How To Sell a Laptop

[Mark3H]

Hey guys, a bit of a different thread here..
I'll fill you in with some background. I bought this laptop 2 years ago, high endish. It broke while at uni (got a bit of water on it (drunken flatmate)), which voided my warranty. The company i was linked to said that they could fix it and were quite sure it would be less than £200 and maybe much less from what i told them. But then out of nowhere my insurance decided it would be better to get a new one, so i did just that. SO, now i am left with a broken laptop,worth £1,300 when bought from Vadim custom laptops, which tbh looks completely unused and i dont know what to do with it. So, how does one go about selling a laptop like this, is ebay the way? Any of you sold laptops in the past? I tried gazelle.com and they said it was out of their price range.
Any input would be much appreciated. Here are the specs, any valuation would be helpfull


Preinstalled: Screen: 17” X-Glass Widescreen TFT - 1440 x 900
Chipset: 945PM + ICH7-M + ATI M56P
Audio: Intel Azalia High-Definition Audio Interface, 5.1 Analogue input, Built-in stereo speakers, one subwoofer and Microphone
Card Reader: Internal 4-in-1 Card Reader (MS, MS Pro, SD, MMC)
Lan: One RJ-45 jack for 10/100Mbps LAN
Modem: One RJ-11 jack for Modem
Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 LAN connection 802.11a/g
Fireware: 1394 mini-port
USB: 4USB 2.0
Keyboard: Full size 86keys, Windows hot-keys, inverted T cursor, 12 function keys and embedded Numeric keypad
Weight and Dimension: 393(w) x 280(d) x 22~33(h) mm - 3.5KG(with battery)
Battery and power: 90W AC adapter, Rechargeable 9 Cell Lithium ION battery pack
Carry Bag: Included
CPU: Intel Core Duo T7200
(2.0GHz/4Mb/667)
Memory: (2x) Laptop 200pin 1024Mb DDR2-667 Memory
Hard Drive: 100GB 7200 8mb SATA 150
Optical Drive: Dual Layer Multi Format 8x DVDRW drive
Sound Card: Integrated High Definition Audio with Digital Out
Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2 OEM

I still have all the packaging/discs it was deliverd with.

Thanks in advance guys!

[BUFF]

strictly speaking it probably belongs to the insurance company now & not you.

it's worth whatever someone is prepared to pay & without knowing exactly what the problem is anybody will be taking a gamble so I wouldn't expect it to go for anything like it's original price.

[Domestic_Ginger]

strictly speaking it probably belongs to the insurance company now & not you.

Good point, maybe it would be best to ask the insurance company.

You can sell any rubbish on ebay; there are already plenty of laptops marked as faulty. If you have no/low feedback the amount you get may get a lower than you expected. You can dabble and list with a reserve price? The other option is to list after you have fixed it, I do not know much about laptops so no idea how much it is worth resale; you could always ask on a specialist laptop forum but keep in mind most are American.

[Mark3H]

Good point, maybe it would be best to ask the insurance company.

I did when they first took it away, the guy who handled the claim said they had no need for it and it would just go in a skip. Still dont understand what happened there.
Ok cheers i'll try one of those. Ebay was always gonna be my last resort, just didnt want it to go on there if i knew there was a better way of selling it.

[Blaineoliver]

I will take it for free, try and repair it and split the money if we get it working? haha

[Mark3H]

Haha, I'm gonna have a play with it tomorrow and see whats what. If i fail i'll be considering your offer lol

[Blaineoliver]

I mean you pay for postage down, i would try and fix it, if i cant pay to send it back, and your not a lost worse off for trying. If i fix it, could be sellable.

[harrystone]

see if anyone in this forum will buy it ?