Laptop selling or scrap?

I have a few laptops just given to me. I'm in the process of wiping the drives. However, these units did not have power cords and batteries are out of juice. Just wondering if I should just tear them apart or go through the hassle of getting new cords ($$), testing the units, then listing? These are probably 5 years old, and I dont know the configurations. Or I could just list them on ebay AS IS...untested, no cord, etc. for a couple bucks. The hard drives range from 80 - 160 gb. Any thoughts?

i never ebay them ,but cords are cheap i always keep laptop cords for this reason ,5 year old laptop is good for working or parts its a gamble but min you have good parts i would buy cords from ebay but thats me

Unless it has windows vista on it or newer don't bother spending the money on a battery and cord unless it is a more wanted type of computer like the Panosonic Tough Book.

xp machines go for 75-100 bucks cord 10-15 bucks i would buy cord scrap value =6-10 bucks tops

Originally Posted by shendog

I have a few laptops just given to me. I'm in the process of wiping the drives. However, these units did not have power cords and batteries are out of juice. Just wondering if I should just tear them apart or go through the hassle of getting new cords ($$), testing the units, then listing? These are probably 5 years old, and I dont know the configurations. Or I could just list them on ebay AS IS...untested, no cord, etc. for a couple bucks. The hard drives range from 80 - 160 gb. Any thoughts?

Do you have a computer sales/repair shop around you? I sell all my laptops, working or not, to a sales/repair guy for $5-20/laptop, depending on components missing and the age of the laptop.

We've a combo business, We buy sell and repair computers, and then also We recycle computers, We do quite a bit every week. What we do with older laptops, we just set them to the side.. and acumulate a bunch.. and then We sometimes either scrap them down, or Sell them to a R2 Certified Recycling place and get a few bucks back from them, You can get from 75 to 1.05 per pound.. most laptops if all componets are there can weigh up to about 5 to six pound. We pay customers to bring them in We pay out 20 cent per pound. So We still making a small profit but better then none.. so scrap or resell, IF its Vista or higher, and good shape.. like almost a grade A we sell, if its not.. Scrap OOOOOO .. Hope that answer Your question.

Laptops older than 5yrs old are hit and miss on Ebay. I just sold an HP ZV5000 2004 Intact with XP. Battery was done had to plug it in the wall. Sold for $50 Look at completed listings parts not working over the last couple of weeks you might be surprised. Good Luck!

Always always try to sell as a parts machine if you dpnt have cords ect. Give it a 5 or 7 day listing. Probably will sell for more than scrap in my experience. If not it was in the way for a week at most...then start offloading to other channels like the buyers in here or scrap them. I can scrap them and still get like $2 per non scratched lcd.