Broken laptop worth anything? (Broken screen)

wombleboy05 · 5 Dec 2010 at 21:56

I have a Samsung R60 Plus laptop. The screen is broke and it will cost a lot to get it replaced.

Isit worth selling? Spares?

barrix · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:03

It depends how long you have used it for? What are the components

wombleboy05 · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:07

Around 2 years.

benjo · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:08

What's wrong with the screen? Does it not turn on or is it physically damaged?

barrix · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:11

If I were you, I fix the screen. If your selling components, you wouldn't get much ££. Good luck

It's a good laptop. I have similar laptop in Advent.

Bubba · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:14

I would just replace the screen, it is very straight forward, you can buy a screen on ebay for about £70, for example ebay item number 270438276974. A local repair place would fit it for less than £30.

wombleboy05 · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:17

benjo said:
What's wrong with the screen? Does it not turn on or is it physically damaged?

Physically damaged. The screen is cracked and all the colours are mucked up.

postmanfw · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:21

Fix screen yourself

wombleboy05 · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:27

postmanfw said:
Fix screen yourself

Haven't got the time or patience. Just want to sell it.

Bubba · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:36

If you split it and sell all the parts then you will get more for it but this will take more time and patience than just fitting a screen and might not work out in the end as it could take months to get rid of all the bits.

If you sell it as a hole then you would be lucky to get more than £50 for it, I pay no more than £40 for a fully working 2nd hand laptop.

overcooled-xp · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:41

Chuck it on the bay.

beermonster · 5 Dec 2010 at 22:44

The motherboards are fetching £60-£70 strip it for bits, sell the ram, cpu, hd, optical drive and keyboard you could make £100 +. Surely that amount warrants a bit of time, probably take an hour to strip, and an hour to photo and list on the bay.