How can i get the most money for my broken Macbook?

mmgraha1 · Jul 12, 2010, 04:02 PM

A broken macbook was given to me and i need some advice on what to do with it. Should i sell the computer's individual parts? or should i sell the whole computer?

Hellhammer · Jul 12, 2010, 04:04 PM

Selling it as a whole is easier but you may not get as much money, so up to you, whether you want to go the easy route or start hassling with all individual parts

iBookG4user · Jul 12, 2010, 04:09 PM

You'll probably get the most from selling the parts individually, although selling it as-is will be a lot faster. You'll need to figure out which is worth it to you.

R94N · Jul 12, 2010, 04:09 PM

How badly broken is it and what is broken? If it's repairable (i.e. if something needs replacing) I would spend the money repairing it and then say when you sell it that stuff's recently been replaced and increase the price of it slightly as a result.

mmgraha1 · Jul 12, 2010, 05:00 PM

thanks for the help everyone....

any info on parts would be greatly appreciated... what parts are valuable? can be sold? etc... etc..

R94N · Jul 13, 2010, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by mmgraha1

any info on parts would be greatly appreciated... what parts are valuable? can be sold? etc... etc..

Well, most of the parts inside can be resold but the difficult part is removing the parts from the computer. Stuff could damaged in the process and then you might not be able to sell that particular part. I'm sorry I can't give more accurate information.

Hellhammer · Jul 13, 2010, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by mmgraha1

thanks for the help everyone....

any info on parts would be greatly appreciated... what parts are valuable? can be sold? etc... etc..

First of all, what parts are working? If the logic board is busted, the display, case, RAM and HD are pretty much the parts you can sell.

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Hellhammer Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Helsinki, Finland	Selling it as a whole is easier but you may not get as much money, so up to you, whether you want to go the easy route or start hassling with all individual parts __________________ SSD Editor for AnandTech You can also follow me in Twitter!
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iBookG4user macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern California	You'll probably get the most from selling the parts individually, although selling it as-is will be a lot faster. You'll need to figure out which is worth it to you. __________________ Super high tech stuff goes here
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R94N macrumors 68020 Join Date: May 2010 Location: UK	A few questions and what I would do... How badly broken is it and what is broken? If it's repairable (i.e. if something needs replacing) I would spend the money repairing it and then say when you sell it that stuff's recently been replaced and increase the price of it slightly as a result.
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Jul 12, 2010, 05:00 PM	#5
mmgraha1 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2010	thanks for the help everyone.... any info on parts would be greatly appreciated... what parts are valuable? can be sold? etc... etc..
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