Do you sell a PC as a whole or break it down?

Mark_D · 1 Apr 2018 at 20:07

Do you guys, when selling an entire system, sell it as a single unit or break it down to its components and sell separately? I'm selling a very nice system and want to make sure that I get the maximum amount I can for it. Cheers!

Mark_D · 1 Apr 2018 at 20:17

Oh and also where can I find the forums rules as pertains to marketplace access? Somebody mentioned to me that the prerequisites for access were 1000+ posts. This makes me sad

tamzzy · 1 Apr 2018 at 21:53

Mark_D said:
Somebody mentioned to me that the prerequisites for access were 1000+ posts.

correct

to answer your questions vaguely, try gumtree, cash on collection only, and you'll get more selling in parts, BUT, that's assuming you sell all the parts.
depends on how much hassle you want.
money vs time vs hassle. choose 2
i would avoid selling on the bay for expensive electronic goods.

ExoMale · 1 Apr 2018 at 22:59

depends what the spec is to whether its worth as parts or a whole, from my own experience of selling many and oh older tech ive had mix bag, sometimes i get more as a system, sometimes i get less, but i have also made more or less from separate sales, depends where your trying to sell it.

Mark_D · 2 Apr 2018 at 00:29

ExoMale said:
depends what the spec is to whether its worth as parts or a whole, from my own experience of selling many and oh older tech ive had mix bag, sometimes i get more as a system, sometimes i get less, but i have also made more or less from separate sales, depends where your trying to sell it.

It’s very much a current system rather than old tech. It includes two Titan XP cards with EK water blocks fitted and a Lian Li DK-Q2 case (which will be hard to shift unless it’s a collection!), so my guess is that it will be more valuable as separate parts.

Thanks for the Gumtree suggestion Tamzzy. Why do you say avoid EBay for expensive electronic goods? I’d like to avoid it because of the fees, but is there anything else I should be aware of which I’m overlooking?

InfiniteNoise · 2 Apr 2018 at 00:36

I sell parts.

Selling the whole system seems like a bit of hassle, unless it's ITX system and the case is something like Silverstone SG05.

Also, I agree with the suggestion on avoiding the bay, if you sell something expensive and the buyer does a chargeback, you're out of luck, happened to me, sold an Apple Watch, couple of months later, buyer pulled the chargeback trick, tried appealing but PayPal wouldn't budge, even sent them all the evidence I have on posting the stuff, receipts, tracking, etc. Ending up losing both Apple Watch and the money I got for it. Now I don't sell there anymore, only buy if necessary.

I need about 150 more posts before I can access MM, I don't post often so that's gonna take me forever.

tamzzy · 2 Apr 2018 at 00:36

Mark_D said:
but is there anything else I should be aware of which I’m overlooking?

scams usually. you send the part and the "buyer" says not received or files a complaint and sends you back a different/broken card.
not worth it.

BongoHunter · 2 Apr 2018 at 01:05

As above - avoid the bay at all costs with high-end or expensive items, seems to be incredibly hard to be protected on there as a seller.

I had a guy charge back on a job lot of HDDs I sold him, I'd followed all the rules, sent the items, had videos and images galore - last day that charge back was available he did it and there was nothing I could do, lost £400 and all of the drives, the guy I spoke to at Paypal was nice - but still couldn't do anything despite following all the rules.

Mark_D · 2 Apr 2018 at 01:09

God that sounds bloody horrendous! Ok duly noted, thanks guys

ExoMale · 2 Apr 2018 at 11:30

Mark_D said:
It’s very much a current system rather than old tech. It includes two Titan XP cards with EK water blocks fitted and a Lian Li DK-Q2 case (which will be hard to shift unless it’s a collection!), so my guess is that it will be more valuable as separate parts.

Thanks for the Gumtree suggestion Tamzzy. Why do you say avoid EBay for expensive electronic goods? I’d like to avoid it because of the fees, but is there anything else I should be aware of which I’m overlooking?

facebook, gumtree, you will shift those titans fairly easy on their own, amazon can be good.

Habakkuk · 2 Apr 2018 at 18:44

The more items you sell, the more you're likely to run into problems - it's just what happens when you keep rolling the dice.

Having said that, I'd probably sell the small, high value components and keep/dispose of the heavy/low value parts.