People have no idea what their components are worth..

[GeekJump]

12 hours ago, Donald Hump said:

this is mentioned in ever scrapyard wars episode

 

Spoiler

like that guy in the last ep that was offering the 212evo cooler for $40 CAD used when that is near new price.

or all the GPU sellers on craigslist selling their used cards for the price of the current version

[SparkyRain]

Lul some guy on local site. Fx 6100 and gtx 760 for 799. Such a steal 

 

They keep forgetting that tech is fast moving. Unbox a phone and it's 50$ off new without even touching it.

 

[ddrkreature]

Reading this thread, I can't help but think I ripped some people off by charging $700 for a gtx 970, i7 3770, 1tb HDD and 480GB SSD, and 16gb ddr3. I thought it was fare at the time (a few months ago)

[2FA]

10 minutes ago, ddrkreature said:

Reading this thread, I can't help but think I ripped some people off by charging $700 for a gtx 970, i7 3770, 1tb HDD and 480GB SSD, and 16gb ddr3. I thought it was fare at the time (a few months ago)

That doesn't seem too overpriced to me depending on how recent it was built.

[WkdPaul]

1 hour ago, ddrkreature said:

Reading this thread, I can't help but think I ripped some people off by charging $700 for a gtx 970, i7 3770, 1tb HDD and 480GB SSD, and 16gb ddr3. I thought it was fare at the time (a few months ago)

It's not that bad, I've seen much worse (similar specs but with a second gen non-k i7 without an SSD and a GT730 ... Sold as a gaming PC for $650) or HD7750 & HD7770 for 200$ !!!

Edited April 14, 2016 by wkdpaul
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[SpaceTurtle917]

19 hours 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..

lmao I literally just bought a used gtx 560 2gb for $50 on craigslist.

[Starelementpoke]

3 hours ago, ddrkreature said:

Reading this thread, I can't help but think I ripped some people off by charging $700 for a gtx 970, i7 3770, 1tb HDD and 480GB SSD, and 16gb ddr3. I thought it was fare at the time (a few months ago)

TBH, IMO I think they got the better end of the bargain...

[ThomasD]

On 4/12/2016 at 9:16 PM, Rangaman42 said:

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..

Were you trying to buy it?  Because the price is not $5 until you actually find someone willing to sell one for $5.  Who knows what he truly expects, it's not like he needs to be in a hurry to find the right buyer - it's not exactly taking up a lot of shelf space at his house.

 

Or, if this is just someone you happen to know, complaining that his cooler is not selling at $20, and you can point him to ones actually selling for $5 then maybe you'll help him solve his problem.

[mark_cameron]

On 14/04/2016 at 5:35 AM, 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..

 

On 14/04/2016 at 5:48 AM, Zodiark1593 said:

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.

Perhaps people don't know that most of their premium purchases are R&D and profit margin rather than manufacturing costs. Wasn't it the Japanese who invented 'lean manufacturing' and 'just in time' principles.

These consumer devices I believe are only ever designed for a 7 year service life (thermal creep) and at most 3 year replacement. Certainly I think that was what things in Europe like WEEE - 2012/19/EU and RoHS was trying to achieve. Less landfilling of electrical goods. More recycling of materials for the next generation of components.

 

I use the two year upgrade model. I expect to do a build. + 2 years major upgrade and/or new build.

 

2 years is about right to be having replaced an aged GPU and/or to replenish performance in my experience. 3 years if your build was insane at the time it was built and you're seeing no performance drop offs due to prior upgrading.