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Trying to gauge a good price for my Dell 9100

post #1 of 14
4/10/06 at 5:25pm
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Heya, I've seen helpful threads in here about what to start with for selling a laptop. I love my Dell 9100, but it's getting about that time. I have a Dell 8600 that works great with 2 years of warranty left on it, so it's time to upgrade my desktop replacement. Here the specs:

Intel 2.8 (the one with more cache but gets real hot) I think Prescott
1 gig of Kingston 3200 DDR2 Ram (base was 256)
60 gig 5400 Drive
WUXGA Screen, Upgrade from WXGA
Dell Truemobile A/B/G Card (thinking 1450)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 256 MB (upgrade from the 64MB 9700 one)
Bluetooth Enabled (upgrade)
NEC 8+/- DVD Burner (upgrade from the 24x burner)

Those are the highlights, there is no warranty left, but I am also throwing in the old 9700 card, and WXGA screen, the 24x burner, and the 256 of Memory if I can find it. What is a reasonable price to ask for it? I have all the origonal software, came with XP Home.

Any thoughts?
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post #2 of 14
4/10/06 at 10:00pm
market isnt so great now on ebay. Maybe someone not so bright will overpay. What week is the vid card? 1000 bucks to 1200 id guess.

xps1 fast hd, p4 3.4, ...1 hour left not even at 1000 yet
9300 w/6800go.....45 minutes....not even 900...

if your vid card is moddable you are adding value.
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post #3 of 14
4/11/06 at 5:10am
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Originally Posted by jebba2005
market isnt so great now on ebay. Maybe someone not so bright will overpay. What week is the vid card? 1000 bucks to 1200 id guess.
If you do sell it on eBay and you use a Buy it Now option, make sure you require immediate payment That way if a non-legit person tries to buy it, your auction will stay up untill someone actually pays for it. I had some Nigerian a$$-clown try to steal my i9100 XPS three times! They use the Buy it Now then send you a fake Paypal payment confirmation email. B@stard!
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post #4 of 14
4/11/06 at 9:23am
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Originally Posted by viperxiv
If you do sell it on eBay and you use a Buy it Now option, make sure you require immediate payment That way if a non-legit person tries to buy it, your auction will stay up untill someone actually pays for it. I had some Nigerian a$$-clown try to steal my i9100 XPS three times! They use the Buy it Now then send you a fake Paypal payment confirmation email. B@stard!
I've heard this is becoming more and more rampant. How hard was the fake paypal notice to spot. Was it good enough that you had to check the source code on it? I would assume checking your real Paypal account first to see if the money is there would be a good way to determine fraud as well? I'm new at selling, so I just wanted to get that out there. I'm thinking of putting a buy it now of 800 out there. I got 2 good years out of my 9100, and if I can get 800 back out of it, and quickly, it would be worth it. I also have a top of the line Dell 8600 that will tide me over in the interum, so it is not like I am going without. Thanks for your help.
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post #5 of 14
4/11/06 at 9:47am
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Originally Posted by Jhiaxus
I've heard this is becoming more and more rampant. How hard was the fake paypal notice to spot. Was it good enough that you had to check the source code on it? I would assume checking your real Paypal account first to see if the money is there would be a good way to determine fraud as well? I'm new at selling, so I just wanted to get that out there. I'm thinking of putting a buy it now of 800 out there. I got 2 good years out of my 9100, and if I can get 800 back out of it, and quickly, it would be worth it. I also have a top of the line Dell 8600 that will tide me over in the interum, so it is not like I am going without. Thanks for your help.
heard the same
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post #6 of 14
4/11/06 at 2:43pm
Yah... always check your Paypal account.

The email was pretty obvious. The actual address was paypalnotificationcare@accountant.com, and a line in there stated that "The funds will be transfered once the item has shipped," which is BS. Either the funds are there or they aren't.

He also asked for my Paypal account name so he could "transfer the money right away." Once you send an invoice with ebay, they have all the information they need to make the payment, so a legit buyer won't have to ask for your Paypal account.

All these clowns have ebay accounts with 0 or sometimes 1 feedback. Ebay doesn't provide a way to block users with 0 feedback (which is stupid), but if you Have Buy it Now, requiring immiediate payment is a must. State that you will not accept bids from anyone with 1 or lower feedback, and delete the bids of 0 and 1 feedbackers.

I would put a buy it now of at least $1,000, but $800 would get it sold quickly I'm sure. I actually ended up selling mine to someone I know, so I don't know what people are paying. When I was listing it last month, $1,200 was the going price, but just poke around the auctions yourself to get an idea.
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post #7 of 14
4/12/06 at 11:13am
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Originally Posted by viperxiv
Yah... always check your Paypal account.

The email was pretty obvious. The actual address was paypalnotificationcare@accountant.com, and a line in there stated that "The funds will be transfered once the item has shipped," which is BS. Either the funds are there or they aren't.

He also asked for my Paypal account name so he could "transfer the money right away." Once you send an invoice with ebay, they have all the information they need to make the payment, so a legit buyer won't have to ask for your Paypal account.

All these clowns have ebay accounts with 0 or sometimes 1 feedback. Ebay doesn't provide a way to block users with 0 feedback (which is stupid), but if you Have Buy it Now, requiring immiediate payment is a must. State that you will not accept bids from anyone with 1 or lower feedback, and delete the bids of 0 and 1 feedbackers.

I would put a buy it now of at least $1,000, but $800 would get it sold quickly I'm sure. I actually ended up selling mine to someone I know, so I don't know what people are paying. When I was listing it last month, $1,200 was the going price, but just poke around the auctions yourself to get an idea.
Thanks for all your help, with the extras I am throwing in 1000 BIN doesn't seem like a bad idea. I just need to open it up clean it, and clean the outside. Is it worth taking apart the heatsink to the 9800 to find out the week it was made? I'm not a novice at putting together laptops, but heatsinks on expensive parts worry me. Thanks for all your help so far.
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post #8 of 14
4/12/06 at 4:28pm
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Originally Posted by Jhiaxus
Thanks for all your help, with the extras I am throwing in 1000 BIN doesn't seem like a bad idea. I just need to open it up clean it, and clean the outside. Is it worth taking apart the heatsink to the 9800 to find out the week it was made? I'm not a novice at putting together laptops, but heatsinks on expensive parts worry me. Thanks for all your help so far.
I don't think the heatsink on the video card is too difficult to get off (I don't remeber for sure, but either way I took it off and put it back on myself. It was my first time taking apart a laptop, so it couldn't have been that hard). I'm sure if you put it up on ebay someone is bound to want to know, so you have to make that call.

Whatever you do, don't take the heatsink off the CPU, 'cuz the CPU chip is glued to the bottom of the unit, and the unit obscures the CPU slot locking screw!

Also note that Dell has a step-by-step guide on their site for taking the 9100 apart. It's pretty easy to follow but doesn't always show all the screws you have to loose. I almost broke the speaker assembly because of it!
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post #9 of 14
4/12/06 at 7:04pm
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Originally Posted by viperxiv
Whatever you do, don't take the heatsink off the CPU, 'cuz the CPU chip is glued to the bottom of the unit, and the unit obscures the CPU slot locking screw!
It's not glued, it's just the heat compound they use is really thick so it's hard to get the heatsink to separate from the CPU spreader. When I changed out my 3.0 Pres for the 2.6 Northwood I noticed that too. Use AS5 in the future and the problem is gone.
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post #10 of 14
4/12/06 at 8:27pm
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Originally Posted by TimmyMcOwnsYou
It's not glued, it's just the heat compound they use is really thick so it's hard to get the heatsink to separate from the CPU spreader. When I changed out my 3.0 Pres for the 2.6 Northwood I noticed that too. Use AS5 in the future and the problem is gone.
What's a safe way to get the CPU un-stuck?
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post #11 of 14
4/17/06 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by viperxiv
What's a safe way to get the CPU un-stuck?
Run a cpu intensive programm or benchmark for 15 minutes and quickly switch it off and take the computer apart. If it is still warm it will be easier to remove.
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post #12 of 14
4/20/06 at 3:21pm
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Thanks guys, you were right on the mark. I got 950 for the laptop, so you guys are good.
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post #13 of 14
4/20/06 at 3:23pm
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Originally Posted by viperxiv
If you do sell it on eBay and you use a Buy it Now option, make sure you require immediate payment That way if a non-legit person tries to buy it, your auction will stay up untill someone actually pays for it. I had some Nigerian a$$-clown try to steal my i9100 XPS three times! They use the Buy it Now then send you a fake Paypal payment confirmation email. B@stard!
I followed your advice, limited low feedback bidders, no shipping overseas, except to a APO. I was worried that the immediate payment would turn people off, but not two minutes after the win, was the money there (and I logged into paypal to check). Great advice!
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post #14 of 14
4/20/06 at 6:38pm
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Originally Posted by Jhiaxus
I followed your advice, limited low feedback bidders, no shipping overseas, except to a APO. I was worried that the immediate payment would turn people off, but not two minutes after the win, was the money there (and I logged into paypal to check). Great advice!
Always up to help... Glad it worked out!
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