Advice re selling a 2nd hand laptop

weymuffred

I have got a Dell Latitdue C400 laptop which I want to sell and I need to know how much to put it up for sale for.
The specs are:

Pentium III 1.2GHZ
256 MB SD Ram
20 gb hard drive
Removable dvd rom cd/w drive
Has a network card but is nor wireless enabled

Was told to sell it for £329

startrekker

You would be so lucky. You can buy a new one for £399 and less, have a Google to see what it might fetch, I would have thought £150

Browntoa

I'll go with about £150 as well...one on ebay with a couple of hours left at £102

chuckles1066

weymuffred wrote:

I have got a Dell Latitdue C400 laptop which I want to sell and I need to know how much to put it up for sale for.
The specs are:

Pentium III 1.2GHZ
256 MB SD Ram
20 gb hard drive
Removable dvd rom cd/w drive
Has a network card but is nor wireless enabled

Was told to sell it for £329

You've securely wiped the hard drive beforehand haven't you?

weymuffred

This was bought from cash generator by a relative for £329 last week for my son as he needs it for college, they have tried to take it back as I/we think they have been ripped off, but the shop is refusing to take it back, so my uncle needs to make his money back.

albertross_2

Unfortunately, your uncle has been ripped off, it was at least £100 overpriced. PCWorld/Comet etc are selling brand new higher spec ones with XP for £299 nowadays.

Don't think you have got much comeback with the shop, unless you find out it was stolen.. You could always try to sell it back to them for £250, and buy a new one with the money.. then they can try and rip someone else off.

Still a useable and light laptop though..

amcluesent

No OS? And no wi-fi. The completed listings on eBay suggest about £100 to £120, as you have one of the faster processors.

This one went for £150 - Dell Latitude C400, Intel Pentium III m 1.2 ghz CPU, 256mb RAM, 20gb HDD,WiFi, 12.1" TFT screen, USB, Audio, External DVD, win XP pro, modem, NIC, ac adaptor, carry case, 30 day warranty.

weymuffred

Even though they phoned the shop and asked them for the specs, which were not correct, of the laptop and was told it was wireless ready?

weymuffred

amcluesent wrote:

No OS? And no wi-fi. The completed listings on eBay suggest about £100 to £120, as you have one of the faster processors.

This one went for £150 - Dell Latitude C400, Intel Pentium III m 1.2 ghz CPU, 256mb RAM, 20gb HDD,WiFi, 12.1" TFT screen, USB, Audio, External DVD, win XP pro, modem, NIC, ac adaptor, carry case, 30 day warranty.

Except for the wi-fi, that is the same, though the shop said 40gb hdd and that it was wi-fi ready and that he thought it was new!
Can he not take it back? he has a 30 day guarantee? Has he not been sold this on misleading information?

Russ66

Perhaps you could pawn the laptop back to the shop? After all they valued it and gave you a receipt (I assume)

You would not get all your money back obviously but I'm not sure that the laptop is even worth half what you paid.:eek:

Sorry.:wall:

weymuffred

Can someone explain why they will not be able to get a full refund on this?
The laptop was misdescribed by the shop and is not fit for the purpose it was bought for surely?!