How/where should I sell my Mac Pro (2008)

[gpzjock]

The 2008 Octo Mac Pro was one of the most popular Apple workstations ever. 5 years on and a new MP is rattling them out of their holes to be sold on. They were a bargain in '08 so they will be expected to be bargain prices now. The chief reason is the lack of future upgrade potential, maxed CPU performance on them is barely faster than some new MacBook Pros and only the mass of internal expansion available makes them attractive.
Last year I was receiving offers of £1500 for mine on mac2sell.com, this year I expect to find that has halved.
Not that I am going to sell it, plenty fast enough for me working along side my Hackintosh.

 

[badlydrawnboy]

UPS has significantly discounted shipping rates for Ebay sellers and businesses, but you have to sign up for a UPS account. If your workplace has a UPS account you can often ship through them and pay them cash or check to get your workplace's discount. My workplace actually lists UPS discount as an employee benefit.

The worst case scenario is walking into a retail UPS Store (which despite its name is not the same company as UPS) and paying them to ship it. They will charge full retail price including their cut.

How do I take advantage of these rates? I do have a business UPS account, and it's my business.

 

[ActionableMango]

How do I take advantage of these rates? I do have a business UPS account, and it's my business.

I don't know how businesses do it as I am an employee and have no involvement with that.

Here is the discount table for Ebay sellers. The minimum discount for a single ground lightweight package appears to be 8.5%. The discounts go up with weight, volume, and delivery speed to as high as 32%. It looks like if you did no volume and the Mac Pro was the only thing you sold on Ebay, you'd still get 20% off just due to the high weight. You can sign up here.