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by klingon

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Hello all. I'm asking this here because I often see people mentioning that they picked up this software or that hardware at a yard sale. Well, I'm having one tomorrow and need advice.

I have a PII 300mhz Compaq. (Presario I think) 64mb RAM. 8gb HD. 17" monitor with built-on side speakers. CD-rom. That's about it.

What in the heck would you charge for something like this? I've never even been to a yard sale so I don't have a clue.

$200??

Thanks for any advice.

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by able-admin

I'd pay around $100 for that...but I'm sure somebody might pay $200

check around on Ebay..sometimes you can get a better price by selling it online

by soylantgreen

I would give you a swift kick in the @ss for it. :)
Seriously, COMPAQ sucks. We all know it.
Who here HASN'T had problems w/ those stinkin' boxes?
I wouldn't sell it, I'd GIVE it away to my most hated enemy in the hopes that he'd use it and loosehis friggin' mind trying to sort through the myriad error messages.

by james r linn

I've worked on Compaq's since 286s.

Yes they have their quirks, but so do other machines. No one vendor has a monopoly on either good or bad machines.

I am under the impression that their Presarios are quirkier than Compaq's business class machines, which I have used for about 15 years.

Once you get the driver issues settled out, they usually give good service. The same can be said for other hardware vendors - ATI video cards for example.

As for getting fair market value for it - I'd check the local paper and or internet newsgroups to get an idea of the price range.

James

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