I have an old Toshiba Qosmio laptop that I bought about 5 years ago. Sometime last Winter the screen started fading out, first the upper left corner, and eventually the whole thing. By Spring I had bought a new computer and retired the Qosmio. Since then it’s been sitting in the basement for no good reason, except that I paid a lot of money for it. It doesn’t work and never will again.
Today I was planning to put it out on the sidewalk, but for some reason I decided to check eBay and see if a broken Qosmio laptop might sell for parts. Surprise! There is a real market for defunct laptops, and some broken Qosmios have been going for $200+. Not bad at all; I could use an extra couple hundred dollars. ]
There are certain laptops that seem to be in even more demand for parts than my Qosmio. HP laptops and MacBooks do particularly well.
I often see laptops and other computer equipment being sold dirt cheap at stoop sales, or even being left on the sidewalk. I never thought it would be worth anything. Hmm, I may be on the verge of a new business opportunity…..
Hi Jay, you wont believe what people sell and buy over the Internet, it’s really amazing. Broken electronics have become a new “commodity”, especially for IT students, labs and even amateurs trying to make modded gadgets or stuff.
Good luck with that
Hey Jay, I hope it is going well and that’s why there aren’t any new statuses.
Thanks for asking, Paul. It has been going well but busy as always. I’ll write about it in a blog update today.