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How do I sell a 27" iMac?

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aikjo2

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They're big, and they're fragile (ish). I have the original packaging, but I don't want to spend $80 on shipping.

What is the best way to go about selling a 2011 27" iMac?

Thanks in advance.
 
I'd go the Craigslist route. Recently sold my personal iMac and my business iMac through CL. Took less than a week from post to being sold.
 
Macs in general do much better in local sales vs. online sales.
 
aikjo2 said:
They're big, and they're fragile (ish). I have the original packaging, but I don't want to spend $80 on shipping.

What is the best way to go about selling a 2011 27" iMac?

Thanks in advance.
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Why not incorporate the $80 into your asking price?

Also, going the CL way like other people suggested is a good idea... That's how I found and bought my 27"...
 
What are the specs?

Like other people suggested, you can go through the SOLD listings on eBay to get a general idea...
 
Dopeyman said:
What are the specs?

Like other people suggested, you can go through the SOLD listings on eBay to get a general idea...
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If you're selling locally, take 10-15% off the eBay sold prices. Remember that those include paypal and ebay fees and are kind of inflated; locals will likely not want to spend as much.
 
zaxour said:
If you're selling locally, take 10-15% off the eBay sold prices. Remember that those include paypal and ebay fees and are kind of inflated; locals will likely not want to spend as much.
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You might be surprised. If you live in an urban area (LA, NY, DFW, SF, etc) there is huge demand for Apple products. I sold a 1 year old MBP for -$200 ($1k to $800) and around the same on a 1 year old iMac ($2400 to $2000).

MBP was 13" 2010 base model, I upgraded the Ram myself and sold it with a sleeve and case.
iMac was maxed out 27" for the year (2009), I also upgraded the Ram myself on the machine.

Either way, you'll get a lot of people that will definitely try to bargain with you. Of course you can if you'd like, but I'm the sort of seller willing to wait for a good buyer. The condition of my gear was immaculate, so that was important, and good pictures to go along with the CL listing was also important.


I should also note that buyers don't care about eBay and Paypal fees, since they aren't the ones paying them. That's like arguing that buyers care about the transaction costs that stores have to pay in order to let you use your credit card. Either way the cost to the buyer is the same (eBay or CL). If anything CL for a lot of people in that sense is better, since they have the opportunity to get something immediately whereas on eBay the chance for a local purchase is slim. Not to mention on CL they generally can touch what they're going to buy first and feel-out the seller AND they don't have to pay any sort or form of shipping fees or have to worry about whatever they just bought getting packaged poorly or getting damaged in the mail.

Believe it or not, said eBay prices aren't inflated, they're what the market is willing to bare. Or at least someone on the market is willing to bare. I get your sentiment, I personally agree with you that some people are nuts and are essentially willing to pay 'new' money on a used laptop, but I chalk that up to ignorance and the rush of winning auctions rather than thinking with a level head. However, you're right to a certain degree. The market that you'll have will be smaller (100m radius for most people), so you won't have as many crazy people willing to just dump cash, but on the other end you'll have the people that like I say want to purchase, touch, and have now. I generally only give a slight discount vs eBay pricing, but that's just to sell faster. I also compare with the rest of the market.
 
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I wouldn't take off a % to match it up with online prices.

Price it a bit higher than you usually would, because more times than naught the person will try to haggle the price with you. Thats my experience with selling on CL.
 
synergyo1 said:
I wouldn't take off a % to match it up with online prices.

Price it a bit higher than you usually would, because more times than naught the person will try to haggle the price with you. Thats my experience with selling on CL.
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Ya, it's even better when they show up and say "I only brought so much money, is that ok?" Those are the smart ones that put you in the spot of seeing the money :cool: :mad:
 
This is all greatly appreciated - thanks guys, keep it coming.

FYI it's a 2011 iMac with the i7 and 8gb of ram.

@Westrock2000 - I'm in New Orleans, and the general rule here of interacting with people from the internet is to be armed. I assume whoever buys this will be, and they assume I will be. While dicey, it cuts down on that kind of bullsh1t. That said - thank fro that advice, I would have been unprepared for that
 
FWIW, I purchased a 27" iMac like yours, with 2GB GPU, for $1400 earlier this year out here in LA from CL... No Applecare...

And then a couple months later the GPU dies.. But it's a good thing that while I was saving up the $300+ to get it fixed from Apple, Apple opens up a recall program for this problem. So I got a new card(?) replaced for free!! :D
 
I say craigslist is the best bet. Ebay has me weary with the amount of chargebacks that can be done.
 
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