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March 20th, 2010 
Ifydcat I have a few Dell Dimension 4600′s and some old 15″ CRT monitors. I want to get the most money possible for them but I’m finding out most people don’t want to pay much at all for used computer equipment. I tried Craigslist and advertising them in our newsletter and will probably put them on eBay, but wanted to see if anyone knows how to get the best return on our investment for this equipment. By the way, I’m not using this forum to advertise them, so please don’t make offers, I’m just looking for marketing suggestions. Thanks.
BTW, the PC is 3 years old. I realize this is ancient in the world of computers, but it’s a modified Dell with an upgraded video card. It can run most of the new games without a problem. They don’t run with the graphics at the highest resolution, but it gets the job done.
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Take it to the pawn shop and they would buy it off of you.
Unfortunately those aren’t going to get you a lot of green.
You might be better off donating these to some charitable organization and get the receipts and use them to reduce your income tax. You’d benefit some needy organization with the hardware and maybe save a few bucks that would otherwise go to taxes.
your CRTs arn’t worth anything right now. You’ll be lucky to get $20 per. As of computers … eBay or charity would be your best bet. Those are waaay to old, sry.
If you have an eBay membership, try Half.com, the lower-priced arm of eBay. One membership gets you into either one. But be sure the hard drives are cleaned up and everything is operating properly.
Most pawn shops won’t take them, they can’t sell them either. Parents won’t buy them for their kids, the kids are smart enough to want newer, better, etc,. etc.
i would say sell it piece by piece to people or on ebay or seomthing because you can get alot more than if you go the whole thing
give it to charity and deduct on taxes maybe, besides what you can buy these days for the money makes your’s of little or no value just give it away to a young family member or someone that can use it
There are places where you can recycle them…I don’t know if they pay anything though.
I work for an IT service provider and we set up asset recycling and recovery projects for our clients.
Check out this site. You may be able to get cash for turning the products in to a computer recycling company
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03004c/businesscenter/smb/us/en/contenttemplate/gcl_xmlid/65152/nav_id/resources
Unfortunately, CRTs are becoming obsolete. If you don’t have luck with craigslist or ebay, you probably won’t be able to sell them.
In some cities, hazardous disposal laws are such that you can’t legally throw them away (which you shouldn’t do anyway), and you’ll have to pay anywhere up to $50 to get them recycled.
If you don’t want to do that, find out if you can give them away to a school, or find a free exchange website. In our area we have twincitiesfreemarket.org.
I know you were originally asking about selling these, but my experience is you won’t have any luck.
cut the motherboard up and make key chains out of them. Depending on the age of the tower and if they are compatable with the newer motherboards, you might be able to sell them for a few bucks. Unless the powersupply is more than 350-400w, that is almost useless but could be sold on Ebay. Anything else in the PC is useless junk.
The monitors – if they work, you might be able to sell them for a few dollars – $5. Your going to pay for salvage/recycling cost – and you can’t get rid of them at a local dump.
Post them on your Local Craigslist http://www.craigslist.org. I have sold many computers and many other things on this site. It is absolutely free. Good luck.
donate them to a school system and take the tax right off
Try a few pawn shops. Go to several and get offers then take it to the highest payer.
Well, as “old PCs” you won’t get much for them as is, but if you modify them and then resell them as something new you might get more for them. Think of what you have now as materials instead of junk.
For instance, if you have several 15″ monitors and PCs laying around then buy some security cameras and monitoring software. Add some larger hard drives and then sell the PCs with the monitors and everything you added as digital home security systems. The money you spent on upgrades you can recoup when you sell it as a home security system (of course you will likely need to set it up for whoever buys it). As a home security system, nobody is looking at the specs of the PC. You don’t need a super high end CPU or flat panel LCD monitors for it to be effective and so you’ve turned your old PC into something useful that won’t go obsolete tomorrow since almost any old PC can be used for this purpose. So now you have a product with some value to it over just old PCs and monitors. Sure it’s a long shot and requires some extra research and labor, but if it sells you stand a far better chance of making money.
Otherwise if you just try to sell away old used PCs and CRT monitors then you’re not going to get much for them if anything.
i took my old stuff to a pawn shop, but i didn’t get much…maybe $20 for a monitor. the printer they didn’t even want.
Honestly, no one wants an old computer…If I were you, I would donate it and use it as a tax write-off. you’ll get the most that way, but it won’t be immediate cash.
donate them, take the donation off your taxes
OK , This is the best way to make your money back….
Find the biggest hammer you have …Just smack the hell out of it and consider it therapy…..The cost of a regular session would run hundreds . So consider your self ahead……It felt good didn’t it ?
The slickest and easiest way is to donate it to Goodwill (IF they will take such an old computer) and take it as a tax write off. It is toward the end of the year, so now is a good time to do so.
Acknowledge that you have a used and difficulte item to get “meaningful” money out of. Keep it. It makes an ideal “core” for (1) setting burglar alarms (2) turning off and on lights around the house (3) Monitering(off and on) on sprinklers (4) storeing recipies and phone numbers (5) running music systems around the house (6) locking and unlocking doors, both human and non-human, and on and on.
donate and write off in taxes
donate and write off the taxes. Ditto for cars over 12 years old
You will never get as much money for a PC as you would by selling it overseas …. especially to people residing in the Middle East.
They pay about 5 times as much for this technology as we do.
The logistics of how to go about this can vary & are up to you.
regards,
Philip T
go to work.work hard u can get money to buy it.
I’m with giving it to charity or goodwill and writing off on your taxes…you know you can claim up to $500.00 a year for donations..no questions asked. Any more than that you will need proof….you won’t get much for it anywhere else.
do what i do ,, refurbish them and clean them,, then
either, try to sell at a yard sale ,,for a minimal price,, $50-$60 bucks complete,, then if you cant then ,,,
donate them to charity and use it as a charitable contribution so you can use it as a deduction on your taxes,, that will give it the best value
no one wants older comps like that, for 2 reasons
1. just too slow and doesnt allow much for upgrading,,
2. ebay, craigslist yahoo auctions, and sites like that,, the shipping cost is way too high to send,, its more than the value of the comp system,, average is about $50 bucks for shipping,,, for a tower and monitor
also 15 ” CRT monitors are dinosaurs in todays comp market,,,
do yourself a favor,, if you cant sell them off before the holidays ,, try a comp trade show, some still buy older stuff and put newer stuff in it,, but if all fails,,
give to charity before the end of the year and claim for a tax credit,,,
or you have one other option,, take all the boards out , take all the metal and take it to a scrap yard and get some money for it,,, scrap out the boards the pins on the boards are made of 1/10 of a troy ounce of gold… alot of comp dealers i know are doing that ,,, w/ all their out dated mother boards, sound and video cards and modem and ethernet cards !!!!
Please!! Don’t Donate it to your local school system, if you can’t use it, they can’t. Especially the older models! Normally what happens is the school can’t use it and then they have to pay to get rid of it, thus costing the school system money for your unwanted old computer. Not Cool!!! So, don’t donate it to a school system unless they ask.
they are essentially worthless, sorry.
hmmm… i would go with ebay but you dont know how much people will pay for them. The first thing you should do is look how the market is, meaning check out the prices of other places and if the prices are good for them it probably will be good for you. I know thier used but that doesnt mean thier not worth anything, in fact i would rather buy something used for cheaper then get it new. When you are making ads, try giving people some facts such as if you know the price of the non used item give them that price and say compare that to my price. Also a good ad doesnt have to be original but it has to catch the eye. I actually am a computer programer and i know that, that model should be worth around 50-170$ used (170 is almost impossible your going to have to sell it to a baby to get that price). My own advice is not what you want to hear but ill say it “dont try to get much out of this because when it comes to computer everyone wants the new and improved version and thats about it,” sad but true. If you dont believe me do you have an old computer? I thought so… Well i hope this helps!
take it to a place like a computer shop were they buy used parts they may want them for parts.
E-Bay!!
I really don’t know what you’re talking about.Sorry
You should know by now, that computers aren’t that great at resale!!! unfortunately they are more of being a disposable commodity!!
Donate them to a computer club so that they can be disected by the kids. You aren’t going to get much in the way of cash for them, but you could help some kids learn about the inner workings of computers…. you might also be able to claim a deduction on your taxes for the donation, but I’m not sure about that.
I think you would get the most from them by donating them to either the local schools, or some type of non-profit organization like Goodwill or the Salvation Army, possibly an agency for the homeless or jobless.
can you send me a little more info on those computers I may have a buyer for you cause on fee bay you will lose money new ones are to cheap and the listing fees will kill your profit
Overclock the CPU, watercool and seal the system and turn it into a functional computer/fishtank!!!
Sorry but electronics depreciate at 30x the rate of other high end purchases. Licenses are the main reason – they are non-transferable. The best you can hope for is a free recycling location – if you are in SoCal you can call 1-877 PC RECYCLE for a drop site. Good Luck!
simple answer concerning your 15″ CTR Monitors,..it’s against the law to throw them away, So…..place them as a donation to any small church, Good Will store, etc….. “tax right off”
Now concerning your 4600 models it is true that many people do not want a system in that time zone (era) change out the mother board if need be “UP Grade” decal your system with nice art work you know it is not about decieving anyone, nowadays people are about looks, if the system looks good it would’nt matter what type,year, or build. OR SPEED!!!
rub dirt on it!
just charge $75 to $100 and be done with it…
sell it to a blind person for max. bucks.
Donate it to charity like Goodwill where some poor or indigent family might get some use out of it. Or, donate it to a school.
If you donate it to Goodwill, you’ll get a receipt you can use for a tax write off. You may even get more money that way than if you sell it on eBay; the people at Goodwill almost always estimate the value of something at more than it actually is!
pawn shop or newspapers are your best bet…Ive got a 98 DELL model upgraded to a 2000 with DVD/CD burner..High speed ready with speakers for only 165$ and he delivered it…
1) Try yahoo auctions.
2) Buy it a used cheap 17″ or 15″ LCD.
3) Giveaway your old CRT monitor.
4) Now you can sell it with the best price.
5) Try hi-seasons. Try at the beginning of the academical year and so.
get an alienware case from ebay
install all your parts
and sell it as an alienware
you will get probably about 400 to 500 more (at least)
another thing is sell your 15 inch CRT on ebay separate
go to http://www.newegg.com, buy a 17 inch LCD
and sell it with the “alienware” computer and it will boost the price by 200 to 300 (the LCD only will cost about 170)
http://www.craigslist.org
Your best bet is to sell the individual components. The hard drive and motherboard are most valuable, as well as extremely cheap to ship.
Sadly, the rest of your computer is likely worthless – especially at three years old. On the bright side, if you know a thing or two about IDE cables and how to use a screwdriver, disassembly is a breeze. Most of the components in a computer are surprisingly rugged, but slide in and out of various slots easily.
Alas, a CRT is – literally – worth nothing. Type in “We recycle computers” and your zip code into Google, and just take the remaining components down there. They will rebuild a working unit and give to a local school or charity. At least, you gain the satisfaction of having made the world a (slightly) cleaner place for our children.
Give to an organization that needs it.
I gave a fully functioning P2 computer with 17Inch Sony
monitor a school for $0 dollars on Craig’s List.
Otherwise
Worry, Fret, Argue with YourSelf how much you can get
for IT.
Be smart: It ain’t worth a lot.
try giving it a thrift shop and getting a tax deduction