I think I'm Crazy!

[mVp24]

Well I think I'm crazy. I've only had my PC for 3 days and it's absolutely perfect! However, I put it up for sale on Craigslist :wavey: I already got an offer for $1500...you guys think that's fair?

PS: I think when I'm an adult I need to go into buisness so far I've:

Negotiated the price on our Mercedes with the manager

Sold a pentium D/7600GT xXx system for $1100

Am now selling this...

I'm only 14, wonder what I'll be like if actually deal with this for a living

 

[Ham]

How much did you pay for it?

 

[mVp24]

Around $1390

 

[Ham]

Not a bad profit then. But you have too be happy with no computer for a few weeks

 

[mVp24]

Not a bad profit then. But you have too be happy with no computer for a few weeks

Got the Dell...just no gaming.

 

[glocktodahead]

hell i'd do it lol. Making a profit is always good and then turn around and build a new PC lol

 

[Pseudonym]

That's not a huge profit though, i mean $55 for time & labour. I'd personally wait for a higher offer.

 

[Rastalovich]

Around $1390

Not enough profit for me tbh.

However, u don`t have major bills or anything yet do u ? So it seems more than it is.

What IT or other techs would put into this is how much they would get paid per hour to build this as a job - frankly that`d take it well in excess of $2k, so it`s hard to accept that. Plus if u enjoyed it, then it`s not exactly work. I would call labor more than just putting the thing together, u have to trawl forums for this`n`that, test things etc etc

Thing u could bare in mind is to make u`r money from this one, buy stuff not as-new (as top of the range, xyz gfxcard instead of xfx) to build another one of similar spec. But be sure the goods are of a good enough quality not to bite u in the butt. Or sell the item as-is, with no comeback after a couple of weeks - private sale after all.

In the meantime, u bank the surplus to build u`r own rig.

It`ll seem a slow process to start with, but the monies do tend to increase increasingly in amounts, til u can afford to build 2 rigs at the same time to sell AND already have u`r own. Beauty of this is, if a new piece of kit hits the scene, G90 card or summit, u can very easily afford to buy it at the extortionate price it hits the scene at without worrying about it, cos u know it`ll sell later as an item.

Biggest thing to overcome is the "come-back" factor. Sell them as-is, be sure the user is happy with it when they get it.. then u have to walk away - even if it goes against the grain to do so. Cos all these pcs will add up and u will soon find alot of u`r time taken up with "meh, my printer doesn`t work on this one, it did on the old one I had - this one u sold me isn`t much use cos it don`t even work my printer - eff sake" - gotta get the hell away from any situations like that.

 

[PP Mguire]

Yea if you get to the point to you can have 2 rigs then you can pretty much do what i call a "Fable". Best thing is, you get good enough at doing this you could get into stock when your older and make some real money.

 

[mVp24]

I really think I may start a business or something soon. I'm very business minded, and my dad and brother are both very knowledgeable about businesses. I want to be the next Dell Just without all the crap...and maybe on a smaller scale.

Ok, MUCH smaller.

Anyways, when I do get to the point where I'll be making alot, I'll probably make a pwnage rig for myself and then build a small server for my dad

 

[Mr. Smith]

I think the offer is a bit low, but then maybe I'm greedy lol.