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How to correctly scrap a MacBook Pro

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0iine

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I had issues with my a1989 mbp (no internal display signal). I didn't bother to go to apple since it's out of warranty and I wanted to save some money. I sent it to Rossmann Repair Group. Today they called me that 1. need to repair the board which will costs 420$ 2. need to replace the screen in which they don't have in stock yet. The screen costs about 400$ on eBay which makes the whole repair more than 800$. My plan is to buy a used one (around 1000$) and sell the broken one (hoping to get at least 600 back). The MacBook Pro functions normally except the internal display doesn't work (you can use external display), but not only the display, the board has a burnt mark, however it doesn't affect any of the other functions (the burnt capacitor is probably why it killed the display). I have two options: sell it for parts, or sell as a whole; my point is if it functions just like normal except the display, selling for whole might make more money. Here's the spec: MacBook Pro 13'' 2018, 2.3g core i5 (i5 8259u), 16gb ram, 256gb storage, no internal display signal, external display only works after booting into the system (doesn't have signals while booting, no apple logo, probably has something to do with the burnt mark on the board). edit: spellings and added information.
 
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You can put it up on eBay and sell it "For Parts", or conversely you can drop by your local Best Buy as they have electronic recycling bin.
 
Sell it for parts or repair only on eBay. Noting the issues. A computer listed as used should be fully functional.

You may make a little more tearing it down and selling the parts. With both a bad motherboard and display. $600 sounds a bit optimistic.

At any rate. Take good clear pictures of every angle. Including the bottom. Take time with lighting and so forth. Write an honest description. Then put it for sale at auction. It'll go for what it's worth. Plus or minus your seller rating. As someone with no or little history will take a hit. If there are any marks or scratches. Make sure they show up in the pictures.
 
velocityg4 said:
Sell it for parts or repair only on eBay. Noting the issues. A computer listed as used should be fully functional.

You may make a little more tearing it down and selling the parts. With both a bad motherboard and display. $600 sounds a bit optimistic.

At any rate. Take good clear pictures of every angle. Including the bottom. Take time with lighting and so forth. Write an honest description. Then put it for sale at auction. It'll go for what it's worth. Plus or minus your seller rating. As someone with no or little history will take a hit. If there are any marks or scratches. Make sure they show up in the pictures.
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Yes, that was my initial thoughts. But my worry is: a "for parts not working" logic board will give it too big of a price hit (since the logic board sells for the biggest price among all the others) that selling as a whole but with "a bad spot on the logic board and internal display not working" will make more, and I don't know the market for parts of this machine, because I want to get rid of all these asap (and also I couldn't find any reference price of a broken logic board on eBay). I'm in a pretty tight situation, so every penny matters, hope you understand.
 
If you don't list it for parts or repair only. You risk a return. If it isn't fully functional. eBay will make you eat the shipping. It doesn't matter what your listing says. No returns accepted means nothing to eBay.

Edit: It also ticks off potential buyers and you miss a lot of your target market. When they see used. They expect fully working. People look specifically for used or parts and repair only.
 
velocityg4 said:
If you don't list it for parts or repair only. You risk a return. If it isn't fully functional. eBay will make you eat the shipping. It doesn't matter what your listing says. No returns accepted means nothing to eBay.

Edit: It also ticks off potential buyers and you miss a lot of your target market. When they see used. They expect fully working. People look specifically for used or parts and repair only.
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Yes, of course I'm going to list it as "for parts not working" and list out all the issues no matter what method I end up choosing. What I'm thinking is a "for parts not working" logic board sounds worse than a "for parts not working" laptop; I saw massive discounts for broken logic boards as they should be, but usually those can't even boot up and have all kinds of unknown issues. In my case my logic board is able to boot and function mostly normally. And as I mentioned, I don't know if there's any people will be willing to buy a broken logic board for this specific model, since I can't even find a similar item on eBay.
 
Fishrrman said:
If it's broken, don't expect to get much (any?) money for it...
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Yeah, 600 is a bit optimistic, but I still think it’s able to sell in a decent price since the machine, for the most part, works just fine (yea it’s got big issues, but the workaround isn’t too bad)
 
I charged and fired up a 2007 MBP 15, and it booted up and ran as expected. It's actually usable but I already have too much hardware. I will likely bring it to the Apple Store to recycle.
 
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