don't have any spare parts. We have about 5 right now, but that's not going to get it to 100. I looked on Whitebox/Custom PC's and there were Quad Cores with 16 hours to go at $800. Unless they sky-rocket, that price is very low for a quaddy.
 
Heh yeah. There's no other place to sell these computers..so I see this business over the internet is pretty much out of luck?
 
If you can get parts cheaper than newegg on a regular basis, and can sell cheap and have a fast turn over on systems, then I would go for it. But there are so many company's selling computers on the net, that it would be very hard to make some money at it.

My suggestion would be to start building for people around where you live. Put up adds on boards around town, take out cheap adds in the news paper. Say in the add that you will build custom systems for $150 over cost.

Just from hanging out on the forums I can see a need for someone like that. How many people here say they would like to buy the parts, but do not know how to build one. That could be your thing, Let the customers buy the parts and you build them for a fee. Or you can buy and build and still charge a fee. Either way your doing what you like to do. And they will still get a better system at a lower cost than from Dell or those other places.
 
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