SOLD 12" Powerbook/100 GB/Superdrive/Extra battery SOLD

I'm selling for $500 shipped.

It is a couple years old and shows some signs of wear. See pics below.

Cosmetic wear
- The F6 and F7 keys are slightly raised
- Some light scratches on the top case from spending time with my ac adapter. The only real scratch has been photographed.
- Bottom case. Looks like a bottom case, its a couple years old, some wear is expected
- Some random screws are missing, (memory compartment etc)

Functional
- My ram died on my after 2 years of use. I had tried my ibook's pc2700 ram in it and it didn't work so I'm basically stuck with the stock unless I want to invest the $ in a new stick of Ram (aprox $70) or show it to an apple repair person to test the ram slot.

Specs

PPC G4 1.5 ghz
100 GB 7200 RPM HD (New)
Stock ram
Superdrive
64 mb Nvidia GEforce- Dedicated graphics

Comes With
- 2 batteries
- AC adapter
- OSX installation DVDs

Selling References
Onebloodonelife- Sony PSP
Jersey- Apple iSight
Eidrunner247- iPod Shuffle

My Ebay feedback score- Note the powerbooks, IWC watches, and rolexes sold

 

Now for sale.

Pics added.

Price adjusted based upon previous offers.

 

Actually, I'm not so sure. I don't really notice the speed unless I've using word/DVDs. Maybe this is because of the dedicated vram.

Answer to a couple questions from PMs.

1. Any other issues performance wise?
-Nope. It is slow when opening micrsoft word/and doesn't do multitasking very well if you're watching a DVD... that's all I can think of. The superdrive, wireless, etc work fine.

2. How is the battery life for the two batteries that you are including?
-1 is 100% the other 93%

3. Screen dead pixels, or pressure points?
-The screen is great with the exception of the light scratch on the bottom left which I had tried to photograph but to doesn't really show, its not really noticeable anyway.
Likewise, as you can see on the photo (taken this week) there are no pressure points, although I think one may be forming (not noticeable enough to photograph).

4. Can you elaborate on the RAM issue? So you are are unsure whether the issue is the ram or the ram slot?
I had tried the PC2700 from my ibook and it doesn't work in the powerbook. I could test the ram slot with one of your sticks if you're local but otherwise it doesn't make sense for me to invest $ in buying ram for a powerbook that I'm going to sell when I could buy a 2GB stick for my current laptop instead.

 

Sold (Pending payment) to joshwest.

 

Thanks for the question. I live in a small college town and the nearest apple store is 3.5 hours away. I'm in grad school now and i don't have the time to make a trip over have it looked at.

In anycase the buyer and i have run multiple tests and this thread has fulfilled its purpose. Thanks for your concern.

 

I'm writing here to note that i have had problems with the buyer of this item who without first notifying me filed a paypal suit alleging that he was not told about:
-the ram issue as noted in the sale thread
and several other issues which are not applicable to this item (Intermittent shutdown, faulty backlighting, malfunctioning latch, etc)


Since Paypal has closed this dispute, I feel confident in saying Seller beware.

 

Firstly, we knew that it was a 50/50 chance that the slot was dead, in fact in your PMs that was the reason that you didn't want to pay $500. I also ram a couple tests at your request to ensure that you were satisfied with its condition.

The initial email that I had received said that the ram slot is dead. For me a refund wouldn't make sense because I had previously disclosed this issue and if I took the item back, I'd have to refund from my credit card and just sell the item again.

Please note that I was never told about "backlighting issues", "protruding dents" etc until I saw the case filed against me by paypal.

By the time that you had asked the question Josh and I had run through two ram tests on the system and I had explained that there is a possibility that it may not work. Taylor, the computer is fully functional, there were no additional problems with the exception of its problem with taking ram.

I would not initiate this discussion if i did not feel that there was some dishonesty on the part of the buyer. He had my phone number at all times and yet contacted paypal first with a set of issues that I do not know if they actually exist or not.

When asked why he filed before talking to me, he stated that:
"well man i didnt think you would offer any kinda a refund and this machine is pretty much useless to me, can you refund me another 50$ and we will call this even i think thats fare."- a screen shot including headers is attached below.... and this is after I had refunded $45 on my own accord, in good-will, to help compensate for the getting a diagnostic done. This doesn't make sense.

For someone to go from filing a claim for $475 without talking with the seller to settling for $50 is what I would call 'fishy'...

These compounded factors result in my distrust of the buyer. I would be more than happy to follow up with any pertinent information.