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    What's a good price on MBP 13" 1 mo old

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by bogatyr, Mar 22, 2012.

  1. bogatyr

    bogatyr Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm thinking about selling my personal MBP and switching to the MBA as I find my work MBA has plenty of power with only the 4GB of RAM (as long as I run only 1 VM). The MBA is much more convenient to use and I find that I dread pulling out my MBP now.

    It is the baseline 13" which goes for $1000-1100 new at most places. I added a crucial C300 256GB SSD and 16GB of RAM to it. I won't need either after going to the MBA so I'd prefer to sell them with the laptop. It's only 1 month old, perfect condition. What is a fair price to ask for it?
     
    bogatyr, Mar 22, 2012
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  2. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    maybe 1300 or so
     
    masterchef341, Mar 22, 2012
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You'd be better off putting the original HDD and RAM back in and selling everything separately.


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    saturnotaku, Mar 22, 2012
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    thats a solid idea
     
    masterchef341, Mar 22, 2012
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    Agreed. Sell the SSD and RAM separately, you'll get more money out of it.

    For a stock, baseline MBP, probably looking at around $1000. The local Best Buy has open-box units (same specs) for around $1050.

    You could drop it down to $950, but that might be too low. It would sell, though.
     
    formerglory, Mar 22, 2012
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  6. bogatyr

    bogatyr Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for the help guys. I'll swap out the drives and RAM and sell them separately.
     
    bogatyr, Mar 22, 2012
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    I would say a little over 1100....just sell the stuff separately. You'll make more money that way.
     
    chavalo_nm1, Mar 27, 2012
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  8. bogatyr

    bogatyr Notebook Evangelist

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    I sold the MBP for 950 today. Saving the RAM for a mac mini that I plan on getting down the road. Now to sell a used SSD, should be fun :/
     
    bogatyr, Mar 28, 2012
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