*HELP* How much is my laptop worth now?

[F1Stigy]

Hi there,

New poster here. Figured people here might have an idea of what my laptop is worth as i'm looking to sell, but have no clue what it's worth anymore. Any advise would be great! (Even if it's just a price range) 

 

Note - Bought this laptop from PCSpecialist back in Jan 2016, paid £1200 for it (UK of course! ). I expect it's decreased massively in price but to what extent i'm unsure! 

 

Specs -

Chassis - PC Specialist Proteus Series II 

Display - 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

CPU - Intel Core i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor. i7-4720HQ (2.60GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)

RAM - 8GB Kingston Hyper-X Impact 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 8gb)

Graphics - Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M - 3.0GB DDR5 VRAM - DirectX 11

HDD - 1TB WD Slim Blue WD10SPCX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB Cache (5400 rpm)

SSD (M.2) - 120GB Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

DVD Drive - None

Memory Card Reader - Integrated 4 in 1 Card Reader (SD/SDHC/SDXC/MMC)

Thermal Paste - Artic MX-4 Extreme Thermal Conductivity Compound

Sound Card - Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + Mic/Headphone jack

Bluetooth & Wireless - Gigabit LAN + Wireless Intel AC-7260 HMC (876Mbps, 802.11 AC) + Bluetooth

USB - 3 x USB 3.0 ports + 1 x USB 2.0 Port

Battery - Proteus series 8 cell Lithium Ion battery (5,200mAh)

Power Lead & Adapter - 1 x UK Power Lead & 180W AC Adapter

Keyboard - Proteus series backlit UK keyboard with number pad

OS - Windows 8.1 (DVD & Licence included)

 

For anyone interested what it looks like.

 

[Mr. PC]

I would say 700-800£

[F1Stigy]

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[F1Stigy]

On 28/07/2018 at 3:42 PM, Mr. PC said:

I would say 700-800£

Oh! I didn't think it'd be anywhere near that price!  Can I ask what makes you come to that number? :-)

[NeverGoIntelKKThx]

id say 500-900

[NeverGoIntelKKThx]

matter the condition of the laptop

[Mr. PC]

I mean it's probably worth 500£ but someone would be willing to buy it for more for it... based on aesthetics...

[F1Stigy]

1 minute ago, NeverGoIntelKKThx said:

matter the condition of the laptop

It's practically new! Reason I want to sell it is that I just don't use it enough! haha 

[F1Stigy]

2 minutes ago, Mr. PC said:

I mean it's probably worth 500£ but someone would be willing to buy it for more for it... based on aesthetics...

Oh this is pretty encouraging! At first I thought it'd be £300/400 because of the age of some of the components! But I guess 2/3 years isn't that long

[NeverGoIntelKKThx]

Just now, F1Stigy said:

It's practically new! Reason I want to sell it is that I just don't use it enough! haha 

then i would say list it for 950, then if they try to haggle you down 50 dollars you wont acctualy be losing anything

[F1Stigy]

Just now, NeverGoIntelKKThx said:

then i would say list it for 950, then if they try to haggle you down 50 dollars you wont acctualy be losing anything

Ah you're going $ - to go £ then i'd probably put it up for £750

[NeverGoIntelKKThx]

Just now, F1Stigy said:

Ah you're going $ - to go £ then i'd probably put it up for £750

that sounds good, thank you for responding to me and have a wonderfull day

[F1Stigy]

Just now, NeverGoIntelKKThx said:

that sounds good, thank you for responding to me and have a wonderfull day

No worries, thanks for the idea! You too!

[NeverGoIntelKKThx]

Just now, F1Stigy said:

No worries, thanks for the idea! You too!

[voiha]

Given that you didn't provided any pictures of it's condition I would say easily 400 Pounds up to 600 if in good shape and everything is intact. I would say, if you don't need the money fast try to sale it at mulptiple sales websites for around 800-900 and wait for month, then start -50 whenever you feel you can spare those 50 pounds. ( Don't forget to put attractive pictures or it won't get sold even for 400) Cheers!

[F1Stigy]

1 minute ago, voiha said:

Given that you didn't provided any pictures of it's condition I would say easily 400 Pounds up to 600 if in good shape and everything is intact. I would say, if you don't need the money fast try to sale it at mulptiple sales websites for around 800-900 and wait for month, then start -50 whenever you feel you can spare those 50 pounds. ( Don't forget to put attractive pictures or it won't get sold even for 400) Cheers!

Like above ^ it's practically new, I reckon i've used it maybe 50 times in the past 2 years (bought it and then just never found the time for it) and it's never been out the house, it's even completely scratch free! haha! 

Pretty good comments though, I might put it up for 800 and then take it to 750 if I don't get any interest!  

[voiha]

1 minute ago, F1Stigy said:

Like above ^ it's practically new, I reckon i've used it maybe 50 times in the past 2 years (bought it and then just never found the time for it) and it's never been out the house, it's even completely scratch free! haha! 

Pretty good comments though, I might put it up for 800 and then take it to 750 if I don't get any interest!  

I had 2011 Toshiba Qosmio that didn't got traction for 2 months until a guy wanted to buy it for almost the same price that I had put, because he searched for the same lappy for quite some time. You gotta be patient.
The laptop was kinda 50% because there was only 4GB ram, 1 HDD left and without the GPU (gtx 560m) but he still bought it so yeah you'll find someone

[F1Stigy]

Just now, voiha said:

I had 2011 Toshiba Qosmio that didn't got traction for 2 months until a guy wanted to buy it for almost the same price that I had put, because he searched for the same lappy for quite some time. You gotta be patient.
The laptop was kinda 50% because there was only 4GB ram, 1 HDD left and without the GPU (gtx 560m) but he still bought it so yeah you'll find someone

Cool, well that gives me hope! I wasn't expecting as much as people are saying so here's hoping! 

Where abouts did you list yours? (Do certain places get higher traction for laptops?) 

[voiha]

18 minutes ago, F1Stigy said:

Cool, well that gives me hope! I wasn't expecting as much as people are saying so here's hoping! 

Where abouts did you list yours? (Do certain places get higher traction for laptops?) 

Well since I'm from Bulgaria and most of the population uses mostly 2 websites here for used things (www.olx.bg, www.bazar.bg) I listed mine actually just in OLX, I recon that olx is present in most EU countries so try with that, else look up what's the biggest used websites in your country. For example in USA is Craiglist if I'm not mistaken.  In china is Aliexpress in EU is Ebay etc. Still I advise you to put quality pictures that can show that your laptop is in reality in good shape and without common ware and tear (as you said) Don't get too detailed in the description how it's like brand new or never used or something like that, these stuff rejects people. Good luck! *sorry for the long message Hope I helped*

P.S: Also when I was talking with the guy that was buying my laptop I offered him Verbal offer that If something is not right as we agreed or thinks that I am lying to him that I will return his money as he return my laptop. That makes the buyer feels safe even if it's just verbal and I could lie to him still. *ofc be careful with that cuz it's just optional and you leave room for him to steal from you*