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Feeler: value of R52 with 11 months warranty remaining

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:54 am
by basketb
What is a reasonable price for the following system with 11 (out of originally 36) months of warranty remaining (mail-in/depot); well maintained, no physical blemishes, battery 45 (out of 51) Wh (125 cycles), no hard/software problems:
Product: ThinkPad R52 1847-AGU

Original description: P M 760(2GHz), 512MB RAM (now 1.5GB RAM), 80GB 5400rpm HD, 15in 1400x1050 LCD, 64MB ATI Radeon X300, CDRW/DVDR, Intel 802.11abg wireless(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM), UltraNav, Secure Chip, IEEE 1394, Fingerprint Reader, 6c Li-Ion batt, WinXP Pro
On a related note, is/was this ebay auction a joke?

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:57 am
by Harryc
I just sold a similar machine on this forum for @ $300 with no warranty. Yours has slightly better features, ... figure $375 or so with the warranty if it is in mint condition. Ref. the EBay joke, the listing was removed.

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:24 am
by CoffeeBeans
I saw the Ebay listing, the R52 was sold for $1100 :jhem: :jhem: so the seller had a very nice xmas :)