2nd hand laptop value?

[puggit]

Can anyone give me a figure for the value of an 18 month old Sony Vaio PCG-9M1N laptop?

2.8MHz processor, 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD, CD writer/DVD drive

Original value £850.

Ta

>> Edited by puggit on Tuesday 22 November 20:11

[sybaseian]

puggit said:

Can anyone give me a figure for the value of an 18 month old Sony Vaio PCG-9M1N laptop? 2.8MHz processor, 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD, CD writer/DVD drive Original value £850. Ta >> Edited by puggit on Tuesday 22 November 20:11

£20 - where do you want the rubber cheque sending?

[406tm]

I have a PCG-FR415B with a gig of ram and thats only worth £275 after 18 months

[puggit]

406tm said:

I have a PCG-FR415B with a gig of ram and thats only worth £275 after 18 months

How did you get it valued?

[406tm]

puggit said:

406tm said: I have a PCG-FR415B with a gig of ram and thats only worth £275 after 18 months How did you get it valued?

Market forces - A new IBM Thinkpad is only £399 in Staples

[zumbruk]

406tm said:

puggit said: 406tm said: I have a PCG-FR415B with a gig of ram and thats only worth £275 after 18 months How did you get it valued? Market forces - A new IBM Thinkpad is only £399 in Staples

www.staples.co.uk; Search Criteria: Thinkpad

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[JonRB]

puggit said:

How did you get it valued?

I find that going onto eBay and searching completed listings is usually a pretty good indication of true market value.

Unfortunately that means our 2 year-old £2000 VAIO is now worth around £300.

[pentoman]

There are a number of places selling used laptops and the values there are pretty high..

I payed £200 privately (probably 12 months ago now though) for a Vaio PIII 650Mhz, 64MB ram. But it did have DVD and a 15" TFT which is nice.. and also is very solidy built. I probably could have got something more poorly made and higher spec, but laptops are dodgy/breakable enough as it is..

Russell

[leosayer]

pentoman said:

There are a number of places selling used laptops and the values there are pretty high..

Where are these places?

[406tm]

zumbruk said:

406tm said: puggit said: 406tm said: I have a PCG-FR415B with a gig of ram and thats only worth £275 after 18 months How did you get it valued? Market forces - A new IBM Thinkpad is only £399 in Staples www.staples.co.uk; Search Criteria: Thinkpad Sorry no results were found for your search. Please try again.

The thinkpad is instore at £399 Its the R50 Link to specs

www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=409

Edited to post link

>> Edited by 406tm on Wednesday 23 November 14:45

[zumbruk]

leosayer said:

pentoman said: There are a number of places selling used laptops and the values there are pretty high.. Where are these places?

www.morgancomputers.co.uk (Mfr. refurbs rather than "used"
www.thelaptopman.co.uk

[mcflurry]

When I used to be more involved with pcs the rule of thumb was 70% a year depreciation, and a 3 year old pc was pretty much scrap...

[only me]

so how much do you want for it?

[puggit]

only me said:

so how much do you want for it?

Well the point of my question is that my Father in law wants to buy it, I thought £400 would be reasonable and he thinks it's worth more

Obviously that's one person you don't rip off