What's it worth?

I'm planning on selling my m1330 and buying a MacBook, but I'm not really sure what price range I should be expecting to sell it for.

Mods, if I decide to formally post it for sale on here (I'd rather sell in person/locally), I will make a new post in the proper forum, in the proper format. I'm only looking for opinions right now.

Specs are as follows:

13" TruLife screen @ 1280x800
Midnight Blue lid
CCFL Screen with 2mp webcam
Intel C2D 2.2ghz - 800mhz FSB
120gb HD
2gb DDR2 RAM
128mb NVidia 8400gs Video
Dell 1505 802.11n Wireless
Bluetooth
9 cell Extended Battery
Fingerprint Reader
Vista Home Premium
Over 2 years of Complete Care and Next Business Day Warranty left
(Purchased August of 2007)

What should I be asking/expecting? I priced out a similar laptop on Dell.ca (2.0ghz processor and 160gb HD, all other specs the same), and it came out to around $1750 (before tax).

 

TRAITOR!!! Shoulda known by your past posts...

 

Haha. I would keep the m1330. PC FOR THE WIN!!! lol jk. Personally I would probably pay $1k for it. But I wouldn't really because I like 15" better lol. In other words, I have no comment but wanted to post something . Good luck in selling it .

 

I bought a m1330, 2 weeks ago with

LED Screen
Intel T9300
320gb 5400 HD
3gb DDR2 RAM
128mb NVidia 8400gs Video
Intel next gen N
Bluetooth
6 cell Extended Battery
Fingerprint Reader
Vista Home Premium
3 years of Complete Care and Next Business Day Warranty left
Lo-Jack

For $1450 NEW

So, I guess in the $8-950 Neighborhood.

 

You could check what similar laptops are going for on the Dell Outlet.
If you have a nice clear LG screen, be sure to mention it. I'm sure people would be willing to pay more if they knew they'd be getting a good screen (something Dell can't seem to ensure).

 

And which past posts are you referring to?

I'm willing to bed you've never tried a Mac based upon your comment!

Honestly, I really thought that Mac's were crap too.....until I put Leopard on my m1330 and have been using it without any desire to go back to Windows.

 

EBAY is the best place to find the market value of an item. Go there and look at the ongoing and finished auctions to determine an appropriate price.

 

Is that not illegal (rather against the EULA for the Mac OS)??

In any case regarding your question, you should expect in the 700 to 800 range for it. Considering how cheap new m1330s have been selling for recently, this would be a fair estimate. Also, if you look on the Dell outlet website, you should get an idea of the fair market value. Just add about 100 dollars to the outlet price because you still have a 2 years CC left.

Another thing that you have to remember is that since you are located in Canada, the CC warranty will not transfer over to the US (only 3 year NBD onsite warranty can be transferred internationally), so the warranty would technically be useless for US purchasers. Thus, your best bet would be to sell it to someone within Canada is you can.

How much did you originally pay for the system?

 

Most likely.....however being able to try it out on my Dell is eventually going to result in Apple making another MacBook sale so it works out well for them too.

A lot.....I got it when it was first released.

 

Meh, Leopard has never really impressed me and I've been using it since it came out.

I would say you should get around $1000 to $1100 for it since you have a decent warranty on it. Depends on the demand though.

 

Thanks everyone for your input......except jack!

 

Fair enough then!

 

GOODBYE!!! Have fun over at the Apple site.

 

Seems I got your panties in a knot. Didn't realize it would affect people so severely that I've decided to use a Mac instead of a PC.