in like 30 minutes on ebay. Not her MacBook Pro, but the one she replaced with the MacBook Pro. I listed it for $300 with a buy it now for $400. and it was gone. It was a 1.83 Intel CD upgraded to 80Gb HDD and 2GB RAM. i was just amazed. had to let yall know.
The people that pay more for Macs only do so because they don't do enough research before they buy them.
They are usually inexperienced with Apple computers and harbor the flawed mentality that "Macs just cost more", so they are blindly content with paying 4X what an older Mac is actually worth.
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I purchased a Core 2 Duo 2.0ghz late 2006 MacBook back in August for $400...an absolutely great price at the time, since Mac2sell.com said it was worth about $750.
About a week later I came across a 17" 2.33ghz Core 2 Duo Late 2006 MacBook Pro...and paid $725 for it. Again an absolutely great price at the time since Mac2sell.com valued it at $1350!
So for about 10 weeks I tried to sell the MacBook on Craig's List...and had absolutely the worst time trying to sell it...too many "flakey" people! I almost had it sold about 10-12 times over the 10 weeks...just to have the deals fall thru at the last minute due to indecisive buyers!
I finally put it on e-Bay...and sold it 4 days into a 7 day auction for the "Buy It Now" price of $675 (remember I paid $400 for it 10 weeks earlier)...and this was shortly after the newly updated "Late 2009" White MacBook was released!
I was definitely pleased that it was sold!
- Nick
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I'm so leery of selling big ticket items on eBay anymore. I've heard of so many scams and issues with PayPal, I'm just terrified to put anything out there. I've been kicking around selling this one and going with a 13" MacBook Pro (I think I'd prefer the smaller size), but I'm not sure I'd get as lucky as I did last time I sold one (happened to find someone local on this site).
I'm so leery of selling big ticket items on eBay anymore. I've heard of so many scams and issues with PayPal, I'm just terrified to put anything out there. I've been kicking around selling this one and going with a 13" MacBook Pro (I think I'd prefer the smaller size), but I'm not sure I'd get as lucky as I did last time I sold one (happened to find someone local on this site).
I totally understand how you feel about eBay!!! That's why I wasted 10 weeks trying to sell my MacBook I had on my local Craig's List...but in the end my eBay MacBook auction went smoother than I expected.
I previously sold only 2 computers on eBay...and they went ok as well...I'm usually an eBay buyer.
And like you mentioned, I also had my concerns with Paypal...especially due to all of the "Nigeria" scams...and all of the fake Paypal "phishing" scam webpages.
But in the end the Paypal transfer for my MacBook went fine as well.
If you're logging into your official Paypal.com account (I always pay veryvery close attention to the webpage address field in my browser to make sure I'm logging into the proper website)...the money transfer from the buyer was there...and I always wait until the transaction says "completed" before I do any shipping.
I was so paranoid...that I checked my Paypal account balance about 7 times before I shipped the computer 24 hours later...for some strange reason expecting the money to disappear! But no problems!
In the end...I was probably more fearful that the computer was going to get damaged by UPS during the shipping (so I bought insurance like I always do just in case)!
- Nick
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I wish I had the $$$ at the time FF, I would have bought that Macbook off you. I still use my 12" Last Gen iBook but really need an Intel Mac. Very good price. I do agree with DB though, that is about the worth, but most people try and get way more and people pay it.
