So I have a late 2011 Macbook Pro that I replaced the TIM on with AS5 and wiped the HDD on. Im trying to sell it but dont know the value of it. One person on FB tried to lowball me (I think) at $350 for an i7 Quad with 4GB (out of 16GB), Thunderbolt, GigE, etc. The MacHeads I know are like…‘dude, keep that thing or if you must sell it, price it at like $800’.
Im at a loss at this point. I dont know what is reasonable to ask for it and where to sell it. CraigsList only got me scammers (one guy had the balls to state he was visiting Nigeria…).
Where I work our Apple cultist prices refurbed Macs at around 1/2 of everymac.com's "current retail" pricing which should put you in the 500 to 700 range.
Craigslist is rough but doable if you can weed through the idiots and scammers. If people won't meet up someplace public in a timely fashion or pay in cash (you can pick up one of those counterfeit checker pens at office supply stores usually) block 'em and move on.
I tried to sell it at $650 OBO. I was even thinking of putting in 8GB of RAM to sweeten the deal. It has El-Capitan. The guy who offered $350 said that in 2-3 years Apple would state it was no longer able to handle MacOS and would put it out to pasture. I still dont see how that makes it only worth $350.
$350 is major low ball, I've sold Core 2 Duo MacBooks in that price range recently. With craigslist people either don't know what the item is or what it is worth, or they think that the person selling it doesn't which leads to some low-ball attempts. It just takes time and patience to deal with the assholes of craigslist.
Alternative you could see if there is an active mac user group in your area or something of that nature. It may be easier to find a serious buyer at something like that.
I've watched people pass on T420's with all the bells and whistles priced at less than $300 to get a '09 or older MacBook for more than $300. The cult of Mac is real, specs aren't everything to these people.
well, I work for a certifed service center and am myself fully A+ and Net+ certified. So, when I opened it up, I took all the necessary precautions as well as used all the appropriate tools. So, I would assume that all was fine internally. I replaced the TIM with AS5 as when I got it (it was given to me by my sister who works for UCLA and gets these for free damn near every year) it would overheat upgrading to El-Capitan. After changing out the dried out paste, it runs smooth and quiet.
I am considering bumping it to 8GB of RAM and if it would improve the price, an SSD.
I work for a Certified Service Center or did that part slip by? We handle Lexmark, Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Cisco, and several others. I was not going to pay the cost to the company to use our parts etc as that would be rather expensive on an OOW computer. So, I can not provide the signed receipts you refer to. I doubt anyone would take a 5 year old mac to a apple store to have it serviced.
And HOT parts only makes sense if it was a 2016 model. No one in their right mind would assume 2011 is Hot parts.