Comparable specs for $200: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Sleekbook-14-Intel-Core-i3-2375M-1-5-GHz-8-GB-500-GB-Win-7-Pro-HD-WebCam-/271915385979?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f4f6b847b So, yeah, I would say the laptop you're trying to sell would definitely be in the range Ryan suggested. I would think $180 would be appropriate. On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:53 PM Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> wrote: > Brian, > > I guess you don’t get what I am saying - your laptop is used, this is new. > Unless you are going to provide something to support asking for 90% of new > you should be asking for at least 25% below NIB. Even under best conditions > - because the computer is not new, the components in it have taken loads > and abuse (if even extremely light). > > Technology depreciates VERY quickly. If I asked for 90% of asking price > after a few years my Galaxy S4 phone would be worth $460. It’s not. It’s > worth about $150. > > An appropriate price for this computer might be $175-$200 OBO. > > On Jun 30, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Ryan Coleman writes: > > > Brian, > > > > Just my two bits? but might I suggest that when you price your items for > sale you > compare not to unsold auctions but sold ones? > > 2 NIB versions of this laptop have sold for $260. Now I know nothing > about the > > laptop but I?d take a new in box one for $20 more, if I were to be > interested in > > buying it. > > > > > http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=X483-6691&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc > <http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=X483-6691&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc> > < > http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=X483-6691&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc > > > > > > I'll reduce it to $230 or best offer. > > -- > Brian > Ebenezer Enterprises > http://webEbenezer.net <http://webebenezer.net/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150701/740b5bea/attachment.html>