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Lazlazor
03-31-2006, 11:33 PM
I want to sell my computer and I was wondering just how much it is worth, no spam please
gateway 500s
2.0ghz
512 ram
60GB hdd
windows XP
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
want more info post here and I try to figure it out, just selling tower heres a pic. and if I was to sell my moniter FPD1730 how much could I get for it?
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/b2/27/pr-Gateway_500_S_500S_PC_Desktop-resized200.jpg

imasoldier
03-31-2006, 11:39 PM
Do you know what the Graphics card is?
I would say less then $300 Maybe another hundred with the monitor.

Lazlazor
03-31-2006, 11:43 PM
Do you know what the Graphics card is?
I would say less then $300 Maybe another hundred with the monitor.
sure do its a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

zapjb
03-31-2006, 11:55 PM
$200 for the tower.
$100-$135 for the LCD monitor.

lynx
04-01-2006, 12:09 AM
http://www.backuptrust.org.uk/images/pound_coin.jpg

suprafreak6
04-01-2006, 12:46 AM
ill buy it from you if you buy a legit xp professional for it!

peat moss
04-01-2006, 02:05 AM
ill buy it from you if you buy a legit xp professional for it!


You cheap skate ! :D Its funny how people are so disapointed when thier told what the old computer's worth . Did n't mean you Lazlator , just friends and workmates of mine . :)

Virtualbody1234
04-01-2006, 02:18 AM
It's worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

Lazlazor
04-01-2006, 04:03 AM
http://www.backuptrust.org.uk/images/pound_coin.jpg
sorry but I am american I dont know what a lb is in UK lol

Lazlazor
04-01-2006, 04:06 AM
$200 for the tower.
$100-$135 for the LCD monitor.
its FPD not LCD, quite a difference there :P

Seedler
04-01-2006, 04:06 AM
It's worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

:dry: That's what you always say.

But the problem is only one in a billion people would pay over $300 for that junk, so it's safe to say that the comp is worth a maximum amount of 300 bucks.

Wolfmight
04-01-2006, 04:41 AM
$300 sounds about right.

suprafreak6
04-01-2006, 04:47 AM
http://www.backuptrust.org.uk/images/pound_coin.jpg
sorry but I am american I dont know what a lb is in UK lol

Well google says:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/49/t4xp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

muchspl3
04-01-2006, 05:53 AM
It's worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

:dry: That's what you always say.

But the problem is only one in a billion people would pay over $300 for that junk, so it's safe to say that the comp is worth a maximum amount of 300 bucks.
if that... 275...

zapjb
04-01-2006, 07:48 PM
$200 for the tower.
$100-$135 for the LCD monitor.
its FPD not LCD, quite a difference there :P
If FPD is a LCD, then I stand by my estimate.
If FPD is a CRT, then my estimate changes to $25.

maebach
04-01-2006, 09:49 PM
http://www.backuptrust.org.uk/images/pound_coin.jpg

:lol: :lol:

cpt_azad
04-02-2006, 02:28 AM
$300 canadian...not american, USD 300 for that is too much.

clocker
04-02-2006, 02:27 PM
The problem with pricing any used system is that it must fall below the price of a bottom end Dell/eMachines, etc.
Doesn't matter if the specs do not compare, the response will always be "I can get a new Dell for "x" dollars!"

A bit OT...
We took a Systemax tower/CRT in trade the other day (credited them with $35 off their new machine :naughty:).
It was the "AOL Optimised" edition.
After performing a system restore from the recovery partition (using the cleverly named "Tech-In-A-Box" app included in Program Files) I found that after the fresh install the PC was running 63 processes at startup.
All AOL crap of course.
Every toolbar, connection wizard, search engine and security app they make is pre-loaded into this POS.
The desktop was covered with AOL junk and even the screensaver was an AOL logo.
It was totally unusable.
Completely wiped out that install (including the insulting 10GB restore partition they allocated to themselves) and reloaded using a plain vanilla OEM Home. It took the PID and activated with no problem.
Not only runs much better (doh!) but sold two hours later for $275.

Gotta love capitalism.

zapjb
04-03-2006, 06:08 AM
clocker that's just like I've said for ages. Over way over 50% of people who are not 1st time computer buyers. Are buying a new computer of the same type (desktop to desktop or laptop to laptop) not because of hardware failure or a need/want to upgrade. They are doing so because their old computer is so fd up by any combination of crapware, spyware, virii or lack of maintenance etc. :sick: