Anyone seeing the 2nd hand market for PCs dry up?

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Just got a few good 1080p gaming options that I thought I could make some money back on, Not profit - just a return.
It's no loss to me, but I have been a little surprised at the lack of interest shown over eBay/marketplace/gumtree.
I was messaging guys selling similar builds on eBay the general vibe was bidding too low - they all ended up saying F-it - and keeping their gear.
I tried to give one of the 1080 rigs to a buddy who has been going on about PCs to me for weeks.
Guy wouldn't spend £40/50 on a tier C power pack to get him started.
Not a rant BTW guys just wondering if you've noticed any dips in sales regarding gear thats still viable?
 
I've recently sold a 5800x, 3070, 32Gb and Asus Rog E B550 with a corsair PSU and it was painful. First of all within 20 mins i had a few "to good to be true" offers offfering/demanding to pay via paypal with extra for postage - nah thats a scam for sure.
Then there was the many many who called offering to pay with cash, but never having an actual profile picture. - that felt iffy too

In the end I sold it a good bit lower than i wanted to a guy who had an active profile and wanted it for his wife. He paid bank transfer and everything checked out.

Ultimately, I think a lot of peoples experience is like this and i was very close to saying "f-it"and not selling the PC.

That does not help the used market.
 
EquiumDuo said:
I've recently sold a 5800x, 3070, 32Gb and Asus Rog E B550 with a corsair PSU and it was painful. First of all within 20 mins i had a few "to good to be true" offers offfering/demanding to pay via paypal with extra for postage - nah thats a scam for sure.
Then there was the many many who called offering to pay with cash, but never having an actual profile picture. - that felt iffy too

In the end I sold it a good bit lower than i wanted to a guy who had an active profile and wanted it for his wife. He paid bank transfer and everything checked out.

Ultimately, I think a lot of peoples experience is like this and i was very close to saying "f-it"and not selling the PC.

That does not help the used market.
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You shifted it via facebook market place?
 
Well I recently off loaded lot of old gear, the thing is is all about how much you want to get, to me it was a case do I have any use for? NOPE, so it went to highest bidder, better get some money then chuck in a bin later. I use to sit on old gear for years, not anymore, parts becoming worthless, older motherboards might have some value if someone is looking, My opinion is if someone knows pc he will be looking at newer stuff and the ones that don't usually want some kind of warranty, lets be honest would you be spending 1-2k on 2nd hand market if you didn't know someone? if we talking £100-200 then is different ball game. Apart from case I don't think I would buy anything else from facebook, to much risk, also sometimes looking at 2nd hand prices and some must live in dream world.
 
I sold my system last week as I was turning it a few times maximum in recent years and that was only to do eBay postage refunds.

I had it listed for a week on marketplace and had a handful of people message about it, 3 were very keen and the first one to view bought it. I did price it below the dreamers, I wouldn't say it was cheap but it was a bargain for anyone who knows anything about PC's.

Even though the used market isn't as strong as it was 2-4 years ago, that was a bit of an outlier. The reason why stuff isnt moving is mostly because people are still expecting COVID prices during high cost of living. But the same can be said for the used market in general.
 
It’s not just tech - the used car market is also at an all time low.

A lot of markets are struggling because people are struggling.

I think Black Friday is playing some sort of a role in the tech sector because people are holding off and looking for a deal.

On the flip side, you have people who aren’t struggling but they are only really interested in buying high end tech like the 9800X3D so for them, they aren’t really interested in the used market.

I see a lot of people trying to sell their Mac Mini and struggling because everyone wants the M4 and with the bump in specs by Apple, every used item has to drop in price to compete in value.

I will buy an M4 Mac Mini as I’m space constrained, don’t play PC games anymore and need a device to back my iPhone to - I’m looking at all the used Mac Minis and they aren’t worth considering, especially the Intel based units.
 
I found with gumtree you need to list £50/£100 above the actual price you want, other wise the low balls will blitz your inbox, so when they do bid your working with your fake buffer.
But - this might put off any actual bid.
There is no one way of selling something that works across the board.
In general for one of my rigs i want the standard lowest average 2nd hand on ebay for the GPU - the case is brand new with cosmetics so customer is paying that.
Every other part has 30/40% taken off remaining components.
I've actually tried selling a 7600 rig - I've got £945 total, immaculate case all parts less than 5 months old.
I dont think ATM I could even make £50 on it at least not with the selling weather in my area.

moppy89 said:
Feel like FB is full of people asking for absolutely deluded prices for their rigs.
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Saw a 5600G on ebay with a 3070 for £1500 2nd hand - a bunch of rigs with super 1660s in the £800 range.
I think in some of those sales, the buyer is inexperienced happy tourist -what did i pay for it? right ill knock £100 off and jobs done, i mean minimum search is ebay complete listings then tot it up from there.
ATM for me its like buying someone a PC as cheap as I can possibly make it via 2nd hand purchases. Then handing it over to the buyer whos only gonna give me half of what I paid and inform me i got a good deal. :cry:
 
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