How much should I ask for my lappy?

I want to sell the lappy in my sig on Craigs or paper and wanted to find out from the pro's what a reasonable price is. System has the camera, 6 months left on warranty, Office 2003 Student, Vista Premium, and is in new condition with box. Could y'all help me out on what I should ask?
Thx guys,

 

hmm...$1200

 

That's exactly what I was thinking but it configured ~$1700 with no coupons online.

 

at least $1200, whats the hurry of changing? it seems lk a pretty good laptop.

 

I'm pretty "impulsy" and soon as the 1530 came out, I could not stop my "checkout now" finger!

 

You have to figure that, regardless of how new YOUR laptop is, it is definitely less valuable from one from Dell brand spanking new. Even if yours is still in the box, one from Dell is more valuable. So, a good starting point is to configure the laptop with all available discounts and subtract from there. No informed buyer would pay anything close to retail for your laptop, because Dell can offer a better product for the same price.

Unless you find someone who is itching to purchase your laptop and unwilling to price one out on the website, I find it hard to believe you'd be able to sell it for anything more than lowest "new" price minus 10-15%. My guess is that you will have to go lower. I for one would not pay anything more than best retail price minus 20%.

 

$1000 at the most. Consider that mine cost $1199 before tax and plant a tree ($2).

What you should do before you sell it is a clean install of Windows and keep your copy of Office 2003.

 

$1100 to $1200 max

 

Well...., you wont see a big improvement with a M1530, certainly nothing worth of $500~$700.

 

so says u lol...u'll see a good imporvemnt in performance....but massive improvement in build quality and aesthetics lol

 

why would a 1530 with the same specs outperform a 1520?

 

The xps 1530 will perform better because in the 1530 there is gddr3 ram used for the graphics card where as is in the 1520 gddr2 is being utilized, this means significant memory clock differences and some have suggested up to a 30% performance difference because of the speed of the ram

 

You'll see a slight performance increase with demanding 3d gaming. Instead of running games on MED settings you can have most settings on HIGH. Not a drastic difference, if even noticable. Every other aspect will have the same performance. I think the only main difference is perhaps a slimmer laptop? 1/2 pound lighter?

IHMO.....Dell needs to create more of an difference between the inspiron and the xps, aside from offering DDR3 vs DDR2. The 1525 seems to be that answer. No 8600gt and only slower processor speed offered. I think the XPS is a great machine, but not enough of a difference to justify spending a few hundred dollars more. I think when dell starts to offer LED screens, and Penryn processors the XPS will be well worth the money.

 

I got $1200 for my Latitude D800 6 months ago. Spec'd almost the same. I imagine I could easily get $1200. I'll let you know when I post it next week

As far as Office goes, I bought the Office 2007 Ultimate for the $59 or $69 deal for students so I am just including the 2003 with purchase. Sounds reasonable I guess.

 

That's fair. I guess if you don't need it, why not use it as an incentive.

I'm all for getting the most for what you're selling, but I feel it's unethical to sell or something for far more than it's worth to a sucker, that is, basically try to rip them off. Not that you're intentionally doing it, but a used, 6-month old 1520 with those specs isn't worth that much.


I say you just keep it. It's a great notebook and you'll only get a marginal improvement in performance.