x100e resale value

I've been trying to sell my x100e locally (as I don't want to ship anything), but have had no luck. I've put it up for $220 with zero bites. It's just the single core model, but still I thought that was a good price. Do I need to go lower?

I'm in a major US city so there shouldn't be a lack of prospective buyers if my price is good.

Thanks.

 

Maybe youre not advertising it good enough, not hyping it good enough?

 

I pretty much assumed anyone looking at it would know what it was. People usually don't buy Thinkpads unless they were already looking for a Thinkpad. But I did list its specs, said it was in like-new condition, etc.

I used a stock photo. Not sure if that matters. But I only have a camera phone and it takes crappy pictures anyways. I figure for local sales the person will get to see it before they buy, so no biggie.

 

I would find someone with a decent camera to take a few pictures of it. For some people, it will be reassuring seeing pictures that you have of it. There are a ton of scams out there and people aren't always trusting.

The price seems spot on to me. Most cheap netbooks are still around $300, and I'm sure someone out there needs it.

 

You got to target the right market segment and right channel. If you use places like craiglist, most people just want a bargain and they probably won't know what x100e is, other than it is light and have Netbook spec. So these people would compare your laptop to equivalent spec netbook, which means you are already at a disadvantage price wise.

So I suggest you use a more focused online social media channel (marketplace of NBR and forum.thinkpads.com) to sell your x100e, where users are involved with lenovo and thinkpad brand, these users are more likely to know about laptop model differences. Forum.thinkpads.com is a place where you are most likely to get a high price, since the forum members are more attached to thinkpads and likely to know the intrinsic worth of a good condition x100e.

Also if you really want sell it, then I would put ONO next to your price, ideally I would set the price to $199, as this a psychological price barrier for people whom wants a second hand portable lower spec laptop (most people whom may want your laptop are usually in the lower income bracket, so their disposable income may not be all that much).

Finally I would suggest you sell the laptop before Christmas, as after that most of your target segment may either have got a laptop from a relative or have spent most of the year's saving on other presents or for those lucky few, enough money to get a new and/or better spec machine. Any later then lenovo would steal your potential customers as new thinkpad models come out and 200 dollars x100e become available in the outlet.

 

$199 you think? Seems like that would make me sound like one of those sketchy online businesses. Maybe a flat $200?

I understand your point about selling online to a more focused community. But there are too many problems for me in that area--a primary one being that I don't use paypal.

I'll keep plugging at it. Maybe $200 is the magic number.

 

It is a marketing tool, 200 or 199 dollars won't make a difference on the quality of your goods, but it may make a difference on whether a person decides to contact you and set up a deal of some sort.

Regarding PayPal and that, you can specify that you only sell to local in those forums and you don't use paypal, they are not going to charge anything. Also, the more you advertise, the more likely you would find a suitable buyer, maybe there is someone in these forum that is looking for one of these machines (basically you are canvassing your product).

This is obviously an advice, whether you use it or not, is entirely up to you.

P.S. You could put a link in your signature to link to your main product advertising page (i think you can do that).

 

Did you try the Marketplace over at thinkpads.com.

 

Sold it locally today for $180. I'm happy with that.

 

what a deal. u made someone happy.