Selling my laptop

TomDunne

I've just put my Alienware laptop up on ebay, and thought I'd post it here in case anyone is interested - I'd rather sell to someone I know than Singaporean credit card scammers. It's a pretty kickass machine, but my new company is mostly an Apple shop and they've set me up with a MacBook Pro, so I don't have much need for it anymore. Linky link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230100485054

Apologies in advance for the pimping, but don't even think about banning me or my lawyer, vermilion2, will sue your ass

PfhorRunner

man, i'd love to buy that. Though, as a college student, I just don't have the funds available to me at the moment.

notman

notman would love that, but notman doesn't have that much money right now

TomDunne

Bleh - hate to bump this, but the original auction was 'won' by some guy trying to scam me into shipping to Nigeria, so I'm relisting. The internet sucks sometimes. Anyway, new link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:31&item=230100897768

Reserve is $1800, in case that matters.

nealb4me

How much for shipping to Australia? >:-) I may or may not be moderately Nigerian.

TomDunne

Haha - I'd be happy to sell to an overseas Polycounter, but not if it's for your cousin's birthday and you need it shipped overnight to Singapore

hawken

I don't put a reserve on my items, I've sold over 300 bits and pieces all going at good prices. Including a broken laptop, which someone bought for $1000 (It was worth it and I did say it was busted upfront)

reserve = less bidders

(I sold my laptop to get a mac! lol)

notman

I agree with Hawken, but I figured I'd let him do what he wants to do with his auction

Typically you want to create a bidding war. You start at a low price, where people will think they are getting a tremendous deal. Then they slowly build up to what the value really is. When you start the auction up high, people tend not even to bid... then when it has a reserve, it adds that knowledge that you can't even get it at the higher price you are offering it at.

Personally, I never bid on reserve auctions. If you don't want to sell it at the price listed, then don't list it at that price

TomDunne

I know how it works, been using eBay forever, but am not in such a hurry to sell that I need it to go out the door this week. If I can get around ~$1800 for it, great. If not, I'll relist; the first relist on a non-sale is free.