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 by: SH - Wed, 26 May 2021 08:47 UTC

I have a number of motherboards in the loft all populated with RAm and a
CPU.

I whish to sell them on:

Which is is going to get me the most money?

(a) Sell as complete bundles

or

(b) sell them in separate parts?

And which is better:

Gumtree or Ebay?

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 by: Theo - Wed, 26 May 2021 11:25 UTC

SH <i.love.spam@spam.com> wrote:
> I have a number of motherboards in the loft all populated with RAm and a
> CPU.
>
> I whish to sell them on:
>
> Which is is going to get me the most money?
>
> (a) Sell as complete bundles
>
> or
>
> (b) sell them in separate parts?
>
> And which is better:
>

It really depends, on age among other things.

Look at sold listings on ebay, use an ebay calculator for how much they
would take for fees, and look up how much postage would be.

If they're old but not vintage it's possible the value of larger RAM modules
is worth more than the motherboard with it on, but you'd have to check. But
I doubt anyone cares about say 512MB DDR2 modules.

> Gumtree or Ebay?

Really depends on your local market. IMHO people aren't going to bother to
travel far for cheap parts which they could easily have delivered. But I
suppose if you're in a city centre you might have enough people who can pick
up from around the corner.

Theo

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 by: GB - Wed, 26 May 2021 11:45 UTC

On 26/05/2021 12:25, Theo wrote:

>> Gumtree or Ebay?
>
> Really depends on your local market. IMHO people aren't going to bother to
> travel far for cheap parts which they could easily have delivered. But I
> suppose if you're in a city centre you might have enough people who can pick
> up from around the corner.
>
> Theo
>

There's also Facebook.

My limited experience of these things is that I am worried about
scammers. With gumtree and facebook, there's less scope for that. It's a
face to face transaction - you hand over the item and receive cash. I
suppose the cash might be forged, but it's hardly worth it for a
secondhand computer part. Plus, you don't have to box the item up and
arrange a courier.

Ebay prices will be higher, but I'm not convinced it's worth the extra
risk and hassle.

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 by: JoeJoe - Wed, 26 May 2021 23:17 UTC

On 26/05/2021 09:47, SH wrote:
> I have a number of motherboards in the loft all populated with RAm and a
> CPU.
>
> I whish to sell them on:
>
> Which is is going to get me the most money?
>
> (a) Sell as complete bundles
>
> or
>
> (b) sell them in separate parts?
>
> And which is better:
>
> Gumtree or Ebay?

These days I tend to list on both at the same time, or try first on
GumTree (no fees) and only when it fails to sell, on eBay.

Tricky object (fragile, electrical, phones, parts) are a real hassle on
eBay - "does not work" (when you know that it did you you posted it), a
lot of monkey business with 2nd hand phones (retuning, but not the one
you sent them, etc). Much better on GumTree which tends to be local.

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 by: Theo - Thu, 27 May 2021 10:01 UTC

JoeJoe <no@mail.com> wrote:
> These days I tend to list on both at the same time, or try first on
> GumTree (no fees) and only when it fails to sell, on eBay.
>
> Tricky object (fragile, electrical, phones, parts) are a real hassle on
> eBay - "does not work" (when you know that it did you you posted it), a
> lot of monkey business with 2nd hand phones (retuning, but not the one
> you sent them, etc). Much better on GumTree which tends to be local.

My take on this is Gumtree is a transfer of hassle from the seller onto the
buyer. I see an advert:

- first I need to enquire if it's still available? Many adverts are old and
sellers don't take them down

- then I need to arrange a time to visit with the seller

- at that time I typically need to travel 30 minutes or more each way
(even in town - traffic is slow, etc)

- then I need to fully inspect the item to satisy myself it's working as I
have no comeback post-sale. This is particularly troublesome during COVID
due to the inability to enter people's homes to test electrical items

Meanwhile on ebay I click 'buy now' and the item arrives by courier some
days later. Zero hassle. Especially in WFH times when there's less worry
about missed deliveries.

I would only consider Gumtree at the moment for items which are easy to
check condition outside just by looking at them and can't easily be posted
(eg furniture).

I take the point about bad buyers. I would protect yourself by taking
photos of the item before sending it, including serial numbers,
distinguishing marks etc. I think some categories are more dodgy in this
respect than others.

(in counterpoint, I did come across a fridge-laundering ring on Gumtree once)

Dual-listing on Gumtree and ebay sounds like a good idea - gives buyers the
option of doing it either way. And you can add the cost of your hassle into
the ebay price.

Theo

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 by: RJH - Thu, 27 May 2021 10:45 UTC

On 27 May 2021 at 11:01:53 BST, "Theo" <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
wrote:

> JoeJoe <no@mail.com> wrote:
>> These days I tend to list on both at the same time, or try first on
>> GumTree (no fees) and only when it fails to sell, on eBay.
>>
>> Tricky object (fragile, electrical, phones, parts) are a real hassle on
>> eBay - "does not work" (when you know that it did you you posted it), a
>> lot of monkey business with 2nd hand phones (retuning, but not the one
>> you sent them, etc). Much better on GumTree which tends to be local.
>
> My take on this is Gumtree is a transfer of hassle from the seller onto the
> buyer. I see an advert:
>
> - first I need to enquire if it's still available? Many adverts are old and
> sellers don't take them down
>
> - then I need to arrange a time to visit with the seller
>
> - at that time I typically need to travel 30 minutes or more each way
> (even in town - traffic is slow, etc)
>
> - then I need to fully inspect the item to satisy myself it's working as I
> have no comeback post-sale. This is particularly troublesome during COVID
> due to the inability to enter people's homes to test electrical items
>
>
> Meanwhile on ebay I click 'buy now' and the item arrives by courier some
> days later. Zero hassle. Especially in WFH times when there's less worry
> about missed deliveries.
>
> I would only consider Gumtree at the moment for items which are easy to
> check condition outside just by looking at them and can't easily be posted
> (eg furniture).
>

Good points. I've had some success selling stuff on Nextdoor (a data mining ad
based local community type thing). The disincentive to mis-sell something is
that the buyer is usually pretty much on your doorstep. And I think everybody
uses real names. I tend to round the asking price down to ebay less fees less
a bit sort of price.

Biggest irritant for me as a buyer is people who don't take sold items down -
as you say.

--
Cheers, Rob

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 by: JoeJoe - Sun, 30 May 2021 23:01 UTC

On 27/05/2021 11:01, Theo wrote:
> JoeJoe <no@mail.com> wrote:
>> These days I tend to list on both at the same time, or try first on
>> GumTree (no fees) and only when it fails to sell, on eBay.
>>
>> Tricky object (fragile, electrical, phones, parts) are a real hassle on
>> eBay - "does not work" (when you know that it did you you posted it), a
>> lot of monkey business with 2nd hand phones (retuning, but not the one
>> you sent them, etc). Much better on GumTree which tends to be local.
>
> My take on this is Gumtree is a transfer of hassle from the seller onto the
> buyer. I see an advert:
>
> - first I need to enquire if it's still available? Many adverts are old and
> sellers don't take them down
>
> - then I need to arrange a time to visit with the seller
>
> - at that time I typically need to travel 30 minutes or more each way
> (even in town - traffic is slow, etc)
>
> - then I need to fully inspect the item to satisy myself it's working as I
> have no comeback post-sale. This is particularly troublesome during COVID
> due to the inability to enter people's homes to test electrical items
>
>
> Meanwhile on ebay I click 'buy now' and the item arrives by courier some
> days later. Zero hassle. Especially in WFH times when there's less worry
> about missed deliveries.
>
> I would only consider Gumtree at the moment for items which are easy to
> check condition outside just by looking at them and can't easily be posted
> (eg furniture).
>
> I take the point about bad buyers. I would protect yourself by taking
> photos of the item before sending it, including serial numbers,
> distinguishing marks etc. I think some categories are more dodgy in this
> respect than others.
>
> (in counterpoint, I did come across a fridge-laundering ring on Gumtree once)
>
> Dual-listing on Gumtree and ebay sounds like a good idea - gives buyers the
> option of doing it either way. And you can add the cost of your hassle into
> the ebay price.
>
> Theo

I found from personal experience that there are a lot of people who
prefer the:

- option to physically inspect/view an item before they part with their
money (rather than having to chase a refund later)
- immediacy of GumTree. eBay takes time. With slow sellers can be a long
time. With GumTree you can have it with you before the day's end.
- opportunity to haggle. I have yet to come across someone who agreed
to purchase at the advertised price. I therefore always add around 10%
or do to the price I ask, give them a 10% discount "discount" when they
ask for one, and both side are satisfied.

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