Selling Macbook On-Line

thescouselander

I'm thinking of selling my Macbook and replacing it with a Windows machine for various reasons. I've seen a number of places on-line, such as mac4cash and sellyourmac, that seem to be offering a good sum for my old MacBook but how safe are these and does anyone have any experience of them?

Dandytf

Don't, what you are considering possibly answers why my 'sold' late 2013 mcbpro and iphone became locked.

What I did succesfyl did eventualy is sell mcbpro via e-bay.

I since gone ipd air+ Asus transformer (win 10 very little storage)

Honestly Win10 isn't any great upgrade since win 95 days, though I may consider a laptop n the future since my pevious i5-Win vista

Dandytf

thescouselander wrote: »

I'm thinking of selling my Macbook and replacing it with a. I've seen a number of places on-line, such as mac4cash and sellyourmac, that seem to be offering a good sum for my old MacBook but how safe are these and does anyone have any experience of them?

To add I once considered what you advise, my late2013 mcbpro 8gb.512ssd, was reduced from 350 to 150-in perferct workng order.

Since went e-bay route@450.

grumpycrab

thescouselander wrote: »

I'm thinking of selling my Macbook and replacing it with a Windows machine for various reasons. I've seen a number of places on-line, such as mac4cash and sellyourmac, that seem to be offering a good sum for my old MacBook but how safe are these and does anyone have any experience of them?

I sold a macbook pro on Ebay recently and got silly (high) money for it; the only issue I had was finding a courier that would cover the cost of the damn thing.

EdwardB

Your best bet is ebay much as the 15% cost is a rip off, but you are paying for the traffic.

My approach would be this:

1. Search ebay for the item you are selling
2. Select UK OK
3. Select Sold Listings on Left
4. Sort by price High to low
5. Ignore the silly prices sellers put to distort the trending stats
6. Look at spec of regular prices (including age)
7. Sort by price Low to High
8. Ignore nonsense and find the lowest price for a working unit of same spec
9. Take the lowest price, divide it by .65 (20% being you uplift and 15% to cover cost of selling)
10. Add £20 for decent delivery
11. Create a Buy it Now listing with a Make an Offer button and wait
12. Be prepared to wait 30 days, even relist, a buyer will come along

When you do you add make sure you list all the benefits, smoke free home, has been cherished, also put links to more expensive ones either on the web or on eBay, it makes people think they are getting a bargain.

I_have_spoken

>Win10 isn't any great upgrade since win 95 days<

Apple fanboi alert

SouthUKMan

EdwardB talks perfect sense and beat me to it! eBay is the way to go. Every now and then you do come across a time waster, but you are very likely to get the best price (by far) through eBay (even taking fees into account).

All I would add is to first ensure that EVERYTHING works as expected on your MacBook and if doesn't, then be honest in the description. Try playing a DVD, plug a memory stick into each of the USB ports in turn, etc - make sure these all do as expected. Lots of good quality pics showing views of the top / bottom / and from all sides really help as does a photo of the screen showing your system specs (processor, video, memory, hard drive size, etc). Also, if you have the original MagSafe charger (or a genuine Apple replacement) make sure you detail this - it really ensures you get the best price. If however you have a non-genuine replacement charger, then again just be honest about this - as for people in the know it is a big deal and is a difference in value of £20 or £30.

Also, while I have not had experience of trying to sell a MacBook to a purchasing company, all I would say is that your perception of the grade / condition of your MacBook could be very different to that of the purchasing company. For example, you think it's B+ grade and the company website says it's worth £180 in B+ condition. You then post it to them. The company then contacts you to say "in our assessment it is C grade and we can therefore only offer you £120". That is a made up example, but I have read of similar real cases where people don't end up getting as much as they think.

EdwardB

One afterthought, make sure that you video it going into packaging, weigh the box, video that, video it and weight as you give it to Courier.

Do not use MyHermes as their insurance does not cover such things and they have a bad rep in eBay forums for crushing and losing items. People on there say they will take your money for the policy but then dispute any claim.

Do not trade with anyone outside the UK, too many sharks about.

There is a new trend in UK of saying empty box arrived or item arrived damaged, sometimes it is the Courier, sometimes the company.

Put in your ad that you will only accept offer from established bidders and if they have less than 10 feedback to message you first with the full name and address plus image of ID.

System

Royal Mail Special Delivery is the way to send it. Weighed, tracked door to door, fully insured next day delivery and for items of that size and value quite competitive.

DavidP24

Good advice, can't really blame these delivery people for pinching laptops when they get paid 65p or 45p if they have to come back because you are not in.

Dandytf

I_have_spoken wrote: »

>Win10 isn't any great upgrade since win 95 days<

Apple fanboi alert

Enjoying osx and ios, only past 5-6 years, as I once did p.c.llaptop years.

Excellent to come home and not use winndows spare time t.b.h.

I never use 'fanboiuy' in my laguage-tech is my interest.