Core 2 Q6600 for £130!?

[RealTronaldDump]

Why are there websites selling intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz at ~£130 ($170)!? Can someone explain, is it meant to be like an antique or what. I have one in an old PC lying around in an attic. Could I make some profit?

Here's one website

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its meant to make money from idiots

[minibois]

Just because someone is attempting to sell it, doesn't mean people are buying it.

This is why everything with the word Nintendo or Pokemon has an inflated price on flea markets

 

[RealTronaldDump]

Just now, minibois said:

Just because someone is attempting to sell it, doesn't mean people are buying it.

This is why everything with the word Nintendo or Pokemon has an inflated price on flea markets

 

I've seen reviews from people that are supposedly "buying" it but I'm not sure if they're authentic.

[minibois]

Just now, RealTronaldDump said:

I've seen reviews from people that are supposedly "buying" it but I'm not sure if they're authentic.

Wouldn't surprise me if that is the seller buying it themselves.

This price is probably a situation where:

a. the store's supplier doesn't have the product, so the prices go astronomically higher than they should be

or, more likely:

b. this store has some product, they bought at a certain price years ago and still want to sell it with a profit.

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I've also seen people selling 1050 Tis for as much as 1070s and other nonsense.  The ads tend to stay up for months because no one is falling for it.

[Fasauceome]

10 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I've also seen people selling 1050 Tis for as much as 1070s and other nonsense.  The ads tend to stay up for months because no one is falling for it.

I like to peruse eBay periodically to check market prices on last gen cards. When I search for a 1050 and the like, this always pops up

 

I swear it's been listed for over a year

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12 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

I like to peruse eBay periodically to check market prices on last gen cards. When I search for a 1050 and the like, this always pops up

 

 

I swear it's been listed for over a year

And yet I've sen stores charge over $60 new for a GT 710

[X-System]

In France, an online shop still sells Core i7-5930k in new for 679.95 € (= 754.75$) and this CPU has 5 year old...

 

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21 minutes ago, X-System said:

In France, an online shop still sells Core i7-5930k in new for 679.95 € (= 754.75$) and this CPU has 5 year old...

Yeah that's a separate issue I've described a few times in the past:

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A common problem I see with tech retailers is a complete lack of understanding of the market and excessive greed.  Basically, they'll try to sell things for what they paid + a bit of profit regardless of whether or not it's reasonable or will actually happen or not.

 

Example 1: a certain lineup of GPUs exists.  The 5/10 performer sells for $200, the 7/10 performer sells for $350, and the 9/10 performer sells for $500.  Then a new lineup of GPUs launches, and you can now get 7/10 performance for $200, 9/10 performance for $350, etc.

 

Example 2: prices of GPUs are insanely high but the store decides to just roll with it and buy a ton of them.  They manage to sell some but not all, and then the price crashes so people can now get them for half or less what they cost before.

 

In both these cases, the store now has two choices:

1. Accept that the market has now changed and drop the price of the old/existing stock so it's in line with the price/performance ratio that exists elsewhere on the market so that they will actually continue selling the cards, albeit at a lower profit level, or perhaps even a loss, but hopefully not too much, or
2. Dig in their heels and continue "selling" the cards for the same price as always, despite the fact no one will ever pay that, so the cards sit around for years until they finally get thrown into a bargain clearout bin for next to nothing causing the initial purchase to be a complete loss

I constantly see stores going for option 2 and I don't understand it. But, if they want to be stupid and screw themselves over that's their choice lol

 

[asand1]

I wouldn't pay more than $30 used. Anyone who buys one new is an idiot.

[asand1]

Lol $7.90usd on eBay right now.