MacPro 3.2 x8, 8GB RAM, 3TB - how much? (UK)

[homemade]

Hi,

I'm currently negotiating with someone over a used 3.2 Octocore Mac Pro.

It's 1 year old & has:
8 GB RAM (using 6 slots)
3TB hard disk
2 year apple care left
NVIDIA GeForce 880 GT

The harddisk is quite substantial, but not that much of interest to me (1TB would be fine). RAM is much more so a priority (might need to upgrade)

What do you think I should be paying in UK £ ?

Thanks for any advice

Jon

 

[Umbongo]

Around £2,500. Try negotiate down further of course.

A refurb 3.2GHz or 2009 2.26GHz are going to run over £3,000 for similar specs. Check completed listings on eBay if you want a better idea of what they are going for currently.

Likely cost the seller £3,500 if purchased new including VAT.

 

[homemade]

Thanks for the reply Umbongo,

he was originally asking for £3000, which I did think was steep, but I've got him down to £2500.

I guess it's not a bargain, but not bad either (beats the refurb deal comfortably). They don't seem to come up too often, so I'll probably go for it.

Cheers

Jon

 

[homemade]

I need to vent:

We'd arranged for me to pick it up today. My beautiful new (well, used) octocore.

Got an email from the vendor this morning - he's gone for a higher bidder. Some mug is paying £2900! We had a deal, in writing (albeit an email), and I've withdrawn the cash at a cost of £22 and I'm now going to have to put it back in for same cost (business account).

What a *!*$*!



The hunt continues.

 

[donbadman]

@homemade
There's one on the refurb section here for £2500 only 500gb HDD and 2GB Ram but you can still get it for a reasonable cost.

 

[homemade]

Thanks donbadman, appreciated.
I'm starting to cool down a bit now

Tempted by the refurb, but 2GB just doesn't cut it though. I'm looking for a little more bang for my buck, which I think is achievable, especially as I'm buying deprecated technology. I might just hover around ebay and the classifieds a little while longer - hopefully with a little more luck.

ps - anyone else buying a used Mac, watch out for Western Union scams on ebay - I was on the wrong end of one the other week. I was sent an 'ebay purchase protection invoice'. I smelt a rat immediately, but my suspicions further underlined by typos and poor grammar. Ebay confirmed it was a scam. Use Paypal and you can't go wrong.