ebay advice

[Catherine Hunt]

Dear All, My ancient PowerPc  iMac has died. It is now in the very capable hands of Sam, who has confirmed its demise and who has suggested that I buy a second-hand intel iMac from eBay, as I"m not currently able to afford a new replacement.

I would welcome any buying advice from other smuggers. I'm an experienced eBay user, but have never bought anything as expensive as a Mac from there before. How can I avoid being ripped off and making a ghastly mistake?

Best wishes

Catherine

www.catherinehunt.co.uk

[mac98aop]

tricky..... might be best to filter a search to just those Mac's that are near enough for you to get to and visit. You'll save a lot on postage costs that way too!

That way, you can get a physical eye view on the condition and any check there are no strange noises etc, whilst booting up, having a play etc.

[Rob Beattie]

It might also be worth checking out Gumtree so that you can actually
try the machine before you buy it.

Rob
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[Chris Webb]

I'd go along with that in fact, whichever Mac you buy, you MUST see it working. Also, take a DVD Movie along with you and if you can, get it playing for at least 20 minutes to make sure there are no thermal/heat issues and that the optical drive works as expected.

Once you've checked it out, do not let it out of your sight - could be an urban legend but I've heard of a couple of instances where some one has executed due diligence only to let the seller take the iMac away 'To pack it up in its box.'

When they got it home they had a nice, £450 iMac box with 2 breeze blocks in it.

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