Need opinion on what large lot of laptops are worth.

[gijoey198079]

A guy not to far from me went bankrupt and sold off everything he had a few months back and I went in and bought everything he had, total was about 120 laptops and boxes upon boxes of parts, hdd's, ram, lcd screens, and some motherboards new and unopened.

Long story short I basically got them home pulled all the newer stuff out, anything less than 5 years old, and fixed it. I am now left with a bunch of crap I do not want taking up space.

Basically, thinking about putting a lot on craigslist for sale and sell them all at one time but not sure what to ask for them. There are NO hard drives, ram, or chargers. There are about 10-11 IBM thinkpads from PII - PIII, 12 Dell (the old black ones) with PII - P4 processors, and a bunch of other random computers. There are about 40 complete and another 10-20 in halves. I know there are at least 10-15 of them that power right up and work perfectly, just no internal wifi slots.

So what do you guys think is a good price for all these? I only paid $300 for everything and I have probably made over $2000 already and still got some left to sell as well as all kinds of extra parts I'm keeping.

[opamp]

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That was a good score man(thumbs up) . If I were you I would list them at $500 and see what happens. Let somebody talk you down you know what I mean...

[Topcat]

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the older ones that can be made to work for nothing but bare minimums of expense or just your time, fix them and donate them to charitable organizations, it will create a nice tax deduction for you. The outright junk, send it to the recycler or sell it all for 10 bucks or whatever anyone would be willing to pay.

I did a lot of these kinds of things with Dell USFF desktops....I'd buy large lots, recap them and get them all running perfect.... After that, they'd be sold at a phone call....couldn't keep them around.

[gijoey198079]

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I just listed them with no price and said I would like to get $6-$10 each for them but would entertain offers.

You should have seen it before I picked through, at least 4 hp dv6000, 2 dv2000, dv9000, g60, cq62, toshiba a205, l205, c655, bunch of dell d610's and d600's, even a dell xps plus a bunch of acers and 5 mini's.

I got really lucky on that one, one of those right place right time kinda things.

[opamp]

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You should have seen it before I picked through, at least 4 hp dv6000, 2 dv2000, dv9000, g60, cq62, toshiba a205, l205, c655, bunch of dell d610's and d600's, even a dell xps plus a bunch of acers and 5 mini's.

I got really lucky on that one, one of those right place right time kinda things.

I bet you were digging through that like a hungry honey badger...good for you man.

[gijoey198079]

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Yeah, I should sell some of these tv's sitting here I'm probably never gonna fix, lol. I got 5 LCD's and 2 plasmas just collecting dust, most just need main boards.

[opamp]

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You live to far away otherwise I would have taken a look at your stuff.

[ratdude747]

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I just listed them with no price and said I would like to get $6-$10 each for them but would entertain offers.

You should have seen it before I picked through, at least 4 hp dv6000, 2 dv2000, dv9000, g60, cq62, toshiba a205, l205, c655, bunch of dell d610's and d600's, even a dell xps plus a bunch of acers and 5 mini's.

I got really lucky on that one, one of those right place right time kinda things.

Unless those were the ones you already picked through, Some you may be able to sell separately for more. The DV6000 and DV9000 are worth something. As are the D600 and D610... Good laptops indeed.

If I were local I'd take a look at the old ones... they bring back memories.

[gijoey198079]

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Those are the ones I kept, still got a couple of the d600 series ones here. Most the dv series all had bad gpu's, reflowed them and got em going agian.

If anyone on here is interested I'm about right in the middle between nashville and memphis TN. Or if needing any parts let me know.

[ratdude747]

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Any Dell C400 series stuff in there?

Or a dell C_40 (C640, C840, etc.)?

[gijoey198079]

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I think there is at least 1-2 c640's and c840's. Anything in particular you need.

[ratdude747]

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I think there is at least 1-2 c640's and c840's. Anything in particular you need.

Nah, just curious. Actually, Maybe I should be asking about the c_10 series; I have 512mb of PC133 SDRAM with no home.

[gijoey198079]

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Now that is some old stuff, nothing c-10.

[ratdude747]

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Now that is some old stuff, nothing c-10.

C_10 is one below the c_40. No 20's or 30's. Pentium III mobile (tualatin).

Older yet woul be the c_00 series (PIII Coppermine, won't work with my RAM) or the non-numbered C series (PII and older).

[opamp]

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I just remembered do you have a Compaq Armada 1700 in there? I got one that holds sentimental value I would like to get up and running again. Let me know if you got parts for it.

[gijoey198079]

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No sorry all the compaqs are evo's and presarios.

[momaka]

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If they don't have hard drives, RAM, or power supplies, I don't think you'll be able to get much for them. The individual parts may be worth a lot more, though (CPU, motherboard, screen, inverter, etc.). The high-end Pentium 4's should be alright.

IMO, the Pentium 3s and IIs make nice simple file servers though (for documents or to mess on, that is), and they are pretty efficient too.

[ratdude747]

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I just remembered do you have a Compaq Armada 1700 in there? I got one that holds sentimental value I would like to get up and running again. Let me know if you got parts for it.

I think have a busted one. Cracked screen, lost the HDD caddy (may find it someday, maybe). 333mhx PII dixon. I may have pulled the RAM (I have a spare 128mb PC100 module sitting). Ran up until I busted the screen. Even the battery has some life left (ran for 30 mins under wi2k)

I also have a 1024x768 panel from a HP EVO Nc6000... not sure if it's the same size, if so, then I might have what you're looking for.

[gijoey198079]

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If they don't have hard drives, RAM, or power supplies, I don't think you'll be able to get much for them. The individual parts may be worth a lot more, though (CPU, motherboard, screen, inverter, etc.). The high-end Pentium 4's should be alright.

IMO, the Pentium 3s and IIs make nice simple file servers though (for documents or to mess on, that is), and they are pretty efficient too.

I would honestly be happy to get $100 for them, just really need the space, can't pull car in garage because of them. I added 8 good 14.1 and 15" screens to the lot.

[t.j.]

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got any 2x 15.6 screens in the lot! what ya want for it??