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Am I missing something?

edwardk9

edwardk9

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Apr 24, 2005
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I am looking to purchase and ibook from ebay and people are selling 3 year old laptops 500mhz for almost 650.00!!!! Why would ANYONE pay that much for something like that when for just a little more you could get a brand new laptop twice that speed?

Are they build different? Am I just missing something all together?
 
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PlaceofDis

macrumors Core
Jan 6, 2004
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All of Apple's computers retain their value pretty well, although that seems just a bit too high for those iBooks its not crazy pricing either
 
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Bear

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Jul 23, 2002
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edwardk9 said:
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Are they build different? Am I just missing something all together?
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What you'r emissing is the fact that very often these days EBay is no longer a good deal for general merchandise. Go to the Apple store and look at the refurbished iBooks. Those at least come with a 1 year warranty and you can purchase AppleCare for them.
 
GoCubsGo

GoCubsGo

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Feb 19, 2005
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Bear is right. Unless you're hard core collector of some old Apples...I wouldn't buy a mac off ebay. I saw my exact powerbook listed for $100 over list price. Stupid.

I also wonder why people buy things like the new powerbooks and then sell them 3 months later. I presume many of them buy on credit and sell for cash and then never pay apple. some people could care less about their own credit.
 
topgunn

topgunn

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Nov 5, 2004
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jessica. said:
Bear is right. Unless you're hard core collector of some old Apples...I wouldn't buy a mac off ebay. I saw my exact powerbook listed for $100 over list price. Stupid.

I also wonder why people buy things like the new powerbooks and then sell them 3 months later. I presume many of them buy on credit and sell for cash and then never pay apple. some people could care less about their own credit.
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But thats the great thing about ebay. You buy a computer from Apple and use it for a few months until something better comes along and then you sell it on ebay for more than what you bought it for. How great is that. I have had top of the line computers for the last 3 years and it hasnt cost me a dime.
 
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