[Darksider]

What are some good places to sell my Macbook pro online?

[tiger]

eBay, craigslist, Amazon

[Person Man]

Originally Posted by tiger 

eBay, craigslist, Amazon

Be very careful on eBay. Tons of scammers around waiting to scam you out of your laptop.

"Greetings of the season to you! I am John Smith, and my abode is in Columbus, Ohio, but at present I am out of the country travelling in Poland on business. My daughter is going to be celebrating the day of her birth soon and is doing mission work in Nigeria. I would like to procure your laptop to send to her as a birthday surprise."

The above is an exaggeration, but it's not far off. If you decide to go the eBay route, aggressively monitor your auction and cancel bidders who seem suspect.

[dowNNshift]

I second that, be careful on eBay. If you're new to eBay, you'd be better off doing a classified elsewhere --or better yet, take it to one of those "we'll sell it on eBay for you" retail places.

I recently sold a Mac on eBay and spent several hours putting together a very complete and thorough listing, and I still got barraged with dumb questions. Be fair with shipping, plan to accept PayPal (or other escrow payment medium), and make a quality listing if you do so. Also make your terms very clear.

The best way to thwart the Nigerian scams and such is to limit the auction to the USA only. You can also put limits on who can and cannot bid on your listing as well. The best course of action, as previously mentioned, is to vigilantly police your auction.

Good luck!

[Rumor]

You can always sell it here as well.

[Person Man]

Originally Posted by dowNNshift 

The best way to thwart the Nigerian scams and such is to limit the auction to the USA only.

Not enough... hence the people who say they're from the US, but are in some other country and their son or daughter is in a third country.

[MacosNerd]

Another vote for craigslist and ebay.

Craigslist has the advantage of specifying local cash only sale. The disadvantage is that not too many will see it (as compared to ebay).
eBay has the advantage of getting your MBP more exposure, i.e., more people seeing your sale. The downside, some of those people are scammers

[dowNNshift]

Not enough... hence the people who say they're from the US, but are in some other country and their son or daughter is in a third country.

But that's why you'd program the listing to only give exposure to USA eBay members only (This can be selected in the "will ship to countries" option), and post strict terms in the listing.

Scams could happen anywhere, but as long as you're thorough in vetting the buyers credentials and use common sense you shouldn't have a problem. For instance, in my particular recent Mac auction I limited the sale to USA physical addresses only. Remember that as the seller, you control who and how you want to sell. When I get a weird question or vibe from another eBay'r that makes me uncomfortable I block them. Better safe than sorry (and the hassle of eBay holding your listing fee hostage while you sort out the details).

Truth is, yes eBay could and should do more to prevent fraud. They choose to look the other way for too long and now its created eBay paranoia for some and a headache at times for professional sellers like me. But that being said, a little common sense goes a long way and eBay does get you an incredible amount of exposure.

[Person Man]

Originally Posted by dowNNshift 

But that's why you'd program the listing to only give exposure to USA eBay members only (This can be selected in the "will ship to countries" option), and post strict terms in the listing.

Oh yes, I already do all that. I check will ship to US only, and my terms all say stuff like, "and I won't accept payment from countries other than the US and I will not ship to a different country, yada yada yada"

My conditions for a sale often exceed the length of the item description itself. And still NOBODY IS ABLE READ AND STILL BIDS! I wish eBay would physically prevent people from other countries from bidding on "US only" auctions.