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Scooterboy · Mar 5, 2003, 10:14 PM

I'm selling mine and I'm wondering where to start. Any ideas would be mucho appreciated.

Thanx in advance!

Robster1958 · Mar 6, 2003, 12:54 AM

mine's going up on eBay very soon.

andycroll · Mar 6, 2003, 05:41 AM

I'm a recent ebay convert, in general selling Apple kit is a lot easier too as people know what they are getting unlike it you sell a PC.

Plus they hold their value pretty well!

Andy

Fobie · Mar 6, 2003, 06:32 AM

In the USA there is no doubt that Ebay is the best place, in Europe I would think an add in the MacWorld newspaper (or similar) would be best.

nsxpower · Mar 6, 2003, 07:36 AM

Yep, in Europe E-Bay doesn't work --- unfortunatelly, since I have iBook parts to sell to compensate for my recent PB purchase

Local pawn/repair/2nd-nad stores give incredibly crap prices for the items, since noone know what the hell it is. I mean their commercial/website feature photos of LCII

Local Mac newspapars/mags are likely non existent (unless you are in the UK). So an ad in one of those sell/buy/looking for a kincky lover newpapers is probably most people's best bet. Its free to put in an add ... I may try it in a while and see if I can get any responses from that. For now, I still have remains of my iBook to look at

suprz's ghost · Mar 6, 2003, 07:58 AM

there is a "marketplace" forum right here ya know....

Peter · Mar 6, 2003, 08:55 AM

MacUser magazines for the UK, try eBay but it isn't as good ...

imago dei · Mar 7, 2003, 01:02 AM

Scooterboy,

In addition to the aforementioned, check out PowerBookCentral's PowerBook Classifieds forum. It is a great resource for buying and selling any Mac, with the focus primarily on PowerBooks and iBooks.

I wish you much luck with your endeavor!

-imago dei

Scooterboy · Mar 7, 2003, 08:10 PM

Cool!

Thanks for the replies. Y'all should see my iBook up for sale within a month or two.

Scooterboy

dampeoples · Mar 7, 2003, 08:19 PM

Yes, I'm gonna have to agree with the eBay sentiment. I've seen some iBooks command a really nice price on ebay

audvidsvs · Mar 8, 2003, 11:07 AM

I just sold mine here in the Marketplace section in two days.

Got a friendly intelligent buyer and we met in person for the deal.

This was after trying PowerbookCentral for a few weeks of low-ball rude offers and no follow-through.

I highly recommend Marketplace here, but Ebay can bring a good price with some hassle.

Just my experience
Ed

wataru · Mar 8, 2003, 03:46 PM

Originally posted by nsxpower:
2nd-nad stores give incredibly crap prices

Hmm... That may be because most people who have nads already have two of them.

xtal · Mar 8, 2003, 05:25 PM

Originally posted by wataru:
Hmm... That may be because most people who have nads already have two of them.

*LOL*

mark9939 · Mar 8, 2003, 10:02 PM

Defnately go with eBay. I just sold my 600/CD/16 VRAM for $870. Not a bad price. You could also try the marketplace forum, as suprz's ghost already mentioned.

siluni · Mar 13, 2003, 08:46 AM

Powermax (http://www.powermax.com) has such a good trade program, you might take a look at it. I've done several trades with them and been very pleased with the friendly service, promptness, and fairness of the trade price. I'd highly recommend them. I go this route instead of e-bay because it's a sure thing.