mcvic@prcrs.UUCP (David McVicar) (06/09/90)
I have a 1-yr old Compaq Deskpro 286:
12 mHZ,
40-meg HD,
1.152 meg RAM,
1.2 meg FD,
EGA Card
Analog-Digital Sony Trinitron Color Monitor.
1200 baud internal modem
that I must sell. I'm not exactly sure, but I do not think Compaq manufactures
this particular model any more.
Anyone know of a way to determine a resale value on such an item?
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David J. McVicar ...!uunet!prcrs!mcvic
PRC Realty Systems
McLean, VA 22102wdarden@nrtc.nrtc.northrop.com (Bill Darden <wdarden>) (06/11/90)
In article <907@prcrs.UUCP> mcvic@prcrs.UUCP (David McVicar) writes: >I have a 1-yr old Compaq Deskpro 286: ... > >Anyone know of a way to determine a resale value on such an item? A good rule of thumb is fifty percent of what the equivalent new configuration what cost subject to the laws of supply and demand. One of the problems you have is determining the new cost. For example, I saw a new Seagate 251-1 selling for $250 and several selling for $265 this weekend at a computer show. At the same show, I saw 1Mx9x80 SIMM's in the high $50 range. Do you remember what we were all paying for RAM this time last year? Good luck, BiLL......
bpendlet@bambam.UUCP (Bob Pendleton) (06/14/90)
From article <907@prcrs.UUCP>, by mcvic@prcrs.UUCP (David McVicar): > I have a 1-yr old Compaq Deskpro 286: [description deleted] > Anyone know of a way to determine a resale value on such an item? I'd say a good way to estimate the resale value of a used computer is to find the price of a brand new equivalent machine and divide by the age in years (round up to the nearest whole year) plus 1. No one cares what you paid for it originally and very few care about the software you have for it. Supose you have a 2 year old $5,000 dollar computer. If you can buy something equivalent or better for $2,000 today you will be lucky to get $700 for the used machine. But start advertising it at twice what it is really worth. Someone might pay that much for it. One more thing; You can get more for it by advertising in your local want adds than you can by advertising on the net. Netters know better. The last used computer I sold was an Amiga 1000. I followed my rules and advertised it at $800. No one called. For 3 weeks no one called. I then advertised it at $700... Again no calls. Then I tried $600... The computer was sold within a couple of hours of the paper hitting the streets. Hope that helps... Bob P. -- Bob Pendleton, speaking only for myself. UUCP Address: decwrl!esunix!bpendlet or utah-cs!esunix!bpendlet X: Tools, not rules.