Hi i wonder if you guys could help me! Not sure if its ok to post here!! I want to sell my OLD Packard Bell PII 233 for the BEST price! i thought the best way to do it is to sell the components individualy but the problem is ive never done this before but i have some idea! is there a guide which could help me?! I thought of selling the monitor seperate, cdrom seperate floppy seperate and then the mother board seperate! please tell me what you think! i value your opinion! thanks very much!!

by the way this is on ebay!!

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but a believe a 233MHz is MMX not PII. My thought on that would be to keep the entire computer together. Since it's such old technology, I don't think you could piece it and get anyone to purchase parts (especially a Packard Bell). You could sell the monitor seperate. I sold my parents HP for $25 (without a monitor). That's probably the most you will get for that. Maybe $35-$40 with the monitor. When all else fails, beat the %*#$! out of it!!!

Yes well I just sold the same machine and windows said it was a PII. Somewhere else mayse a program that I downloaded that detected verything said it was MMX. So I don't know. I didn't get much for the machine when I sold it on ebay. I just sold the box with a burner, 2x3gig hd's, 128ram, floppy drive etc for $55. I was just happy to have my new machine so I don't care.

You'd probably be better off trying to sell it locally. someone who just wants to get on the internet and do basic stuff like printing letters (no games, no heavy graphics work) would probably pay as much as 100-150.00 IF the thing is complete, working, does not smell like a tobacco factory, and has the recovery discs. NOBODY is gonna pay much on ebay, and then pay a huge shipping fee on top of the cost. I of course aren't familiar with where you live, is there not a local paper or "nickel's worth" want ads sheet?

Ive seen 266mhz systems at local car boots for £50 and would have considered that overpriced except they did have monitors speakers etc, my p3 866 cost me £100 with 20gb hd on board graphics & sound & 128mb but it was worth it for me as its the fastest system i have atm, mp p3 650 cost me £75 and is what i rebuilt into my system when my k6/2 died and i`m very happy wwith it, it play Halo (just:P) does everything i ask of it but personally for a 233mhz system i`d pay between £15 - £25 depending on the reast of the spec. as stated its ideal for word processing, should be able to play mp3`s etc. Depends what somone is willing to pay for it really, local paper usually gives the best results. Woof

don't sell it in parts: you may sell one part, you get stuck with the rest. Sell it completely, and make someone happy with it for about 70 euro or dollars, that is a reasonable price. Or think of your future and save it for your child(ren). These things are good enough four three or four or five year old kids (instead of messing up the parents computer).