Good price for 2008 MP?

rockinrocker · Nov 3, 2012, 10:47 AM

Hi-

Thinking of selling my '08 to a friend. What would be a fair asking price?

It's the 2.8 octo, has the Apple wifi, 10 gigs RAM (the stock 2 plus 4 2 gig sticks).

Has the whatever the stock graphics card was, but it got switched out for a new one while still under AppleCare.

Thanks

GGJstudios · Nov 3, 2012, 10:49 AM

As a starting point, you can check Mac2Sell, eBay (including completed sales), or Amazon for prices of similar models, to get an idea of what a reasonable price may be. Then adjust the price to account for condition, configuration, remaining AppleCare coverage (if any), etc.

rockinrocker · Nov 3, 2012, 10:57 AM

I kind of discounted eBay since people go a little nuts on there and there wouldn't be any shipping involved, but I hadn't heard of mac2sell.
Thanks

fluidedge · Nov 3, 2012, 01:31 PM

I have a 2008 quad 2.8 mac pro with 2GB RAM (lame I know) - I'm just cleaning it up for sale and looking for £650 if I can get it, but realistically i'd be happy with £600.

rockinrocker · Nov 3, 2012, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fluidedge

I have a 2008 quad 2.8 mac pro with 2GB RAM (lame I know) - I'm just cleaning it up for sale and looking for £650 if I can get it, but realistically i'd be happy with £600.

Yeah, I was thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,200.
Mac2sell came back with $1,790 which seemed kind of high....

fluidedge · Nov 3, 2012, 03:51 PM

yeh i'd say that's a little high, but probably you could ask $1500. If you're looking to sell to a friend though just accept what ever you'd be happy with

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rockinrocker macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2006	Good price for 2008 MP? Hi- Thinking of selling my '08 to a friend. What would be a fair asking price? It's the 2.8 octo, has the Apple wifi, 10 gigs RAM (the stock 2 plus 4 2 gig sticks). Has the whatever the stock graphics card was, but it got switched out for a new one while still under AppleCare. Thanks __________________ MBP 2011 15" - Mac Mini 2011 2.3 Mac Pro '08 2.8 dual quad - iP4 (32GB) iPad 3 (64GB)
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rockinrocker Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2006	I kind of discounted eBay since people go a little nuts on there and there wouldn't be any shipping involved, but I hadn't heard of mac2sell. Thanks __________________ MBP 2011 15" - Mac Mini 2011 2.3 Mac Pro '08 2.8 dual quad - iP4 (32GB) iPad 3 (64GB)
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Nov 3, 2012, 10:49 AM	#2
GGJstudios macrumors Westmere Join Date: May 2008	As a starting point, you can check Mac2Sell, eBay (including completed sales), or Amazon for prices of similar models, to get an idea of what a reasonable price may be. Then adjust the price to account for condition, configuration, remaining AppleCare coverage (if any), etc.
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Nov 3, 2012, 01:31 PM	#4
fluidedge macrumors 65816 Join Date: Nov 2007	I have a 2008 quad 2.8 mac pro with 2GB RAM (lame I know) - I'm just cleaning it up for sale and looking for £650 if I can get it, but realistically i'd be happy with £600.
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Nov 3, 2012, 03:51 PM	#6
fluidedge macrumors 65816 Join Date: Nov 2007	yeh i'd say that's a little high, but probably you could ask $1500. If you're looking to sell to a friend though just accept what ever you'd be happy with
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