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so from time to time I do get asked questions on how do I sell pcs personally are there any tips and tricks that you can use just besides taking a photo and putting it up for sale and yes there are a few things that you can do to help you flip those pcs a lot easier and of course stand out from your competition but also going to be addressing another question today and that is should you sell your gear before a heavily room at launch let's discuss welcome back to take your city and first things first when you go to sell a PC make sure your photos aren't bad presentation is everything and now generally when you're selling pcs from $100 to $1000 you just want a simple plain background on a desk with a nice decent shot the better the lighting of course the better the shots gonna turn out however this can be a detriment as well if the photo looks too good especially for example on a $500 PC if you've got like a hardware connect shot then people will be wondering what's going on here is this too good to be true so photos and presentation although it's everything it's everything in that how you apply that to the particular thing you're trying to sell so generally you do want to make it all relative to what you're selling generally from $100 to $1000 I'll try and put the pcs in a simple background if it gets more expensive than that I'll try and take some fancy shots with the lighting also some close-up shots of the product just to make people feel like they're actually getting more especially when they are paying more so just keep that in mind when you're going to sell the biggest nono of course is to have a PC on the carpet with cat hair and dirty rubbish in the shot that'll really detract away from pretty much anyone wanting to buy that PC a lot of people who come to buy pcs off me they tell me oh wow you're not some kid selling this out of his bedroom where they walk into the room and they'll tell me they just walk straight out of the room if they see a PC on carpet that hasn't been taken care of so it's a big thing when you're presenting a product make sure you're presenting it in a simple and cared-for manner if people can see that in the photo and they're generally going to want to buy that over someone else who doesn't look like they've taken care of their PC even if they have taken care of their PC now the description another big thing when you go to sell a PC you want to add as much value into that listing as possible a lot of sellers will list their pcs and they'll just say me me me III this is what I've done on the PC remember when you're selling a PC guys it's all about the customer or you so if you're in my descriptions always put you you can get this FPS at this resolution you'll expect this out of these pcs you can expect a smooth expiry it's so it's all about you you you and less me me me III so when you're selling a PC make sure you do those tips and you should have a better time flipping those pcs now since I've done that last five PC parts hustle I have flipped all those pcs and that's pretty much speaking for itself so really getting into it it's a lot of fun it's definitely a good side also another thing to keep in mind is when you're going to sell that PC in the description make sure you don't go into too much details to confuse the buyer because generally a lot of people buying pcs whether they're new or secondhand and they're all complete systems they generally don't know a whole lot about computers even how to build it themselves so they just want to know the simple details how many cause what's the graphics card and what performance they can expect if you're going into details like all the memory timings of this there's this they'll probably just read it and be like what is that so you don't want to confuse your buyer as well so keep that in mind and also another thing is don't go into too many options remember if you're listening to many options in your listing that can confuse a buyer and actually detract away from them buying that PC so for instance if you went to an ice cream store and they had 50 different flavors you may end up not even buying an ice cream at all because of the choices there's just too many and you can't make a decision as opposed I'm just having five flavors you'll generally pick the one that you want or the one that you think best suits you so now another question is when should you sell your hardware when's the best time and generally before a launch is always a good time to sell your hardware especially if you want to upgrade to the latest and greatest however for CPUs is not always a good thing to sell before launches as we've seen with ddr4 prices they've gone through the roof so people who bought x99 and a 5820k for example if they sold that before the broad welly launch I think they would have been in at a detriment especially since that ddr4 Ram was so cheap when it was first released as opposed to the new rise and launch I'm not really going to say too much on that of course if you've read the rumors then you can get a strong opinion of your own so CPUs are a gamble if you're going to sell before launch hoping that the prices would have dropped and you would have picked up some money had you otherwise hung on to it and sold it after that launch one thing I will say though is GPUs or graphics cards video cards they are generally a always recommended sell before a launch if you know there's a rumor of a graphics card generation coming out soon and you've got your old graphics card and you can sell it now for pretty good money then I'd heavily recommend doing that right before the launch an example of this was when I had a GTX 780 and I sold that for $500 right before the GTX 970 came out now after the 970 came out those gtx 780 s went down to literally $300 across the board so had I'd kept that after the launch I would have lost money about $200 really because that's $200 that you're not going to get back and since a lot of you guys out there have an open mind you can apply some of these tips and tricks for yourself and help yourself get ahead in life always love reading in the comments when someone's been flipping pcs that made a bit of a profit and also on that note they're helping out people in the community who would have otherwise been ripped off from a computer store that charges too much for their pre built systems whether they're used or new so something that can be taken out of this is in general yes flippin pcs some people despise it but it if you're making someone happy and you're giving them value that they otherwise thought they wouldn't have got from someone else then in my opinion you're doing a good thing for the community and you're also making a bit of money on the side and also on the flip side of things if you've got hardware that's on its way out and you know it's on its way out for instance if caps are really big and they're bulging and then you know they're ready to go don't put that in a PC and sell it it's really just a bad karma thing and also we'll come back to you where people will spread word of mouth don't buy a PC of him because he sold me a bad part for me if I know aparts bad or I know it's on the way out I won't put it in a PC I'll just simply chuck it in the garbage because you are going to incur some losses when you do hustle in the used parts market there's always going to be some bad buyers but a lot of the time you're gonna pick up some really good deals and of course I feel sorry for the people who are just getting into it and I do cop these messages on Twitter they're just getting in to use PC parts and they get a bad deal and it deters them from doing anything else I really feel sorry for you guys we just keep going I mean I've been hosed numerous times when it comes to buying used PC parts however on the flip side I have got a lot of really extremely good deals in the past sue so so basically with your hustle keep on comer is a real thing you do good by people they're gonna spread a good word about you you're gonna have people coming back to buy PCs off you and so that's really all my experiences and that's the things I can tell you with hints on selling PC gear used PC gear especially and also selling before launches CPUs and everything else is a bit of a gamble GPUs in my opinion definitely recommend flipping them before a launch and if you guys hope you enjoyed this video if you did then be sure to hit that like button let me know in the comments section below if you have any tips and tricks of your own that can help out other people love really thoughts and opinions as always and I'll catch you in another tech video very soon peace out for now bye