People have no idea what their components are worth..

[HelplmChoking]

So I had a guy trying to sell a used AMD stock cooler (from an FX-8350) for $20USD. I'm not sure what he thinks he's doing, since they are practically worthless, and should really be like $5..

[wyattzx]

People are known to over-value their belongings, and under-value others'. It's just how we are as people. 

 

That or he's a jackass trying to make a quick buck off of an unassuming fellow.

[HelplmChoking]

Just now, NonaHexa said:

People are known to over-value their belongings, and under-value others'. It's just how we are as people. 

 

That or he's a jackass trying to make a quick buck off of an unassuming fellow.

Its annoying since I sold my CPU + motherboard, but my stock cooler is missing its fan and this guy seems to think its worth actual money  It's amazing considering the cooler came with the CPU it fits on, so no normal person would need a replacement. He's basically charging the same for an aftermarket cooler.

[GreezyJeezy]

well on a facebook garage sale site a lady was selling i quote "old computer my son used to mess with" it had a i3 (bad one) with a 280x and she wanted $50 just to "get rid of it" i guess her son moved out and left it over. man what a deal

[HelplmChoking]

2 minutes ago, GreezyJeezy said:

well on a facebook garage sale site a lady was selling i quote "old computer my son used to mess with" it had a i3 (bad one) with a 280x and she wanted $50 just to "get rid of it" i guess her son moved out and left it over. man what a deal

Oh damn.. I'd pay $50 for the 280x on its own..

[GreezyJeezy]

Just now, Rangaman42 said:

Oh damn.. I'd pay $50 for the 280x on its own..

you should've seen all the comments on it that said next in line  

[HelplmChoking]

Just now, GreezyJeezy said:

you should've seen all the comments on it that said next in line  

If only NZ had people like that. Instead we have people charging $1000NZD for an FX-6300, stock cooler, R9 260 and 120GB SSD.. Its pathetic.

[Mark77]

I remember going to an auction in the countryside when I was much younger and some dumb hick  farmers were bidding mere 3.5" 1.44mb floppy diskette drives with obviously broken parts to $50 a piece. 

[GreezyJeezy]

Just now, Rangaman42 said:

If only NZ had people like that. Instead we have people charging $1000NZD for an FX-6300, stock cooler, R9 260 and 120GB SSD.. Its pathetic.

dang thats crazy. where i  live its rare to seem gaming rigs on garage sale sites and stuff, but you can find some good deals on shitty dell desktops. easy to talk down the price too if its a older person.

[Moonzy]

8 minutes ago, NonaHexa said:

That or he's a jackass

person A is selling a stock cooler at $20

person B is trying to buy stock cooler at $5

 

who is the jackass here?

Spoiler

the one who called others jackass `-`

 

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obviously jk, but just leave people alone if you dont like their pricing ._.

 

[Clanscorpia]

3 minutes ago, GreezyJeezy said:

dang thats crazy. where i  live its rare to seem gaming rigs on garage sale sites and stuff, but you can find some good deals on shitty dell desktops. easy to talk down the price too if its a older person.

Some old stuff is really expensive. Got an old Asus socket 486 mobo out of an old custom PC worth $200 CAD. Got the PC for free

[Rolling Potatoe]

5 minutes ago, GreezyJeezy said:

well on a facebook garage sale site a lady was selling i quote "old computer my son used to mess with" it had a i3 (bad one) with a 280x and she wanted $50 just to "get rid of it" i guess her son moved out and left it over. man what a deal

Oh man just think about what you did to some poor kid 

 

''Just gonna stay at my parents house over the holidays, eating and skyrim...its gonna be super chill''

2 days later

''Hey mom, where is that gaming pc I cobbled together from ebay that was my first self build pc and that I was really proud of?

''Ah, that old thing? Sold it for like 50 bucks''.

''what...but....I even got that decent psu and all......NOOOOOO''

[Guest]

I once saw a Pentium 4 on eBay...

 

For $800 claiming it was the fastest CPU available in 2015.

[striker477]

I love these kind of Craiglist Post $5,000 of equipment for only $600. No way! lol

[KuJoe]

An object is worth as much as somebody is willing to pay for it and only as much as somebody is willing to sell it for. If you really need something and stock is limited, expect to pay a lot for it. If the person selling it has an emotional attachment to it or finds it more important/special, expect to pay a lot.

[Scruffy90]

We need a Kelly bluebooks styled database for electronic component resale values

[TheHappyGoat]

on ebay some company is selling the exact same $250 r9 270x I have for $350 CAD

 

ya think im jokin right

ya think im goofin?

 

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ASUS-DirectCU-II-R9270X-DC2T-2GD5-Radeon-R9-270X-2GB-256-Bit-GDDR5-PCI-Express-/271916430217?hash=item3f4f7b7389:g:sXwAAOSwPcVVkaxh

[i_am_a_modder]

I once had a lady try to sell my a 1 GB stick of SODIMM DDR2 RAM for $50. Another lady tried to sell me a Dell unit with a Core 2 Duo, 1 GB of RAM (Unspecified), and a "Gaming Graphics card" (a.k.a: one with no cooler and a female VGA and Serial port) for $600 with the same unit selling on Ebay for $25, when I sent her the link, she said that I was lying and faked the link.

[SLAYR]

Yeah most of the time people overestimate what the components are worth, but i did find someone selling a working x79 rig with a 3930k and watercooler for $200USD a week or two back, the guy bought it from some prebuilt company and didn't have a clue to how much it was actually worth.

[Fgtfv567]

On 4/12/2016 at 6:21 PM, GreezyJeezy said:

well on a facebook garage sale site a lady was selling i quote "old computer my son used to mess with" it had a i3 (bad one) with a 280x and she wanted $50 just to "get rid of it" i guess her son moved out and left it over. man what a deal

50 bucks for a whole computer. Hell 50 bucks just for that 280X would have been one hell of a steal.

[Dabombinable]

On 4/12/2016 at 11:33 AM, Clanscorpia said:

Some old stuff is really expensive. Got an old Asus socket 486 mobo out of an old custom PC worth $200 CAD. Got the PC for free

Kind of like my Abit VP6. $160 AUD for 2x Pentium III 1000EB, 2GB matching (with sequential serial numbers) SDRAM that can do 160MHz no problem (and at stock voltage), and the original stock coolers that are better than after market ones-and quieter with ghettod fans.

[WkdPaul]

I have to agree, most people have no clue about the market value of the stuff they're selling, I got my 7870 for $70 CAD shipping included, few weeks later I see a guy on a forum asking for suggestions on a GPU upgrade, turned out he had the same 7870, I thought of a crossfire setup, so I asked how much he was looking for that 7870 ... He actually thought $160 CAD + shipping was a fair asking price! (BTW he was looking at getting a reference 290 for $200 CAD ... $40 difference between a 290 and a 7870????) lolll

[LinusTech]

6 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

I have to agree, most people have no clue about the market value of the stuff they're selling, I got my 7870 for $70 CAD shipping included, few weeks later I see a guy on a forum asking for suggestions on a GPU upgrade, turned out he had the same 7870, I thought of a crossfire setup, so I asked how much he was looking for that 7870 ... He actually thought $160 CAD + shipping was a fair asking price! (BTW he was looking at getting a reference 290 for $200 CAD ... $40 difference between a 290 and a 7870????) lolll

 

People get wrapped up in what they paid for things when they're trying to value their used hardware..

 

The used hardware scene is about basically linear scaling as far as "performance per dollar" is concerned, so they don't realize the premium they paid for the "EVGA 1GB" version of the 560 Ti is worth literally nothing a few years down the road..

[Zodiark1593]

2 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

 

People get wrapped up in what they paid for things when they're trying to value their used hardware..

 

The used hardware scene is about basically linear scaling as far as "performance per dollar" is concerned, so they don't realize the premium they paid for the "EVGA 1GB" version of the 560 Ti is worth literally nothing a few years down the road..

There aren't many things in this world that devalue both linearly and so rapidly as tech(with Intel CPUs being the exception due to clever planning on their part). Those that don't follow pricing trends can easily be caught by surprise when it comes time to sell. In addition, most tend to expect high priced items to hold at least some value over time as long as it's in good condition. It's definitely a tough pill to swallow when your $300 GTX 570 you bought a few short years ago is now worth peanuts.

 

That said, people appraising their belongings incorrectly is hardly exclusive to the tech world for various reasons, the one above being included.

[BeanJuice]

1 hour ago, LinusTech said:

 

People get wrapped up in what they paid for things when they're trying to value their used hardware..

 

The used hardware scene is about basically linear scaling as far as "performance per dollar" is concerned, so they don't realize the premium they paid for the "EVGA 1GB" version of the 560 Ti is worth literally nothing a few years down the road..

this is mentioned in ever scrapyard wars episode