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How much is my mac worth?

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fongyuen

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thinking about selling my late 2008 17" mbp for the rmbp but i'm not quite sure how much it's worth.

it's got 2.5ghz core 2 duo, 6gb ram, 320gb 7200 drive (or i can leave my 256 crucial m4 in it and charge extra), glossy 1920x1200 lcd, upgraded to Lion. the machine is very clean, used a keyboard cover for nearly all of the past 4 years. can anyone help give an estimate on how much I can sell this for? thanks.
 
fongyuen said:
thinking about selling my late 2008 17" mbp for the rmbp but i'm not quite sure how much it's worth.

it's got 2.5ghz core 2 duo, 6gb ram, 320gb 7200 drive (or i can leave my 256 crucial m4 in it and charge extra), glossy 1920x1200 lcd, upgraded to Lion. the machine is very clean, used a keyboard cover for nearly all of the past 4 years. can anyone help give an estimate on how much I can sell this for? thanks.
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Check eBay, Craig's List for comparison; watch a few sell on eBay and you'll have an idea then mate.
 
fongyuen said:
thinking about selling my late 2008 17" mbp for the rmbp but i'm not quite sure how much it's worth.

it's got 2.5ghz core 2 duo, 6gb ram, 320gb 7200 drive (or i can leave my 256 crucial m4 in it and charge extra), glossy 1920x1200 lcd, upgraded to Lion. the machine is very clean, used a keyboard cover for nearly all of the past 4 years. can anyone help give an estimate on how much I can sell this for? thanks.
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If you're planning on buying another MacBook with the amount you receive use http://www.powermax.com/, I think they're prices offered are actually pretty good..
 
k, thanks. i checked out powermax and sent in a request, hopefully they'll get back to me with a favorable answer.

and i'll check out ebay as well to see what's out there.

did anyone sell a similar mbp recently in order to buy the rmbp? were you able to get a good price?
 
fongyuen said:
k, thanks. i checked out powermax and sent in a request, hopefully they'll get back to me with a favorable answer.

and i'll check out ebay as well to see what's out there.

did anyone sell a similar mbp recently in order to buy the rmbp? were you able to get a good price?
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I haven't sold mine yet but I did send in a request a couple of months ago for my early 2008 MacBook Pro..

It was a 2.6ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB Ram and a 512MB graphic card. 200GB Hard Drive. Brand new battery. Under a 'very good' condition and they quoted me around $575.
 
MNATHANI said:
I haven't sold mine yet but I did send in a request a couple of months ago for my early 2008 MacBook Pro..

It was a 2.6ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB Ram and a 512MB graphic card. 200GB Hard Drive. Brand new battery. Under a 'very good' condition and they quoted me around $575.
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That sounds like a fair price. No four your old PC would fetch that.
 
fongyuen said:
thinking about selling my late 2008 17" mbp for the rmbp but i'm not quite sure how much it's worth.

it's got 2.5ghz core 2 duo, 6gb ram, 320gb 7200 drive (or i can leave my 256 crucial m4 in it and charge extra), glossy 1920x1200 lcd, upgraded to Lion. the machine is very clean, used a keyboard cover for nearly all of the past 4 years. can anyone help give an estimate on how much I can sell this for? thanks.
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You can also check Mac2Sell to get an idea on your MBP's current value.
 
As others have suggested, you can check Mac2Sell, eBay (including completed sales), or Amazon for prices of similar models, to get an idea of what you may be able to charge. Then adjust your price to account for condition, configuration, remaining AppleCare coverage (if any), etc.
 
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MNATHANI said:
I haven't sold mine yet but I did send in a request a couple of months ago for my early 2008 MacBook Pro..

It was a 2.6ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB Ram and a 512MB graphic card. 200GB Hard Drive. Brand new battery. Under a 'very good' condition and they quoted me around $575.
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And you know they will sell it themselves for much more so you figure you could probably sell it privately for 650-700$
 
JohnDoe98 said:
And you know they will sell it themselves for much more so you figure you could probably sell it privately for 650-700$
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Looking at past sales on Ebay didn't show that.. But I'd still sacrifice a little bit of the money to sell it on Ebay or privately rather than Powermax. Through powermax you'd get credit and I would rather have the other option..
 
MNATHANI said:
Looking at past sales on Ebay didn't show that.. But I'd still sacrifice a little bit of the money to sell it on Ebay or privately rather than Powermax. Through powermax you'd get credit and I would rather have the other option..
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I sold a 2007 MBP, about 3 weeks ago, with lesser specs than yours for 600$ (though I did throw in a few, useless, accessories). It took 1 hour to find a buyer on Craigslist from the time that I posted it, in the afternoon, and the next morning it was sold. I've had similar experiences with numerous other Apple products.

Put it up on Craigslist for 700, wait a day to see how much interest you get. People will offer you less than 700 anyway, but you may be lucky and find someone who will buy it. I never expected to actually sell my 2007 for 600, I was thinking more like 550, or perhaps even less, but was pleasantly surprised to see otherwise. You can always go lower if no one shows any interest.
 
Powermax quoted me $775. not too shabby (i think) but probably still lower than market value. i still need to check out the new rmbp in person to see if i want to make the switch....
 
WorthMonkey

Just to throw another one in the mix. For macs and more generalized electronics, you can use worthmonkey.com. Its search based so you can "tweak" the results based on additional keywords like "jailbroken" or "retina".

Also, full disclosure, I built the site. =)
 
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