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Where do you sell your old models?

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callison

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(This is not an advert to sell to any of you--just looking for general advice)

I have an iMac I bought a few years ago. Had bad luck with eBay in the past, and with a craigslist murder in my area a while back, I'm not interested in that route. What routes have you guys gone to get rid of your old iMacs?

Thanks!!
 
callison said:
(This is not an advert to sell to any of you--just looking for general advice)

I have an iMac I bought a few years ago. Had bad luck with eBay in the past, and with a craigslist murder in my area a while back, I'm not interested in that route. What routes have you guys gone to get rid of your old iMacs?

Thanks!!
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I have had good luck using our local "Green Sheet" which is a newspaper like ad magazine. You pay for the ad and it runs in the new issue for one week. I've also used Craig's List but I'm super careful to meet the person in a public place like a Starbucks. And when I sell, cash is the only thing I will accept.
 
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chscag said:
I have had good luck using our local "Green Sheet" which is a newspaper like ad magazine. You pay for the ad and it runs in the new issue for one week. I've also used Craig's List but I'm super careful to meet the person in a public place like a Starbucks. And when I sell, cash is the only thing I will accept.
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Craigslist and starbucks is my goto for selling old tech.
 
I usually sell things on Craigslist, though on some of the stuff I've had, I used swappa.
 
Swappa/CL for smartphones and CL for Macs and other stuff.

For CL, I say "let's meet in front of the nearby police station..." - if they balk, that's the end of that. I've never had an issue, but then again, I'm 6'7" 250# - I've only had one CL sale where the guy was bigger than me (and he was a pretty nice guy...).
 
Craigslist for large, hard to ship items. eBay for most stuff due to the wider audience. I sold my old MBP on Craigslist and met the person at McDonalds.
 
I'm an additional Craigslist guy. There's a computer place next to an AT&T next to a Starbucks ten minutes for me so that's the spot!
 
I bought my current MBP off Craigslist. Since the kid's step-father was a policeman we met at the police station. Very safe for all concerned.
 
Craigslist + Public place has always been my recipe for success.

I had one somewhat sketchy experience on CraigsList (almost got jacked while selling a couple K worth of camera gear). Fortunately, the public place I picked was a fishing dock/bait shop, where I had a couple 350+lb Samoan buddies working. Things started to head South, my humongous buddies took interest, and the somewhat puny gang-bangers bolted. But that is the only marginal experience I ever had, with C-L.

Nowadays, I also have a CHL, so there's that. But picking a place like Starbucks is a drama-free recipe. No worried, no mess - except for those occasions where people flake, which can happen with any large dollar transaction, anywhere.
 
CL as well, public setting is a must. most of my transactions in a public p-lot, McD's/BK p-lot, even the lobby of an apartment complex...
 
Usually I use my devices until they are about to die so I don't sell them, but for the one's that I've sold I go with craigslist, just make sure you meet in a public place preferably somewhere that there will be police nearby and you should be fine.
 
glenthompson said:
I bought my current MBP off Craigslist. Since the kid's step-father was a policeman we met at the police station. Very safe for all concerned.
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Even if there was no family relations, meeting in a police station is actually really sound advise.
 
I can recommend you Swappa and Amazon.
But better to present that for a family member like younger brother of sister ;)
 
Samuelsan2001 said:
I either pass them on free to friends or family or sell them cheap to friends and family.
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At this point that's what's happening with my computers. For instance, I bought an iMac last month, and selling my MBP would have helped offset the cost, but my kids need a computer, so they instead inherited it
 
maflynn said:
At this point that's what's happening with my computers. For instance, I bought an iMac last month, and selling my MBP would have helped offset the cost, but my kids need a computer, so they instead inherited it
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Yeah brothers and sisters nephews and parents for me with everything from macs to airport express(they do make good pressies though).
 
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