i have put up my custom pc for sale twice on ebay. the first time was for £510 and second time round was £300 wwhich ended with no bids at all. any reasons why?
Here is my specification of my current build:
Intel Core Duo E6600 @ 2.4HGz
2GB RAM
MSI 975X Platinum Power Up Edition: Dual DDR2, SATA2, 2 x PCI-Ex, 2 x
PCI slots
Windows Vista Home Premium
80GB Serial ATA II Hard drive
Samsung LightScribe 18xDVD+/-RW/R
Sapphire Radeon X1550 Series
7.1 Channel HD Audio
1.44MB Floppy Drive
Tsunami Dream Case with Window
Hiper 350 WATT 18DB Silent PSU
the total cost of the components cost me £500.
what shall i do? where else can i sell it?
2007-09-16 23:44:36 · 14 answers · asked by . 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
some people dont actually like the idea of pc's being made unless their done by professinals why not try and tell em, that your an ex-employee for pc world or somethinmg, hopefully that will help
2007-09-17 02:08:09 · answer #1 · answered by A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, custom made computers are like custom cars. You can spend the earth on making it into what you want, but you'll never get back what you paid - unless of course you find just the person to buy it!
To say that the computer isn't worth it would be wrong, although it could be possible to find a similar one on the high street for the same or less than you're asking and as someone else mentioned, they'd get the after sales package as well.
Windows Vista hasn't been received very well (or at least not as well as it was expected) so that could be a put off. The processor is already being superceded with quad-core coming onto the market in the low £££'s range. The GFX card is good, but there are even better - the 512MB X1650 for example - so that could be something else to consider.
Like I said, you're probably not going to get your money back completely, but perhaps starting a little lower to attract some bids 1st? Perhaps a short time in the local free advertiser for your area before you consider ebay? In any case, I hope you do sell it for a pretty penny!
2007-09-17 00:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by Damo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some factors to think about is, item description, good photographs, postage options, postage insurance in case of courier damage etc, returns policy, original serial numbers, original handbooks etc, good reason for sale, the more you can take the doubt out of a buyers mind the better, start it off at a good reasonable start bid, and try to apply a realistic reserve price, and ask for a realistic postage price, as selling an item that has pick up only will narrow down the buyers.
2007-09-17 01:39:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not bad specs but the storage may be on the low side for Vista Home Premium which is a media center PC . Also that should be Core 2 Duo.
2007-09-17 00:21:33 · answer #4 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because:
The grahics card is lame, thus, it's not a gaming PC while:
http://images.google.com/images?q=Tsunami+Dream+Case+with+Window&svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=mozilla&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&sa=N&imgsz=small%7Cmedium%7Clarge%7Cxlarge
Your case looks way too...strange for the average PC buyer.
The hard drive is tiny and the PSU is kind of weak.
And, people don't like buying custom PC's, they think of them as...ghetto or cheap, while in reality they're much better than a Dell/Compaq/"name brand" PC that is built on an assembly line by cheap labor and comes with a shoddy 90-day warranty even though the individual components come with much longer warranties from the manufacturer.
2007-09-17 01:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by Izzy N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok how high is ur seller rating on Ebay ?, some won't touch people with low ratings.
looking at you PC spec, I could be wrong but here are my thoughts.
80 GB drive is kind of small
350 W PSU again think u need a larger one
other than that, i guess ur just asking more than people are prepared to pay.
2007-09-16 23:59:28 · answer #6 · answered by Deedle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a computer repairman, and people occasionally ask me if I build computers for sale. I don't, because I cannot sell one as cheaply as they can buy one from the mass marketers. Your PC looks like a good build, but someone probably sells one with similar specs a bit cheaper, and includes a warrantee. The fact that they probably use cheaper parts, include dubious "free" software, and that their warranty may be of little value makes no difference to price-sensitive consumers.
2007-09-16 23:59:18 · answer #7 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a nice computer, the only thing I did not like was the 350 watt power supply and vista.
2007-09-17 00:32:30 · answer #8 · answered by carm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would get the 5770 for a bit more, and that should be ok the cpu has no l3 cache though si will struggle with some things. oh and wait for RAM prices to drop before buying as atm the are sky high.
2016-05-17 04:19:49 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People want not just a system but also aftersales to go with it,
thats why they dont mind paying an extra to the dealer who will help in after sales service rather than buy off the internet. Try advertising in the local paper with option of aftersales.
2007-09-16 23:53:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋