Selling Prebuilt PCs?

[Hansha]

I got some money saved up from some jobs and decided to build a pc and sell it for a little profit.

I build the PC and get ready to sell it on PC Bay where it tells me to use the white labels on my desk to sell the PC...but there arent any labels on the desk...

Am I missing something or are they just bugged?

[TwinShadow]

The white PC Bay labels are just to the left of where your main work PC is located on the table. I don't have an image of their actual location though.

[Turbo]

Did you use cheat engine? That messed things up so the labels don't appear.

[X-SR71]

So far, selling on pcbay has been horrible for me. It sells around used resale value even if you buy all new hardware and put it up there.

A brand new pc at around 1500 3dmark score sold for just around $300

[KG79]

Originally posted by X-SR71:

So far, selling on pcbay has been horrible for me. It sells around used resale value even if you buy all new hardware and put it up there.

A brand new pc at around 1500 3dmark score sold for just around $300

If that's the case then there should be someting done on it. PCs with new parts should also make a little profit. Couldn't try this, as yesterday I did not manage it to level up that far...

[Hansha]

Originally posted by Turbo:

Did you use cheat engine? That messed things up so the labels don't appear.

Whoopsie

[Hansha]

Originally posted by Ｈａｎｓｈａ:

Originally posted by Turbo:

Did you use cheat engine? That messed things up so the labels don't appear.

Whoopsie

I just wanted more money off the bat so i could have more freedom on builds :(

[TwinShadow]

I used cheat engine only for the money, the labels were still available for me.

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Originally posted by X-SR71:

So far, selling on pcbay has been horrible for me. It sells around used resale value even if you buy all new hardware and put it up there.

A brand new pc at around 1500 3dmark score sold for just around $300

Technically it's not "New." You can't sell it sealed in a new box with a wrapper like HP or Dell does. It would just be a tower you put parts in and sell it online. So yes. Technically it is "Used" because it's not a brand new thing in a sealed box. So it makes logical sense they would sell it at used prices. It is used.

[Metallos]

That's not true (except in "IRT's wword of alternative facts"). Since when are pre-built unused PCs used? Then every PC (or other electronic devices) would be used because they go through function tests before shipping.

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Originally posted by Metallos:

That's not true (except in "IRT's wword of alternative facts"). Since when are pre-built unused PCs used? Then every PC (or other electronic devices) would be used because they go through function tests before shipping.

You bought the computer parts. You removed the computer parts from their brand new packaging. Once anything is removed from it's original packaging it's technically considered used from that point forwards. You're not selling a retail product that is 100% sealed in a retail package with shrinkwrap. You're not selling a "Brand New" item. How can you possibly not understand this?

It's just like on ebay in real life, there are hundreds or thousands of people on ebay that sell items as "Brand new" but they opened the packaging and either checked the contents "Only opened to check contents" or they actually used it once or twice, admit it was only used a couple times and put back in the box and they still try to claim "Brand new".

If it's not sealed in the original packaging, it's not new. Why is that such a difficult thing for people to understand?

[Metallos]

Then telll me how you can assemble a PC without taking the parts out of the packaging.
Every system builder (no matter if it's a small shop, a bigger shop like Alternate with building service or a big OEM) has to do this.

How can you possibly not understand this?

[X-SR71]

Originally posted by Impending Rentacle Tape:

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No, dude. Your interpretation of new and used in not entirely correct as I see it.

Think about it this way, if such was the case, then every contract there in which the customer requires you to use new parts would automatically yield a 1 star rating, because you took the part out of the packaging and installed into the computer.

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Originally posted by Metallos:

Then telll me how you can assemble a PC without taking the parts out of the packaging.
Every system builder (no matter if it's a small shop, a bigger shop like Alternate with building service or a big OEM) has to do this.

How can you possibly not understand this?

Yep, and any "Computer" bought from a "Shop" isn't new either. If you want to be technical about it. If you want "New", go to Best Buy and buy something that comes sealed in a box.

Originally posted by X-SR71:

No, dude. Your interpretation of new and used in not entirely correct as I see it.

Think about it this way, if such was the case, then every contract there in which the customer requires you to use new parts would automatically yield a 1 star rating, because you took the part out of the packaging and installed into the computer.

You've never sold on ebay have you? On Ebay in real life you can't sell anything as "Brand New" if it's been opened. And you can't sell any computer you built from new parts as "Brand New" either, because it's not new. According to ebay. You have to list it as "New (Other)", which isn't "Brand New".

[Metallos]

We talk about commercial shops / system buillders (who can also sell on Ebay) and not private auctions.

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Originally posted by Metallos:

We talk about commercial shops / system buillders (who can also sell on Ebay) and not private auctions.

Yep. That is exactly what both you and I are both talking about. Professional shops can not sell any computer they assemble from new parts on ebay as "Brand New" either. Only actual unopened and sealed items can be sold online as "Brand New". Not computers built from parts, even if they were new parts before you opened em. Since they can't do this in real life, it seems logical we can't in PCBS either.