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Best places to sell a used Mac?

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thirdkind

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The forum marketplace is the obvious answer, but I'm probably a month or two away from having enough posts.

Tried ebay, but people there don't seem to see any value in legal software and original installation discs (I have several expensive software suites that didn't seem to affect the final selling price at all, so I didn't get my reserve price).

Any other good places?
 
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stutz

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I can honestly say I was impressed with the recent sale of my old PowerBook on eBay (about a 4 year old machine) for $810 (G4 667). I was a bit surprised how much I got, but it wasn't unusual. You're right about software though. People don't value software nearly as much, probably due to the massive amount of pirated stuff. It can sweeten the pot a bit to sell your Mac hardware, but don't expect to get a great return on the software alone.
 
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CanadaRAM

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thirdkind said:
Tried ebay, but people there don't seem to see any value in legal software and original installation discs (I have several expensive software suites that didn't seem to affect the final selling price at all, so I didn't get my reserve price).
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The obvious answer is, don't sell the software with it. You're right, it isn't valued in a hardware auction where every 2nd other seller is offering pirated Creative Suite, Office and Final Cut.

But if you advertise your sofware in the software section, presuming you are offering serial, CDs and transfer of license (that is, you have not upgraded the software and are not keeping it or any other version of it for yourself, and therefore the new owner can register and upgrade it) You stand a chance of making some money on it.
 
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thirdkind

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noel4r said:
Have you considered selling the software and hardware separately?
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I did consider that. I'm worried I might get stuck with a bunch of Mac software I can't use. I'll probably give it a shot though.
 
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thirdkind

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CanadaRAM said:
But if you advertise your sofware in the software section, presuming you are offering serial, CDs and transfer of license (that is, you have not upgraded the software and are not keeping it or any other version of it for yourself, and therefore the new owner can register and upgrade it) You stand a chance of making some money on it.
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They're full retail copies, already registered, but I'll be transferring the licenses.
 
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