Need advice on possible trade!

[thisisarcadia]

I bought a mint condition 32Gb wifi/3G iPad for 350 yesterday with the intention of selling it on ebay and making double what I paid for it. Today however I found a MBP on craigslist with a 2.13Ghz pro, 2 Gbs of ram and a 500Gb hhd. It is a late 2006 model, the over all condition of the laptop is good. My question to you is would this be a good trade or no? Thanks.

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[Buck987]

doubt you will double investment with ebay fees...

and i dont think its a good trade.

 

[thisisarcadia]

yea this is true, most of the ones I have been watching have all sold for around 510-560 but thats still over 100$ profit. Could you elaborate on why it wouldn't be a good trade? Thanks

 

[Buck987]

yea this is true, most of the ones I have been watching have all sold for around 510-560 but thats still over 100$ profit. Could you elaborate on why it wouldn't be a good trade? Thanks

I would rather have an iPad than a five year old computer. There comes a time when a computer has seen better days.

 

[vincenz]

yea this is true, most of the ones I have been watching have all sold for around 510-560 but thats still over 100$ profit. Could you elaborate on why it wouldn't be a good trade? Thanks

Because the laptop will be pushing 5 years this year.

This reminds me of the guy who traded up to a porsche on craigslist.

 

[criticalb]

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I say go for it. Then again I'm the guy with the MacBook

- brett

 

[Yeah Man]

Depends.

 

[thisisarcadia]

Well I have a macbook already and the whole intention of the trade would be to make more money. Which out of the 2 would I be able to sell for more on ebay? I am thinking the iPad but I just wanted a second opinion.

 

[thisisarcadia]

Depends.

Depends on what? Could you elaborate? I am just wondering what would be worth more if put on ebay. I have no intention of keeping either it would strictly be for selling

 

[benlee]

iPad--at least in the next 3 days.

 

[jimithing]

good luck in 3 days the ipad wont sell for more than 350

 

[darngooddesign]

Depends on what? Could you elaborate? I am just wondering what would be worth more if put on ebay. I have no intention of keeping either it would strictly be for selling

Depends on whether you can go on eBay to see what both are selling for.

 

[MSD401]

good luck in 3 days the ipad wont sell for more than 350

I disagree with this no way the used ipad market takes that much a hit for a wifi/3g ipad unless apple lowers the price of the new ones...

 

[thisisarcadia]

well I have a mid 2007 Macbook with a 2.0 Ghz pro, 2gbs of ram and a 500 Gb hhd. So essentially I could trade the ipad for the MBP and sell my MB but would I see any improvements since the MBP will be older?

 

[elpmas]

i say sell the ipad...and use that $ toward a new mbp

 

[eternlgladiator]

Sell the iPad. That computer is too old.