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Where is the best place to sell a 2010 i7 2.66 Macbook Pro

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erigas

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I tried Craig's list but it's full of scams and people trying to get me to ship the comp to Africa lol..
Is there a dedicated forum around here that people can sell Mac related stuff?
I'm new to Macrumors so any help would be appreciated.

Thanx in advance!
 
erigas said:
I tried Craig's list but it's full of scams and people trying to get me to ship the comp to Africa lol..
Is there a dedicated forum around here that people can sell Mac related stuff?
I'm new to Macrumors so any help would be appreciated.

Thanx in advance!
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There is a Marketplace forum here, but you have to qualify:
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Eligibility. To use the Marketplace forum (read threads, start threads, or post replies), you must be a forum member with user title 6502 or above, which means that you have 250 or more posts as displayed in your User Profile. This gives other members a chance to become familiar with you. To see your User Profile, click Quick Links -> My Profile at the top of a forum page. You must also have been a member for at least 180 days.
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Or do what i did, take it in to your local next byte to get a problem fixed on it. Make sure they have to send it away to get fixed, then when it returns damaged request a new one!
Worked for me :) same computer but with SSD and hi res glossy too.
My 2011 2.2Ghz hi res Glossy and SSD will arrive in abit over a week :p
 
mackage said:
Untrue. Fees are based on sale price + Paypal fees are .029%.
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Being serious but, unless you try to sell your Macbook Pro for more then $2400 what he said is true. Dear OP, try to get ~$1900-$2000 and do it on ebay. Finally make sure you have buyer requirements on so you are less exposed to potential fraud
 
Macsavvytech said:
Being serious but, unless you try to sell your Macbook Pro for more then $2400 what he said is true. Dear OP, try to get ~$1900-$2000 and do it on ebay. Finally make sure you have buyer requirements on so you are less exposed to potential fraud
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It's simple math buddy. Paypal will take .029% which is $58.00 on $2,000. Then add in ebays fees (which are quite a bit more) and you are far from $50.

Anyway, just go to ebay and look for yourself if you are interested in selling there. I sell there all the time and have no issues with ebay. I just want you to be informed when it looks like so many others are clearly not.
 
mackage said:
It's simple math buddy. Paypal will take .029% which is $58.00 on $2,000. Then add in ebays fees (which are quite a bit more) and you are far from $50.

Anyway, just go to ebay and look for yourself if you are interested in selling there. I sell there all the time and have no issues with ebay. I just want you to be informed when it looks like so many others are clearly not.
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This is all correct. I just sold my old one this week. There's eBay's listing fees, eBay's Final Value Fees (9% up to $50 for auction style listings), and PayPal's Fee that's deducted from your payment before receipt (.029%). On a $2000 sale, that's over $108 without the listing fees. Caveat venditor.
 
Hey thanks for the feedback everybody.
This computer is in immaculate condition. How much do you guys think I should let it go for?
 
I sold a hi-res AG model i7 2010 w/8GB ram that was also immaculate (only 41 battery cycles total) for $1700 cash craigslist two weeks ago. For your model on ebay I would say it'll probably sell for $1500 minus $100 of ebay + paypal fees. You just gotta find a lucky Craigslist buyer.
 
erigas said:
Hey thanks for the feedback everybody.
This computer is in immaculate condition. How much do you guys think I should let it go for?
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You can't ask that here.
Marketplace Rules
All threads offering items for sale or trade, asking to buy items, or asking for pricing advice on items to be sold must be posted in the Marketplace forum and are subject to these rules. Members not eligible for the Marketplace forum may not start threads for such purposes elsewhere in the forums.
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mackage said:
It's simple math buddy. Paypal will take .029% which is $58.00 on $2,000. Then add in ebays fees (which are quite a bit more) and you are far from $50.

Anyway, just go to ebay and look for yourself if you are interested in selling there. I sell there all the time and have no issues with ebay. I just want you to be informed when it looks like so many others are clearly not.
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Um...yeah. 0.029% of $2000 is NOT $58.00... 0.029% of $2000 is $0.58.
 
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Icy1007 said:
Um...yeah. 0.029% of $2000 is NOT $58.00... 0.029% of $2000 is $0.058. Rounding up, that would be 6 cents.
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Did you seriously just post this? Hilarious. I have no comment and those that can actually multiply can decide for themselves.
 
mackage said:
Did you seriously just post this? Hilarious. I have no comment and those that can actually multiply can decide for themselves.
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Multiplying $2000 by 0.00029, that is 0.029% = $0.58 (my mistake in the last post)

If you multiply $2000 by 0.029, that is 2.9% = $58.00

Does PP charge 0.029% or 2.9%?
 
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