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Title: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: pnut on June 08, 2005, 07:00:34 pm

http://www.pnut.ca/thumbnails.php?album=78

System Specs:
AMD64 3000+
512 DDR 400 MHZ
ATI 9200se 128 Meg
120 Gig HD
DVD/CD-Rom Reader

i have been thinking about selling it because i dont have room at my place atm and i can use the cash. i might put it on ebay. how much you guys pay for this?

Title: Re: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: Timoe on June 08, 2005, 07:10:20 pm

$50 plus shipping?

Title: Re: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: Otraotaku on June 08, 2005, 07:12:03 pm

id give em 60$ for it... ^.<

Title: Re: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: pointdablame on June 08, 2005, 07:38:38 pm

lol and the frugle side of BYOAC shows its face once again.  :angel:




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I'll give ya $75

Title: Re: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: Buddabing on June 08, 2005, 07:49:11 pm

Quote from: pnut on June 08, 2005, 07:00:34 pm

http://www.pnut.ca/thumbnails.php?album=78

System Specs:
AMD64 3000+
512 DDR 400 MHZ
ATI 9200se 128 Meg
120 Gig HD
DVD/CD-Rom Reader

i have been thinking about selling it because i dont have room at my place atm and i can use the cash. i might put it on ebay. how much you guys pay for this?

Does it come with the power supply?

The other guys were being ridiculous. The parts are worth at least $150 retail.

Go to pricewatch and get retail prices for the individual parts, then take maybe 2/3 or so to get your price.

Title: Re: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: pointdablame on June 08, 2005, 08:16:23 pm

Quote from: Buddabing on June 08, 2005, 07:49:11 pm

Quote from: pnut on June 08, 2005, 07:00:34 pm

http://www.pnut.ca/thumbnails.php?album=78

System Specs:
AMD64 3000+
512 DDR 400 MHZ
ATI 9200se 128 Meg
120 Gig HD
DVD/CD-Rom Reader

i have been thinking about selling it because i dont have room at my place atm and i can use the cash. i might put it on ebay. how much you guys pay for this?

Does it come with the power supply?

The other guys were being ridiculous. The parts are worth at least $150 retail.

Go to pricewatch and get retail prices for the individual parts, then take maybe 2/3 or so to get your price.

lol we (or at least I) were just joking with him.  You're right though... pricewatch is your best bet to get a gauge on what its worth.  Those parts are worth much more than $150 actually. Even at used prices, there is $200-300 of computer parts there.  Then take the controls/wood/etc into account.  Whether you'd get that or not is another story though. 

Ebay would definitelly be your best bet IMHO.

Title: Re: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: DreamWeb on June 08, 2005, 09:17:40 pm

Didn't your friend just finish painting that thing?

I hope you give her (her?) a cut ;)

d.

Title: Re: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: pnut on June 09, 2005, 03:48:16 pm

all parts are new.. just the pc parts are about $750 cdn.. and all the other parts that i bought and the worked involved...... this thing was not cheap.

Title: Re: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: pointdablame on June 09, 2005, 05:17:43 pm

Quote from: pnut on June 09, 2005, 03:48:16 pm

all parts are new.. just the pc parts are about $750 cdn.. and all the other parts that i bought and the worked involved...... this thing was not cheap.

Well to give you more of an idea, your PC parts have already depreciated quite a bit.  $750 canadian is a few cents under $500 US and you will not get that money for those parts any longer.  If you get $500 for the entire setup, I think you would be lucky.

This is not meant meanly, I just buy/sell a lot of used computer parts, and unless you catch a sucker, you will get nowhere near $500 for those parts.

I'd say $500 for the whole thing would be a nice point to shoot for.  With any luck, you can get a bit more, but if you go into this looking for what you paid, you're gonna be disappointed.

Title: Re: How much would you pay for this?
Post by: AlanS17 on June 09, 2005, 05:51:51 pm

You might get more for it if you sell the CP and PC parts seperately. You could bundle the PC parts, but I think if you sold it all seperate from the control panel you might get more for it all.

Heck, you could throw those parts into a $30 PC case and you'd have yourself a fully functioning computer that 1000's more people might be interested in if you put it on ebay.