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Best place to sell 2010 i7 MBP?

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HacKage

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Hi there, I have owned my i7 MBP since the end of April, but I'm thinking about selling it and buying an iMac. I have it listed on Gumtree, but 95% of inquiries are from scamsters who want you to send it to Nigeria or wherever and pay using fake Paypal etc.

I was wondering if anyone on here knew the best place to sell it, like a Mac specialist forum or something that it will receive the right amount of interest from genuine people. Also, I don't think they do, but would Apple take it in as a trade-in against an iMac, and if so, how much would they value you it at?

Any help would be great!

Cheers
 
I go with Craigslist, I've always had such great luck on it.

What you want to do is meet at a local Cafe. There the person can inspect the computer of purchase, without invading your privacy and home.

I just sold a D90 for $800. Trust in Craigslist.
 
HacKage said:
Hi there, I have owned my i7 MBP since the end of April, but I'm thinking about selling it and buying an iMac. I have it listed on Gumtree, but 95% of inquiries are from scamsters who want you to send it to Nigeria or wherever and pay using fake Paypal etc.

I was wondering if anyone on here knew the best place to sell it, like a Mac specialist forum or something that it will receive the right amount of interest from genuine people. Also, I don't think they do, but would Apple take it in as a trade-in against an iMac, and if so, how much would they value you it at?

Any help would be great!

Cheers
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The Marketplace here is great. Unfortunately you do not meet the requirements yet. Keep posting and you will reach the required number of posts.
 
stridemat said:
The Marketplace here is great. Unfortunately you do not meet the requirements yet. Keep posting and you will reach the required number of posts.
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Ahh, I didn't know there was one here. I was kinda surprised by that really but it's good to know it's there. What is the post count, 50 or something?

I will give craigslist a try, it isn't as big here in the UK, but it certainly is another option, and hopefully it isn't full of scamsters like Gumtree has been invaded with in the last year or so.
 
HacKage said:
Ahh, I didn't know there was one here. I was kinda surprised by that really but it's good to know it's there. What is the post count, 50 or something?

I will give craigslist a try, it isn't as big here in the UK, but it certainly is another option, and hopefully it isn't full of scamsters like Gumtree has been invaded with in the last year or so.
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Only users with a history of 250 posts (user title 6502 or higher) and membership for at least 6 months can access the Marketplace forum. Only users with a history of 100 posts can post in the Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum. If you start a "for sale" thread or political thread in another forum to avoid this rule, your thread will be deleted. Once you reach 100 or 250 posts, you may not immediately be able to post in these forums. The privilege is added automatically when the forum system does routine processing, so check again in a few hours. The delay is normal, so please do not contact us to report it as a problem on the same day that you reach 100 or 250 posts. When you first gain access to the Marketplace forum, you will see it in the Community section of the forums.
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https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

It will come around quite quickly.
 
I myself am waiting for the market place to be unlocked for me. 250 posts is the most i've ever seen on a site for a marketplace.
 
250 :eek: Ah well. I had a look at Glasgow and Edinburgh Craigslist and it is near enough empty, I knew it wasn't as popular here but wasn't expecting it to be that bad!
 
As I mentioned in my first post, I have seen that Apple sell refurbished products, does this mean they do trade-ins against new models? My spec cost £1919 new, but they sell it refurbished for around £1650. How much do you think they would give on a trade-in, if they do such a thing?
 
If they don't do trade-ins, where do they get the machines that they refurbish from, as some of them are like a year old machines?:confused:
 
eBay may the way to go. Apple products seem to just about sell themselves on that site.

Cheers!
BC
 
HacKage said:
If they don't do trade-ins, where do they get the machines that they refurbish from, as some of them are like a year old machines?:confused:
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They could be computers that Apple built, but did not sell before a refresh.
 
HacKage said:
If they don't do trade-ins, where do they get the machines that they refurbish from, as some of them are like a year old machines?:confused:
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They are machines they have had as returns and ones that they have replaced for people with too many faults.

Not having any luck on AVforums eh;)
 
Adidas Addict said:
They are machines they have had as returns and ones that they have replaced for people with too many faults.

Not having any luck on AVforums eh;)
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haha, yea I was just seeing where else would be a possibility. I have got it in my head that I want an i7 iMac now and I'm itching to get it ASAP haha.

The thing with AVF is that people with low trader ratings like myself are kinda expected to send stuff to the buyer first, and with a £1900 laptop, I'm not happy with that. If it was £100 or something then yea, but if I was to get bumped in someway for this, then it would take me a very long time to be able to get the funds for a new one.

With eBay, I always feel that I can either make a bit more than I want, or there is the risk that it could go for a lot less than I'm after. I could add a reserve that that generally lowers interest. Plus the final selling fee of £40 + the paypal fee for using that service, meaning if it went for £1500, I would need to pay just under £100 in fees, and then wait for a week for the cash to clear.

I have always preferred face to face sales with cash, even if it means I need to do a 250mile round trip to do so. I didn't know that the Apple "refurb" stock can then possibly be brand new, unsold stock, it's handy to know.
 
HacKage said:
haha, yea I was just seeing where else would be a possibility. I have got it in my head that I want an i7 iMac now and I'm itching to get it ASAP haha.

The thing with AVF is that people with low trader ratings like myself are kinda expected to send stuff to the buyer first, and with a £1900 laptop, I'm not happy with that. If it was £100 or something then yea, but if I was to get bumped in someway for this, then it would take me a very long time to be able to get the funds for a new one.

With eBay, I always feel that I can either make a bit more than I want, or there is the risk that it could go for a lot less than I'm after. I could add a reserve that that generally lowers interest. Plus the final selling fee of £40 + the paypal fee for using that service, meaning if it went for £1500, I would need to pay just under £100 in fees, and then wait for a week for the cash to clear.

I have always preferred face to face sales with cash, even if it means I need to do a 250mile round trip to do so. I didn't know that the Apple "refurb" stock can then possibly be brand new, unsold stock, it's handy to know.
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Yeah its difficult on AVF without feedback, and everyone has to start somewhere. Its just a shame you're trying to start with a high value item. It really is a great place to trade (I have over 220 +'s on there). If you click on the buyers iTrader you can scan through their deals and see if they have caused any problems in the past. Its better than ebay, due to no fees and way less scammers, ebay is full of scammers especially for high value items and ebay/paypal are useless for the seller.
 
Yea, I had a problem in the past with a buyer on eBay, and eBay/Paypal provide no support or protection for the seller at all, everything is assumed that the buyer is the innocent party. I have bought an sold many items on eBay with no hassle, but more and more it is becoming a less that appealing place to sell items. The only plus point it has are the great number of users.

Regarding the AVF feedback, yea as I said, if it was a cheaper item I wouldn't really be bothered, but because this is so dear, I'm a bit more cautious. Also I understand what you are saying about checking peoples feedback, but maybe I'm just being a cynic, but someone could have 50 positive feedback for cheaper items, but the option is still there for someone to bump you, hence why I would rather travel pretty far to meet people. Unfortunately though, Glasgow is a bit of a distance from most places in England where there are obviously a far higher number of members.
 
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