When flipping is sucks, but what you spend on a machine has nothing to do with what you can sell it for. I am a hobbyist, and have learned the hard way that it is easy to be a perfectionist and overbuild a PC to the point of it costing more than it is worth. The buyers like to hear fancy names, but often aren't willing to pay much more for them. If I can get Corsair and other expensive parts at a good price I do, otherwise I focus on a solid platform and quality budget parts, and always keep in mind what the price is for a system with the specific CPU, GPU and RAM is, because that is what the customers care about. I also agree about the listing, the ad makes a huge difference, good pictures and a concise description go a long way. I also tend to price mine with some negotiating room, and at the bottom of the ad tell them I will knock $25 off if they mention that they read the ad all the way to the bottom (that way I know they are more serious and actually read the ad).
I think more to the point, people hear names and themes and try to stick with those and everything else becomes garbage. I can price an intel cpu with an AMD gpu below market and it will still take longer to sell than a similarly spec'd AMD/Nvidia build. Not all about price. It's also about what's in demand, whether it's priced well or not.
Currently building my first one and I just caught myself overbuilding it thanks to you! Also I'm not, and have never been, a fan of expensive Motherboards. A motherboard is just supposed to connect stuff and nothing more. Ofc the expensive ones DO have some cool features but like you said- people tend to look at gpu/cpu and Ram. Because that's what you need for gaming
Glad to hear your experience with flipping! As somebody who's currently got a $625 build listed I can in fact confirm it's been sitting for a bit, as that $600-$800 range tends to be the most saturated & competitive
When you grabbed the RX580 to flip, did you factor in the rumor of discounted driver support, or do you not really worry about that? I’m sitting on one I’m trying to flip right now and I’m trying to ditch it ASAP
I don’t use Mercari. I was on OfferUp but that place became just spam and people wanting to pay $150 for a pc that costs $1000 so I deleted my account. I have used Jawa though.
When flipping is sucks, but what you spend on a machine has nothing to do with what you can sell it for. I am a hobbyist, and have learned the hard way that it is easy to be a perfectionist and overbuild a PC to the point of it costing more than it is worth. The buyers like to hear fancy names, but often aren't willing to pay much more for them. If I can get Corsair and other expensive parts at a good price I do, otherwise I focus on a solid platform and quality budget parts, and always keep in mind what the price is for a system with the specific CPU, GPU and RAM is, because that is what the customers care about. I also agree about the listing, the ad makes a huge difference, good pictures and a concise description go a long way. I also tend to price mine with some negotiating room, and at the bottom of the ad tell them I will knock $25 off if they mention that they read the ad all the way to the bottom (that way I know they are more serious and actually read the ad).
I think more to the point, people hear names and themes and try to stick with those and everything else becomes garbage. I can price an intel cpu with an AMD gpu below market and it will still take longer to sell than a similarly spec'd AMD/Nvidia build. Not all about price. It's also about what's in demand, whether it's priced well or not.
Currently building my first one and I just caught myself overbuilding it thanks to you!
Also I'm not, and have never been, a fan of expensive Motherboards. A motherboard is just supposed to connect stuff and nothing more. Ofc the expensive ones DO have some cool features but like you said- people tend to look at gpu/cpu and Ram. Because that's what you need for gaming
Shout out to Elijah! Awh heckers!
He is awesome. Love his videos.
Real! He inspired me to do it too! Currently building my first one :)
Glad to hear your experience with flipping! As somebody who's currently got a $625 build listed I can in fact confirm it's been sitting for a bit, as that $600-$800 range tends to be the most saturated & competitive
Yeah so much there and not all of it is great.
Thank you for the PC flipping advice!
No problem! Thanks for watching!
When you grabbed the RX580 to flip, did you factor in the rumor of discounted driver support, or do you not really worry about that? I’m sitting on one I’m trying to flip right now and I’m trying to ditch it ASAP
I didn’t worry about it. It will still work it just won’t get future drivers. Probably be a little while after that it starts becoming an issue.
Think there is going to be any decent Black Friday sales that will help with flipping?
My next video topic! But likely no.
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@@PinkyTechRyzen 5 3600 is a good flip cpu and do you use the Mercari app to sell on? That's a good place too. I don't remember the rest I put
I don’t use Mercari. I was on OfferUp but that place became just spam and people wanting to pay $150 for a pc that costs $1000 so I deleted my account. I have used Jawa though.
@@PinkyTech gotcha. I don't like Offerup either
I might try Mercari again later but always try to sell local first.