Where to sell a WD HDD?

[iLostMyXbox21]

okay so i have a Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 tb 7200rpm hdd, where can i sell it? I do not have a paypal, or any kind of card to use so i prefer cash (if possible) it probably has stuff on it but i dont have any way of wiping it..

i am selling it because i do not even have a PC yet so it is literally just sitting in my drawer doing nothing... i saw it and i thought maybe i could sell it so somebody else could use it... 

[8uhbbhu8]

Kijiji, craigslist, etc

[iLostMyXbox21]

2 minutes ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

Kijiji

im not in canada so what area do i chose?

[Firewrath9]

35$ for a used Hdd is not that good. I see 1tb HDds for 20$.

[iLostMyXbox21]

2 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

35$ for a used Hdd is not that good. I see 1tb HDds for 20$.

i can do $20.. im good with that lol.. i just want it out, i will get a better one later

[Firewrath9]

4 minutes ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

i can do $20.. im good with that lol.. i just want it out, i will get a better one later

Craigslist then or sell it to someone you know personally.

if you just want it out, donating it can be a good thing.

I donated my old pc.

[dizmo]

Craigslist or local classifieds. It's not worth selling if it needs to be shipped.

[iLostMyXbox21]

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Craigslist or local classifieds. It's not worth selling if it needs to be shipped.

i cant really use craigslist cause im 15.. plus i dont trust it

 

16 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

someone you know personally.

i dont know many people

[dizmo]

Just now, iLostMyXbox21 said:

i cant really use craigslist cause im 15.. plus i dont trust it

 

i dont know many people

Then hope that someone you know wants to buy it, or keep it.

No one's going to pay $40 for a used HDD when they can get a new one with a warranty for a few dollars more.

[iLostMyXbox21]

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

$40 for a used HDD

20 you mean? it has been brought to my attention by @Firewrath9 that $20 is what i should sell for

[AskTJ]

$10 if you want it to sell quickly.

[aezakmi]

1 minute ago, AskTJ said:

$10 if you want it to sell quickly.

10? Why not $5 instead? /s

[iLostMyXbox21]

5 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

$10 if you want it to sell quickly.

i dont think i can go THAT low lol... maybe $15.. i just need $50 and i have $40

3 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

10? Why not $5 instead? /s

well if we are going lower why tf don’t i just pay YOU $40 to buy it?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Hard Drives are something that is going to be a hard sell unless they utilize legacy standards like IDE. And even then, the market for them are small, usually limited to enthusiasts of old school computers. The thing is that hard drives are so fragile, it's not worth buying a used unit just to save a few bucks. People don't know the history of the drive and relying on something you don't know the history of, with GBs of important data is just not a bright idea. It has to be dirt cheap for anyone to bite. 35 bucks is just not cutting it if I could spend 10 bucks more to get a brand new drive with a proper warranty. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

i'm getting my 1TB SSD this week and my 1TB HDD will go in the closet...it's worthless.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, i_build_nanosuits said:

i'm getting my 1TB SSD this week and my 1TB HDD will go in the closet...it's worthless.

If you have the money to spend on a 1TB SSD, then it is. For the mast majority of users, there's still a market for 1TB Hard Drives. 

[iLostMyXbox21]

6 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

35 bucks is just not cutting it if I could spend 10 bucks more to get a brand new drive with a proper warranty. 

i already decided on $20

 

3 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

i'm getting my 1TB SSD this week and my 1TB HDD will go in the closet...it's worthless.

uhhh... or just use both and have 2tb?

 

2 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

If you have the money to spend on a 1TB SSD, then it is. For the mast majority of users, there's still a market for 1TB Hard Drives. 

especially poor people like me lol

[Poopityscoop]

27 minutes ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

i cant really use craigslist cause im 15.

Dude im younger than that and i buy crap off of newegg all the time! i would just keep it until you get computer or get a enclosure if you get a laptop.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just now, iLostMyXbox21 said:

uhhh... or just use both and have 2tb?

 

no the main reason is to get rid of it because it's noisy...it's the only thing that is making noise in my PC.

[iLostMyXbox21]

1 minute ago, LukeTheCoder05 said:

Dude im younger than that and i buy crap off of newegg all the time! i would just keep it until you get computer or get a enclosure if you get a laptop.

how do you buy off of newegg.. i thought you needed somekind of credit card or whatever

[Poopityscoop]

1 minute ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

how do you buy off of newegg.. i thought you needed somekind of credit card or whatever

I just put cash on pre-paid gift cards and use that. You just put how much you need so if you buy something and someone gets the card numbers, theirs nothing there.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Also it's impossible to erase the files from a HDD until it's written all over at least once...even if you format it there are still ways to get what was on it...so im not selling it

[Boomwebsearch]

58 minutes ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

okay so i have a Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 tb 7200rpm hdd, where can i sell it? I do not have a paypal, or any kind of card to use so i prefer cash (if possible) but i wanna sell it for like... $35 (usually sells for $46) since it is used

I think that eBay would be a good place to sell the hard drive or if you can not have an account there then I would recommend using another service such as "letgo" which you can get signed into with an email address or Google account. I would include a screenshot from Western Digital's Data Lifeguard software utility for the condition of this drive as it would show to the potential buyer the condition of the drive which may make the cost that you are asking for more reasonable.

[Poopityscoop]

Just now, i_build_nanosuits said:

Also it's impossible to erase the files from a HDD until it's written all over at least once...even if you format it there are still ways to get what was on it...so im not selling it

You could do a low-level format which rewrites the tracks and stuff, but it seems sketchy. I would just keep it and use it for anything.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just now, LukeTheCoder05 said:

You could do a low-level format which rewrites the tracks and stuff, but it seems sketchy. I would just keep it and use it for anything.

i plan to push my pictures and music files on it and store it in the closet...if something goes horribly wrong that's one extra copy of my stuff