Trade in your junk for Buy.com gift certificates!

[Blazin Trav]

My comp would sell for $800+, they want to offer me less than $300 in gift certs? No thank you.

 

[Chucu]

A little insite from someone that used to work at a place that bought used computers. First of all you all are thinking you will get brand new retail or close to for your machine. Well when a machine is resold that makes it used. The person looking to purchase a used computer isn't going to pay new retail. They are looking to spend 30%-40% less then retail. With that said lets start a senario. Lets say you have your fancy $3000 laptop that you JUST bought and you bring it in to sell. there are 3 subtraction points you have to remember. 1st is the above mentioned 30%-40% for the final sale, making it $1800-$2100 for used retail. Next is a profit margin usually 15%-25%, making the MAX offer $1350-$1785. Now the next part that most people forget. It will take a trained tech 4-6 hours to completely test a machine, reinstall the OS, and physically clean the unit, this is time that is usually billed out at $75-$125 bucks an hour, brining the offer down to $600 - $1485. Now you have your range. of offer the low end=in working shape with physical defects, and the high end being brand spanking new outta the box not even activated.

remember buy.com is a store, they are out to make a profit, and the buyers expect a machine that works and this costs time and money.

I am sure I will get flamed to heck and back, but you must remember that buy.com is aiming the process at people that, to put it bluntly, arn't educated about computers.

Have fun flaming me now.

Chucu

 

[mattcham]

For an 11 Megapixel Canon 1Ds Mark II, they
are paying $500 - Ha hah hah.

 

[Furor]

You can trade in your junk for paypal too if you go straight through the website:
http://www.dealtree.com/ebay/

 

[pxc]

only a sucker would take these trade-in prices.

 

[Blazin Trav]

Originally posted by: Chucu


A little insite from someone that used to work at a place that bought used computers. First of all you all are thinking you will get brand new retail or close to for your machine. Well when a machine is resold that makes it used. The person looking to purchase a used computer isn't going to pay new retail. They are looking to spend 30%-40% less then retail. With that said lets start a senario. Lets say you have your fancy $3000 laptop that you JUST bought and you bring it in to sell. there are 3 subtraction points you have to remember. 1st is the above mentioned 30%-40% for the final sale, making it $1800-$2100 for used retail. Next is a profit margin usually 15%-25%, making the MAX offer $1350-$1785. Now the next part that most people forget. It will take a trained tech 4-6 hours to completely test a machine, reinstall the OS, and physically clean the unit, this is time that is usually billed out at $75-$125 bucks an hour, brining the offer down to $600 - $1485. Now you have your range. of offer the low end=in working shape with physical defects, and the high end being brand spanking new outta the box not even activated.

remember buy.com is a store, they are out to make a profit, and the buyers expect a machine that works and this costs time and money.

I am sure I will get flamed to heck and back, but you must remember that buy.com is aiming the process at people that, to put it bluntly, arn't educated about computers.

Have fun flaming me now.

Chucu

I knew all of that. My point was that I know I'll be getting less than retail for my comp, but even that is better than a measily $300 that I can put towards a new computer. Thank you for proving me point.

 

[Bullhonkie]

$44 for my old Canon A40.

 

[Spikesoldier]

Originally posted by: pxc
only a sucker would take these trade-in prices.

the pawn shop is down the street

 

[1renovation]

Trade-up Quote
Item: PC Desktop
Manufacturer: White-Box (non-branded)
CPU Brand: AMD ATHLON XP
CPU Speed: 2.01 ghz to 2.5 ghz
Memory: 1 GB (1024 MB)
Total Hard Drive Space: 10.01 GB TO 20 GB
CONDITION: EXCELLENT
OPTICAL (CD OR DVD) DRIVES: 2 DRIVES: DVD-RW AND DVD-ROM
FIREWIRE PORTS: NO FIREWIRE PORTS
USB PORTS: 2 OR MORE USB 2.0 PORTS
OPERATING SYSTEM WITH LICENSE: WINDOWS XP PRO (with O/S install media)
KEYBOARD: ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD
MOUSE / POINTING DEVICE: TRACKBALL OR TABLET
MODEM: 56K MODEM
NETWORK ADAPTER CARD: 10/100 NETWORK CARD WITH RJ45 CONNECTOR
POWER CORD: INCLUDED
GRAPHICS / DISPLAY CARD: 128MB UPGRADED VIDEO CARD
Quote: $275.20 ya right

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Trade-up Quote
Item: PC Desktop
Manufacturer: White-Box (non-branded)
CPU Brand: AMD ATHLON XP
CPU Speed: 2.01 ghz to 2.5 ghz
Memory: 1 GB (1024 MB)
Total Hard Drive Space: 160 GB OR MORE
CONDITION: EXCELLENT
OPTICAL (CD OR DVD) DRIVES: 2 DRIVES: DVD-RW AND DVD-ROM
FIREWIRE PORTS: 1 OR MORE FIREWIRE PORTS
USB PORTS: 2 OR MORE USB 2.0 PORTS
OPERATING SYSTEM WITH LICENSE: NO O/S INCLUDED
KEYBOARD: STANDARD KEYBOARD
MOUSE / POINTING DEVICE: STANDARD PS/2 MOUSE
MODEM: NO MODEM
NETWORK ADAPTER CARD: 10/100 NETWORK CARD WITH RJ45 CONNECTOR
POWER CORD: INCLUDED
GRAPHICS / DISPLAY CARD: 128MB UPGRADED VIDEO CARD
Quote: $243.20

funny

 

[cirthix]

Trade-up Quote
Item: PC Desktop
Manufacturer: Dell
CPU Brand: Pentium
CPU Speed: 399 mhz or less
Memory: 64 MB or less
Total Hard Drive Space: NO HARD DRIVE
CONDITION: GOOD
OPTICAL (CD OR DVD) DRIVES: CD-ROM DRIVE ONLY
FIREWIRE PORTS: NO FIREWIRE PORTS
USB PORTS: NO USB PORTS
OPERATING SYSTEM WITH LICENSE: NO O/S INCLUDED
KEYBOARD: STANDARD KEYBOARD
MOUSE / POINTING DEVICE: STANDARD PS/2 MOUSE
MODEM: 56K MODEM
NETWORK ADAPTER CARD: 10/100 NETWORK CARD WITH RJ45 CONNECTOR
POWER CORD: INCLUDED
GRAPHICS / DISPLAY CARD: STANDARD GRAPHICS / VIDEO CARD THAT CAME WITH SYSTEM
Quote: $0.00
weaksauce

 

[qbackin]

They are offering 140 for my pIII 1ghz gateway......sounds fair to me....

 

[Solema]

Item: LCD MONITOR DISPLAY
Size: 20 inch
BRAND: DELL
AC ADAPTER / POWER CORD INCLUDED: INCLUDED
VGA input: YES
DVI input (DIGITAL VIDEO): YES
COMPATIBILITY: BOTH PC AND/OR MAC
VIDEO CABLES INCLUDED: YES
CONDITION : EXCELLENT
Quote: $288.40 Plus Pre-Paid Shipping


$288.40 for my brand new 2005FPW.

I agree with the former computer-shop guy, that this is aimed at those not "knowledgeable" enough to use eBay or the FS/FT forums, or those who simply don't care and don't want to spend the time researching a good selling price for their stuff on eBay.

 

[intogamer]

Item: Point & Shoot Hewlett-Packard 1.0 to 2.0 Megapixels Megapixel
OPTICAL ZOOM: 2X
CAMERA CONDITION: NOT WORKING
EXTERNAL MEDIA INCLUDED WITH CAMERA: No External Memory Card
FLASH: BUILT-IN FLASH
IN THE ORIGINAL RETAIL BOX: NO
ORIGINAL SOFTWARE INCLUDED: YES
BATTERY TYPE REQUIRED: Uses Standard AA or AAA Alakline Battery(s) - Not included
AC ADAPTER / CHARGER: NOT INCLUDED
INSTRUCTIONS / OWNERS MANUAL: NOT INCLUDED
ORIGINAL CABLES or DOCK: ALL ORIGINAL CABLES INCLUDED
PC CONNECTIVITY: USB
CAMERA FOCUS TYPE: AUTO FOCUS
TELEPHOTO CONVERTERS / LENSES: NONE
Quote: $0.00


:laugh: what a joke. At officemax you can trade your empty ink cartridges for recycled paper(30%).

 

[Glendor]

They only offered $330 for my Precision 530

I guess I'll have to keep it

 

[kellybrf]

theyre offering me almost $60 for my old digital elph. it was the first one, the s100. considering it bought it for $160 two and a half years ago im pretty happy with that price. hell, its a 512 sd card for my new sd200

 

[wxrkny]

Trade-up Quote

Item: APPLE Desktop
CPU TYPE (APPLE DESKTOP): Power PC (G5 MAC)
CPU Speed: 1.31 ghz and above
DUAL or SINGLE PROCESSOR: DUAL
Memory: MORE THAN 1GB
Hard Drive: 160 GB OR MORE
CONDITION: EXCELLENT
OPTICAL (CD OR DVD) DRIVES: DVD+RW OR DVD-RW (DVD BURNER) DRIVE
ZIP DRIVE INSTALLED: YES (in working condition)
FIREWIRE PORTS: 1 OR MORE FIREWIRE PORTS
USB PORTS: 2 OR MORE USB 2.0 PORTS
OPERATING SYSTEM WITH LICENSE: MAC O/S X (with O/S install media)
KEYBOARD: ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD
MOUSE / POINTING DEVICE: TRACKBALL OR TABLET
MODEM: 56K MODEM
NETWORK ADAPTER CARD: 10/100/1000 Gigabit CARD WITH RJ45
AIRPORT or WIRELESS CARD: Installed and Working
POWER CORD: INCLUDED
GRAPHICS / DISPLAY CARD: 256MB OR MORE UPGRADED CARD
INTEGRATED MONITOR: 18 inch or larger LCD Flat Panel
Quote: $1,810.42 Plus Pre-Paid Shipping

 

[Kelemvor]

Guess my parents-in-law's system isn't worth much... It's like a 486 with Windows 3.1

Item: PC Desktop
Manufacturer: White-Box (non-branded)
CPU Brand: OTHER PROCESSOR
CPU Speed: 399 mhz or less
Memory: 64 MB or less
Total Hard Drive Space: UNDER 6 GB
CONDITION: GOOD
OPTICAL (CD OR DVD) DRIVES: CD-ROM DRIVE ONLY
FIREWIRE PORTS: NO FIREWIRE PORTS
USB PORTS: NO USB PORTS
OPERATING SYSTEM WITH LICENSE: WINDOWS 95 OR LOWER (with O/S install media)
KEYBOARD: STANDARD KEYBOARD
MOUSE / POINTING DEVICE: STANDARD PS/2 MOUSE
MODEM: 56K MODEM
NETWORK ADAPTER CARD: NO NETWORK CARD
POWER CORD: INCLUDED
GRAPHICS / DISPLAY CARD: STANDARD GRAPHICS / VIDEO CARD THAT CAME WITH SYSTEM
Quote: $0.00

 

[Glendor]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Guess my parents-in-law's system isn't worth much... It's like a 486 with Windows 3.1

I'm surprised they didn't offer to Pay You not to send it