Making money online!

[GRagland]

I can put together a pretty cheap computer using deals from fatwallet.com, then sell it on ebay or local classifieds. You think i could make some serious money this way. Or would all that rebate PM stuff make it not worth while. Anyone on here make money on the internet?

 

[yoda291]

take labor to gather parts, find deals, sell machine, ship....divide by time in hours. subtract 1/3 in taxes(well, you're supposed to anyways.). If you have no problems working for that amount of money, go for it.

 

[Viper GTS]

You won't make any money doing that.

Take a look at what Dell can sell a system for, including support that you can never hope to provide.

8 years ago, yes - There was money to be made doing this. But not anymore.

The only market you could hope to compete in would be the extremely high end PC - That's where profit margins are still high enough to undercut (think: Alienware, Falcon Northwest, etc.).

However...

The people who know the value of having every component be EXACTLY what they want already know how to build it themselves.

Viper GTS

 

[VBboy]

How easy do you think it is to sell computers, when everyone sees those $500 PC Dell and Gateway commercials?

I'd say it's not worth your time..

 

[TommyVercetti]

How about some advice on what things to sell online, like on Ebay? I know one can sell anything, but in your experience, what makes the most money?

 

[hawkeye81x]

This topic makes me long for the days of yore when companies like Alladvantage and Spedia were doling out money for just surfing the net

 

[rudeguy]

yes, you could make a profit...then you will get about 20 emails a day from idiots asking you all kinds of dumb questions about the computer you sold them...and lord forbid they have your phone number...it will be a full time job to make that 50 or 100 bucks in profit....in short...dont do it...and never ever ever sell your friend a computer unless they know their stuff

 

[JEDI]

plus u gota remember LEGAL license of WinXP

btw-u could have gotten a p4-2.5ghz SYSTEM (60 gig hd) from dell for $312+tax last week :Q