[X4U] readying iMacs for sale

[Samantha Cornell]

As I just experienced, it seems that "customary" would be to list an 
iMac with a cracked and misaligned case and missing the side door as 
being in good condition and then ship it without the mouse, and refuse 
to send it later, because  you wound up spending more than you expected 
on packing materials and feel that the buyer sucked the holiday spirit 
out of you by requesting the mouse, even though it was part of the 
purchase and they paid you for it.

Of course, don't forget to load Panther and  iLife 04 and claim that 
they got a great deal, even though they will now have to spend wipe the 
drive and track down disks to reload the original system, unless they 
are the sort who can feel good about using pirated software.

Sorry...just my two cents...


That said, I have bought and sold a number of macs on e-bay, and have 
generally had very pleasant experiences.  I think we all need to just 
make sure that we are being as honest as possible...isn't that what 
it's all about?




On Dec 23, 2004, at 6:58 PM, Stroller wrote:

>
> On Dec 23, 2004, at 7:14 pm, Mary C.Youra wrote:
>
>> My two college age daughters recently decided to replace their Indigo 
>> iMac 500s [which] came with disks for OS 9.2.2 and 10.1..5, but have 
>> been upgraded to 10.3.5. What should be done to get them ready for 
>> sale? What is customary, and what is necessary from a security 
>> standpoint?
>
> Customary would be to format & install with the latest Panther disks, 
> then throw on as much warez as possible (including but not limited to 
> Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Shake, iLife and Macromedia 
> Studio MX) then list them on eBay as "$$$1000s of software included!" 
> Adding a small note at the bottom of the listing stating "software is 
> pre-loaded & installation CDs are not included" is also customary, as 
> is auctioning your original disks separately.
>
> Others have pointed out the more appropriate way to prepare the iMacs 
> for sale, so I only mention what is sometimes customary because it 
> miffs me so much that listings such as <http://tinyurl.com/3ze6o> and 
> <http://tinyurl.com/4t6h9> seem to persist on eBay.
>
> Stroller.
>
>
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