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Rip The Jacker
03-20-2005, 01:00 AM
Pentium 4 1.6Ghz
ECS P4VXASD2
384MB SDRAM
64MB DDR GeForce 4 MX420
40GB HDD
52X CD-Rom
32x12x40x CD-RW
Floppy Drive

How much do you think this PC is worth right now?

silent h3ro
03-20-2005, 01:16 AM
Maybe $300. :huh:

bigdawgfoxx
03-20-2005, 05:27 AM
maybe 150

zapjb
03-20-2005, 05:39 AM
$150-$200

lee551
03-20-2005, 08:33 AM
depends who you sell it to. for someone who doesn't know a lot maybe 250-300, but for someone who knows computers, expect 100-200.

clocker
03-20-2005, 03:59 PM
In our shop we'd retail a PC like that for maybe $150-175.
Does it have a valid Windows COA?

SideSwiped
03-20-2005, 04:21 PM
Pentium 4 1.6Ghz
ECS P4VXASD2
384MB SDRAM
64MB DDR GeForce 4 MX420
40GB HDD
52X CD-Rom
32x12x40x CD-RW
Floppy Drive

How much do you think this PC is worth right now?

You know what's sad? You can still buy many of those same parts and end up spending like 6 to 7 hundred bucks. Sucks, doesn't it?
I mean, look at the crap that Gateway still sells.

silent h3ro
03-20-2005, 04:28 PM
You know what's sad? You can still buy many of those same parts and end up spending like 6 to 7 hundred bucks. Sucks, doesn't it?
I mean, look at the crap that Gateway still sells.Gateway doesnt sell PCs that low end. :ermm:

SingaBoiy
03-20-2005, 04:37 PM
Gateway doesnt sell PCs that low end. :ermm:
But they do suck :lol:

peat moss
03-20-2005, 07:17 PM
Throw in a monitor I give you $300 Canadian tops .

Rip The Jacker
03-20-2005, 07:54 PM
Crap, those are some really low offers... I want to get rid of this PC and buy a brand new one, but it looks like I won't be able to get much...

@clocker
Windows COA? :unsure:

peat moss
03-20-2005, 08:15 PM
Crap, those are some really low offers... I want to get rid of this PC and buy a brand new one, but it looks like I won't be able to get much...

@clocker
Windows COA? :unsure:



Certification of Authenticity , a blue sticker ?

Rip The Jacker
03-20-2005, 08:17 PM
Oh, nope. The whole thing was built by a friend. If I do sell it, I probibly won't include an OS.

peat moss
03-20-2005, 08:22 PM
Oh, nope. The whole thing was built by a friend. If I do sell it, I probibly won't include an OS.




Then drop the price 100 bucks !

Rip The Jacker
03-20-2005, 08:26 PM
Then drop the price 100 bucks !
Ok fine. :lol:

Windows XP Pro, and an old but still good 17" CRT monitor.

What if I sold the PC with pirated software/games? :unsure:

peat moss
03-20-2005, 08:31 PM
Ok fine. :lol:

Windows XP Pro, and an old but still good 17" CRT monitor.

What if I sold the PC with pirated software/games? :unsure:



You drive a hard bargain friend ! :lol: To a friend not a problem its still a nice setup . Here's a link I use for friends to give you an example ,in Canadian funds .


http://www.slacocomputer.com/systems.shtml


Here's one of used systems : Click on used products

http://www.walnutgrove.net/

My point is for a few dollars more you can get a new system with monitor and warranty . The Slaco site is with O/S

Rip The Jacker
03-20-2005, 08:42 PM
At WalnutGrove.net they have a used desktop:
Intel P4-1.7GHz, 256mb, 40gb HDD, 52XCDROM, 16XCDRW, ATI Rage AGP Video, 10/100LAN,USB, Sound. For $339.99. With no monitor.

I'd say that my puter is much better than that, how much is $400 Canadian in U.S. dollars? :unsure:

tesco
03-20-2005, 08:46 PM
At WalnutGrove.net they have a used desktop:
Intel P4-1.7GHz, 256mb, 40gb HDD, 52XCDROM, 16XCDRW, ATI Rage AGP Video, 10/100LAN,USB, Sound. For $339.99. With no monitor.

I'd say that my puter is much better than that, how much is $400 Canadian in U.S. dollars? :unsure:
332.558 USD

Rip The Jacker
03-20-2005, 08:49 PM
332.558 USD
Thanks rossco. :D

There, mine should be worth a little more than $330. :01:

I'm not really even selling my computer (yet), I just want to know around how much I can get really.

peat moss
03-20-2005, 08:50 PM
Rossco you bugger I was still typing ! :lol:

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/exchform.htm

peat moss
03-20-2005, 08:52 PM
Thanks rossco. :D

There, mine should be worth a little more than $330. :01:

I'm not really even selling my computer (yet), I just want to know around how much I can get really.


Ya just becareful with friends, they expect a life time warranty ! :ohmy:

Peerzy
03-20-2005, 08:57 PM
Thanks rossco. :D

There, mine should be worth a little more than $330. :01:

I'm not really even selling my computer (yet), I just want to know around how much I can get really.


But yours is second hand, second hand pc's usually loose about 50% of their value just because they are second hand.

peat moss
03-20-2005, 09:08 PM
But yours is second hand, second hand pc's usually loose about 50% of their value just because they are second hand.



The warranty is important too . Did you see the 15 day warranty on used systems? Out of the shop and around the block ! :P Curious as to what Clocker
thinks about that. He seems to be one of the few who works in that captactiy ,or has knowledge in that area .

clocker
03-20-2005, 09:47 PM
We give a ninety day warrantee (no returns after 7 days) on the hardware and and no warrantee at all on the software, but all the used PCs have a valid Windows license.
Peat moss is correct, friends and strangers alike will expect YOU to take care of them forever.
Just yesterday I gave a used printer to a lady who returned a few hours later to bitch because the color cartridges ran out. I told her that I didn't see how she had any room to complain but if she'd like to actually PAY for a printer I'd be happy to sell her a fully working one.

She left.
Pissed off.

Sheesh.

Rip The Jacker
03-21-2005, 12:35 AM
But yours is second hand, second hand pc's usually loose about 50% of their value just because they are second hand.
What do you mean exactly when you say "second hand?" :unsure:

@clocker
Wow some people...

I can't really provide a warrenty, the most I can do is help out with the person's problems...

SideSwiped
03-21-2005, 01:09 AM
That almost amounts to a warranty. And, depending on the friend, you'd really be better off trying to sell it to someone you don't know and hope to never see again. I installed software on a friend's pc once and though what I installed was stable, ever after that, I received phone calls every time something went wrong with his 'puter, which was often. (not a savvy surfer)

Peerzy
03-21-2005, 01:11 AM
What do you mean exactly when you say "second hand?" :unsure:

@clocker
Wow some people...

I can't really provide a warrenty, the most I can do is help out with the person's problems...


Second hand, as in you have used it, the parts are not new so people think you are selling because its old and shit, in which case they dont want it either, or that its broke in which case the buyer doesnt want it.

Offering help for life is a bad idea, they will be back with alot of issues, anytime anything goes wrong it will be you they phone not microsoft. You could end up spending more time than its worth trying to fix it.

Rip The Jacker
03-21-2005, 01:22 AM
I was originally going to say I wanted to sell it to someone I'll never see again in my life, but I didn't want to sound mean. :lol:

Screw it then, I won't sell this PC. I'll just buy a new one, and use this one whenever someone else is using my new one. Its still good for browsing the web, doing homework, and certain things.

Peerzy
03-21-2005, 01:25 AM
Thats a very harsh but wise choice (About the selling to people you will never see again)

Rip The Jacker
03-21-2005, 01:29 AM
Yeah originally I wanted to sell it to someone I'll never see again, like at a garage sale, for about $400-$500. Thats just kind of mean, but thats life I suppose.

RPerry
03-21-2005, 01:52 AM
it doesn't pay to have too much conscience. I just gave a running car to the junk-yard myself, cause I didn't want to sell it to anyone I knew. :dry:

silent h3ro
03-21-2005, 02:12 AM
it doesn't pay to have too much conscience. I just gave a running car to the junk-yard myself, cause I didn't want to sell it to anyone I knew. :dry:Damn that sucks. :( Y dident u atleast give it to charity or something? :blink: