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Is selling a CPU 2nd hand feasible?

What's it like as a seller (on the MM, let's say, but I'd be interested in how buyers are for 2nd hand CPUs in general)?

What sort of reduction over new? Enough of a market?
 
I don't sell much on the MM and prices can be quite low (tends to be a buyers market). Ebay for me has always been the best site despite the fees which aren't that bad as you can always add a bit to offset and be patient. Use sites like Parcel Monkey to get discounts.
 
I sent my old cpu in its original packaging, and padded out the shipping box, no complaints from the person I sold to.

I did put on ebay, but no takers, I expect down to all the refurbishment competition, ebay is too commercialised now.
Facebook had some really silly offers, one guy offered me a 9600k+ cash for my 8600k, which made me wonder what part of his 9600k is broken, cash offers were all under £50, and fake claims of it been cheap at retailers.
I eventually sold on OCUK MM.
 
chrcoluk said:
I sent my old cpu in its original packaging, and padded out the shipping box, no complaints from the person I sold to.

I did put on ebay, but no takers, I expect down to all the refurbishment competition, ebay is too commercialised now.
Facebook had some really silly offers, one guy offered me a 9600k+ cash for my 8600k, which made me wonder what part of his 9600k is broken, cash offers were all under £50, and fake claims of it been cheap at retailers.
I eventually sold on OCUK MM.
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Thanks for reporting your experiences. eBay is full of shops.

That Facebook guy is a joker, not sure how he thought he wasn't raising red flags! You could have tried Gumtree if you wanted offers of "£10 cash 2day act fast" :D
 
I just wanted to thank OP, for raising this, and all of you for the advice. As someone moving from consoles (which I've always found easy to sell), to PC gaming, I'm paranoid as to how easy components (mainly CPU and GPU) will be to sell. This has put my mind somewhat at ease!
 
If it helps, this sort of worry is why I always aim to use tech till it's end of life, then *maybe* parts box it for diagnostic spares.

That and being so darn far from MM, despite being here for so long.
 
q974739 said:
If it helps, this sort of worry is why I always aim to use tech till it's end of life, then *maybe* parts box it for diagnostic spares.

That and being so darn far from MM, despite being here for so long.
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There's a window where selling your kit makes sense, you have to stay in a certain time range. I always sail straight past that zone and hold onto my stuff for years past good market value. I normally get a good return that way myself, but it does mean I'm holding worthless silicon at the end of it.
 
bimbleuk said:
I don't sell much on the MM and prices can be quite low (tends to be a buyers market). Ebay for me has always been the best site despite the fees which aren't that bad as you can always add a bit to offset and be patient. Use sites like Parcel Monkey to get discounts.
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Good advice, thanks.
 
Mr Oblong said:
There's a window where selling your kit makes sense, you have to stay in a certain time range. I always sail straight past that zone and hold onto my stuff for years past good market value. I normally get a good return that way myself, but it does mean I'm holding worthless silicon at the end of it.
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Agreed. But it saves the stress of obsessing about upgrades... and I can't believe that it does better than break even, in the long run?
 
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Agreed. But it saves the stress of obsessing about upgrades... and I can't believe that it does better than break even, in the long run?
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Long run I'm not sure but I suspect you're right, there can be really nice windows of resell value where people can keep pace for minimal outlay, but it's a faff and involves going without a GPU at times (potentially for months, like the 2080ti sellers found out when going for the 3080).
 
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