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#1 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:43 pm

Has anyone here had luck, recently, with selling a laptop computer for more than $100? I sold a Sony Betacam SP VTR deck last year for several hundred in cash yet I can't even sell an old ThinkPad 570 on that site. I can sell desktops left and right but as far as laptops go, if the asking price is $100 or more, it seems like the only e-mails I get are from people with absolutely atrocious grammar asking me to send to some part of Africa.

sparta.rising · #2 Post by **sparta.rising** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:22 pm

I've sold a number of T40 series laptops without problem. Craigslist can be funny, I sold a bunch of T20's without a problem, and then I put up a T23 at the same price and couldn't sell it! But I always have to wade through the scammers, and sometimes it will take a week or so.

OldManClayton · #3 Post by **OldManClayton** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:02 pm

I wish I could be on the other end of a deal on Craigslist.

There's someone relisting the same thinkpads over and over, for what I think is too much, and nobody will put up any newer ones for sale at a decent price!

skitty4gzus · #4 Post by **skitty4gzus** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:11 pm

no laptops, but good to know that betacam decks are going for a few bucks. the ministry is in the middle of a big transition to digital and we will have quite a bit of old video gear we are off loading.

Purcy · #5 Post by **Purcy** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:17 pm

I recently sold my T22 on Craigslist for $185, $40 more than I paid for it 2 years earlier. I sold it the day after I listed it too.

NorrisCell · #6 Post by **NorrisCell** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:37 pm

Everyone on CL wants to haggle, even if the price is awesome. I would rather have no hits than "I'll give you $100" on a $180 computer.

But don't worry, your money order has been APPROVED so you must now ship buyer item for verification to protekt yuo and buyer safety.

You know the deal.

#7 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:52 pm

skitty4gzus wrote:no laptops, but good to know that betacam decks are going for a few bucks. the ministry is in the middle of a big transition to digital and we will have quite a bit of old video gear we are off loading.

It was a BVW-75. It was rather roughed up; a couple of panels missing, carry handles missing, front panel roughed up and with one switch broken off and the hours meter was missing. If I recall right, I got $500 for it when I sold it in 2007.

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