External Harddrives

bonoz · 02-16-07, 11:38

I have three external hard drives: 80 GB WD USB, 300GB Maxtor Firewire, 400GB Seagate USB/Firewire.

I'm looking to sell all three of those.

I want your opinion on what the market is like and what the price for each should be?

and if anyone is interested in taking them off my hands, we can talk.

All three of them are good as new.

silk · 02-17-07, 05:38

the market is soft... although the larger drives are what is selling right now.

EdLancer · 02-17-07, 09:59

Are these 3.5 or 2.5 ?

3.5 don't get much for it, maybe $30, $80, $100 if your lucky, 2.5 is where the action is at !

kpounds · 02-18-07, 05:29

Look on Ebay for similar items in the completed auctions listings. That'll give you an idea of what price you can expect. One tip if you plan on selling on Ebay is to look at the items like yours in completed auctions that got the most bids/highest prices and almost copy what they did (descriptions & title). Try to understand why they got better prices than the others. Another tip is start your auction at a low price to draw more people's interest...the price will go up if the demand is there. Key is to get LOTS of people interested & bidding on your auction.

** I would use the low starting bid idea on items that I could see usually have lots of bidding action. Like say hard drives, notebook computers, ipods, a million and one things, but not specialty items where there's not as much "mass interest". On those I would set a higher minimum bid. My 2 cents.

bonoz · 02-18-07, 06:42

Thanks guys.

I don't know what you mean by 3.5 or 2.5...

and I will certainly try ebay.

paul34 · 02-18-07, 07:15

3.5" drives are commonly found in desktops

2.5" drives are usually used in laptops.

bonoz · 02-18-07, 07:24

I can't find the "completed auctions listing"

Eliot Ness · 02-18-07, 07:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonoz

I can't find the "completed auctions listing"

You have to do an advanced search (near the top right of the screen, under the search button). From there you enter in the keyword and then check the box Completed listings only.

kpounds · 02-18-07, 07:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonoz

I can't find the "completed auctions listing"

Do a regular search for the current listings, then scroll down a bit on the left under "show only" completed listings & check that.

Eliot Ness · 02-18-07, 07:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpounds

Do a regular search for the current listings, then scroll down a bit on the left under "show only" completed listings & check that.

Hmmm good tip! I search for completed stuff all the time but never noticed that box

DETAILKING · 02-18-07, 09:59

Careful selling these if you had personal files on them..............they can be recovered even if they were deleted.

paul34 · 02-18-07, 11:15

use either DBAN or "eraser" software to thoroughly take care of each drive. It should significantly reduce risk of data recovery.

Both are free, and can be found with a simple Google search.