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bearcat2000 · Mar 22, 2005, 01:14 PM

Powerbook G4 Titanium 500 MHz

* 1 GB RAM
* 80 GB 5400 Hard Drive with 16MB buffer
* DVD-ROM drive
* LCD Screen perfect (No erroneous pixels)
* 2 Batteries included
* Everything works excellent
* Mac OS 10.3.8
* iLife '05
* iWork '05
* Office '04

Will sell shipped w/insurance for $1050

The case is in excellent shape with no dents/dings/cracks/etc. There are no issues with the powerbook at all and will be shipped within its original Apple box to ensure safe shipping. If you have any questions at all or would like photos, please email me at bcsnsx@aol.com. Thanks.

osxpinot · Mar 22, 2005, 05:32 PM

Your asking price is way too high.

OreoCookie · Mar 22, 2005, 05:42 PM

You can almost get a new iBook with a significantly faster CPU and almost the same hd for just a couple bucks more.

bearcat2000 · Mar 22, 2005, 09:49 PM

Sure, you can get a 1.33 G4 with a 14" screen with extra GB of RAM and a 80GB hard drive for $1849. $800 more and it's still an iBook.

osxpinot · Mar 22, 2005, 10:08 PM

This computer is worth $500 max, and your 80GB hard drive is worth near $100. Anybody in their right mind knows that Apple charges out the ass for build to order options.

You don't have to listen to us but don't expect your item to sell here. I'd try eBay if you're looking to get anything close to that. Pay the $20 to get it featured and advertise it as being pimped out.

I don't mean to be hostile but, rather, realistic. I hope you take it that way.

osxpinot · Mar 22, 2005, 10:09 PM

And if you want to sell it around here, perhaps you should take the ram, hard drive, and battery out of the package, and sell it for the $400-$500 that it's worth.

OreoCookie · Mar 23, 2005, 10:33 AM

Originally posted by bearcat2000:
Sure, you can get a 1.33 G4 with a 14" screen with extra GB of RAM and a 80GB hard drive for $1849. $800 more and it's still an iBook.

A 12" iBook with 512 MB RAM (same as your offer) and an 80 gig hd (again, same as yours) costs $1199. If you would be happy with a 60 gig drive, you can subtract 50 bucks.

This would be a new machine with warranty, a CPU which is almost twice as fast and a Quartz Extreme-capable graphics card. So honestly, I think you are asking for way too much.

I would estimate a price in the $500-ballpark, keep your extra stuff in and add another $70-100 (depending on the overall condition of the machine). $600 as a basis for negotiations, and maybe you can get a deal with someone that you include shipping in those 600 bucks, and it's a done deal.

If you insist on your price, try ebay.

OptimusG4 · Mar 23, 2005, 11:31 AM

My TiBook has a 60GB drive (5400rpm with 16mb cache) and a 4x superdrive (Reads/Writes DVD+/-R/RW and is dual layer) and yet, I can't get offers for more than $800 on it. So I agree that the asking price is a little too high.

bearcat2000 · Mar 23, 2005, 11:38 AM

osxpinot, if you can tell me where to purchase a Toshiba 80GB 2.5" HD with 16MB buffer for $100, I will buy 100 of them. Let me know where, and if it is so, I will then believe what you say. If not, proves you are full of hot air.

osxpinot · Mar 23, 2005, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by osxpinot:
This computer is worth $500 max, and your 80GB hard drive is worth near $100. Anybody in their right mind knows that Apple charges out the ass for build to order options.

You don't have to listen to us but don't expect your item to sell here. I'd try eBay if you're looking to get anything close to that. Pay the $20 to get it featured and advertise it as being pimped out.

I don't mean to be hostile but, rather, realistic. I hope you take it that way.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...54759&rd=1 Near $100 as promised

Brand new Toshiba drive 80GB with 16MB buffer

bearcat2000 · Mar 23, 2005, 01:47 PM

That is a total of $140.00. That is 40% more than $100. Almost the same as you say? That would be like me saying I can get you a new 17" Powerbook for $2700 but actually it will cost you 40% more ($3780), but that's still pretty much the same price I guess in your terms. How old are you? 12?

bighead · Mar 23, 2005, 01:51 PM

I'll give you $400 shipped.

OreoCookie · Mar 23, 2005, 03:02 PM

Used things loose about 10-20 % in value. You shouldn't compare ebay prices of new things to real world prices of the same used thing. You can argue all you want (it's in perfect condition, etc. etc.), you put it in your computer, it's used.

Just think of it this way: if I can buy a new drive for the same price as what you want plus shipping, I'd take the new one any day.

Sorry, buddy, but I don't think you'll sell your gear here if you stick to your price.

osxpinot · Mar 23, 2005, 03:11 PM

Originally posted by bearcat2000:
That is a total of $140.00. That is 40% more than $100. Almost the same as you say? That would be like me saying I can get you a new 17" Powerbook for $2700 but actually it will cost you 40% more ($3780), but that's still pretty much the same price I guess in your terms. How old are you? 12?

I'm not 12 years old, but I know that 12 y/os like to quiver over petty details and call things apples to apples that really are not. However, let me come down to your level for a bit and play twelve years old.

You are selling a computer with a used hard drive, and that eBayer was selling a brand new hard drive. You forgot to figure the fact that your drive is used. You also forgot to figure the circumstances. This drive was put on Buy-it-now on eBay, and Buy-it-now prices usually reflect a higher amount than the items usually go for if they were to be bid out. I showed you the first result I came up with, but later I did a completed item search just to refute you. Here is the first result I got.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW $102.50
Value= that the price people are willing to pay
Value is not equal to the price people are willing to pay + shipping

When I said that your drive was worth near $100, I was right on. Perhaps, you will ponder over the petty details associated with me being 2.5% off, but the facts remain.

Furthermore, the value of the drive plummets when you sell it as part of a computer. Thus making the drive worth even less than $100. I'd say $50, tops.

bighead · Mar 23, 2005, 04:09 PM

Originally posted by OreoCookie:
You can argue all you want (it's in perfect condition, etc. etc.), you put it in your computer, it's used.

Not to mention, being a TiBook 500, it's somewhere between 3 and 4 years old. It's not like we're talking about a last-generation model here.

osxpinot · Mar 23, 2005, 04:18 PM

Originally posted by bighead:
Not to mention, being a TiBook 500, it's somewhere between 3 and 4 years old. It's not like we're talking about a last-generation model here.

Also not to mention that it is notorious for paint flaking and hinge snaping. And if a hinge snaps, you are out $400 to purchase a new upper assembly unless you want to go through a long and involved process.

weene27 · Mar 24, 2005, 02:13 PM

I think the machine is worth about $800-850. Just because you guys are so cheap, doesn't mean that the asking price should be $500. Get real. *rolls eyes*

Good luck with the sale, although I recommend selling some of the RAM separately.

osxpinot · Mar 24, 2005, 02:15 PM

Originally posted by weene27:
I think the machine is worth about $800-850. Just because you guys are so cheap, doesn't mean that the asking price should be $500. Get real. *rolls eyes*

Good luck with the sale, although I recommend selling some of the RAM separately.

That's why we suggested eBay.

weene27 · Mar 24, 2005, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by osxpinot:
That's why we suggested eBay.

Yes, good suggestion. Also Craigslist if you don't live in the boonies.