Cash trader Drogheda

Darksaga87

Has anyone had any experiance trading with these in the abby center in Drogheda?

Went into them today, with some stuff. Not sure what to make of them.

Zorba

Darksaga87 wrote: »

Has anyone had any experiance trading with these in the abby center in Drogheda?

Went into them today, with some stuff. Not sure what to make of them.

Which way does it work, do they give u money up front or try to sell the stuff for u and then give u the money they get minus their share or what ?

If they give u the money up front are the prices fair ?

bottomdog

They pay in advance and are legit, have no been in myself but hear good reports.

petes

I'd say they fleece you on the amount they give you.

Zorba

bottomdog wrote: »

They pay in advance and are legit, have no been in myself but hear good reports.

And what do they take, anything and everything ?

Insurgent wrote: »

I'd say they fleece you on the amount they give you.

U speaking from experience there ?

Darksaga87

I asked here as i was about to go down to them With a desktop, flat screen monitor, web cam, and speakers. The computer which is about 2 years old and runs vista, 2 gig of ram, 320 gb HDD. Not a single flaw about it.

Who can guess what I was offered?

CutzEr

Darksaga87 wrote: »

I asked here as i was about to go down to them With a desktop, flat screen monitor, web cam, and speakers. The computer which is about 2 years old and runs vista, 2 gig of ram, 320 gb HDD. Not a single flaw about it.

Who can guess what I was offered?

200-300

petes

€60.

NedTermo

A fiddle round the back of the Abbey

Darksaga87

€30

Zorba

Darksaga87 wrote: »

€30

I'll give ya 50 quid for it and i'll even pick it up !!!

Guess u didn't take up their kind offer :eek:

Darksaga87

No, the idiots dont know a good computer from thier gom head faces.

All they wanted it for was the housing! :rolleyes:

Ya can pick it up for €180!

bottomdog

30 euro, sure they may as well have offered nothing, thought you'd say about €100.

Darksaga87

Even if i was offered €100 i still would have considered it feck all, €30 was just an insult.

Dingatron

Darksaga87 wrote: »

€30

Jebus they sound like a bunch of chancers. I hate those type of places. I always feel they are preying on people.

bottomdog

Dingatron wrote: »

Jebus they sound like a bunch of chancers. I hate those type of places. I always feel they are preying on people.

you should try our banks . well if someone has something they no longer need its a good place to sell it too, and if someone has a tight budget , its a good place to but from. No harm done. But it can be sad to see desperate people having to sell well below the value they may place on an item.

Whiskey Devil

Unless they're very tech savvy I'd imagine they don't take many risks with computers and stuff. They're still lowlives taking advantage of people though. Wonder how many people are actually that stuck for €30. Are they local?

€30 for a desktop PC with 2GB Ram, 320GB HDD, monitor, webcam and speakers included?

And you're now looking to sell it for €180?


Am I reading something wrong here? Surely a PC like that, even second hand, would be worth about 300-400 euro?


What are they like to buy from, out of curiousity? Prices any good? Any decent items or is everything battered old crap?

Darksaga87

Deleted User wrote: »

€30 for a desktop PC with 2GB Ram, 320GB HDD, monitor, webcam and speakers included?

And you're now looking to sell it for €180?


Am I reading something wrong here? Surely a PC like that, even second hand, would be worth about 300-400 euro?


What are they like to buy from, out of curiousity? Prices any good? Any decent items or is everything battered old crap?

i have tried selling it for that, and its worth about that.

But as ya know, its all laptops now.

I wouldnt buy anything thats technicall off them, like computers as ive seen first hand, they have no idea what they are looking for in a PC.

If they see a laptop running windows ME or something, they will offer you top buck for it because - its a laptop, then sell it to someone who knows nothing about laptops and ask's them for a"laptop", as we all know, there are certain things a PC must have, to them, a PC with a lid will sell for 100's even if its only worth a pack of smokes.

When i went in, they had a second hand blu ray player in the case, with they were selling for about 300, when i worked in currys over 2 months ago, that model was being sold at RRP €180.

Fúck them, they wont get my money or my usless crap rotting in my house, I hope to see them burn out and fade away to the dole Q's with all thier uselss shít that they have aquired over the past 6 months.

if anyone wants a desktop - gimme a shout!;)

eth0_

It's a pawn shop. Pawn shops rip everyone (buyer and seller) off equally :-)
That shopping centre is like a ghost town! I heard they're renting out the shops for €100 a week with no minimum lease term.

mythicalireland

eBay's your only man in situations like this.

mattock

Stick your items for sale on Adverts.ie , don't get ripped off by these hungry greedy b'stards.

thatstheway

yeps..ive had dealings with these guys on several occassions in drogheda... a friend recommended them to me....and in fairness found them verey proffessional and fair....great place to off load unwanted items and get some euros........

bottomdog

mattock wrote: »

Stick your items for sale on Adverts.ie , don't get ripped off by these hungry greedy b'stards.

Please refrain from the use of bad language and insulting people making a living. They are within the law and people have freewill to deal or not deal with them. No need to 'b'stardise' them.

mattock

bottomdog wrote: »

Please refrain from the use of bad language and insulting people making a living. They are within the law and people have freewill to deal or not deal with them. No need to 'b'stardise' them.

bottomdog,

Since when did you become a MOD, and what is the bad language you are refering to.
These gentlemen in question are preying on vulnerable people, and offering them a pittance for ther valuables and selling them for a much greater profit, next thing you know they will be lending money for christmas to the same vulnerable people who in turn will not be able to pay it back. What then mr bottom.

bottomdog

let's not judge others...perhaps people need this money and have nowhere else to turn. Money lending is desperate I agree and I sadly have personal experience of it..

petes

These places are out to screw you. They prey on the poor and fleece them. They have no idea what they are buying or what price they should pay.

I went in to one in Dundalk for a test to see what they would give me. I have a white gold rigg with three diamonds in it worth about €500. I asked what they would give me for it. They said €30. I laughed and said goodbye.

I can understand people that are in need of money but for what these cowboays pay out it's not worth it.

Sell privately.

Brashers

i'v been in once with a few x box games. idiots only offered €1 each but were selling the same for €20 on the shelf behind them.
looks like the guy with the twisted nose couldnt find his arse with his two hands tied behind his back. stay away from these places. you would get a better deal from d the knackers

Drogheda_Lad

Just Got 85 cash off them for me guitar! :cool: Happy daze !!!

ssmith6287

Deleted User wrote: »

€30 for a desktop PC with 2GB Ram, 320GB HDD, monitor, webcam and speakers included?

And you're now looking to sell it for €180?


Am I reading something wrong here? Surely a PC like that, even second hand, would be worth about 300-400 euro?


What are they like to buy from, out of curiousity? Prices any good? Any decent items or is everything battered old crap?

Way off... you could prob buy a laptop / desktop brand new for that price. If its any brand other then sony then just keep it or give to kids. Worth about €50 - €75. What brand, processor, kind of monitor, graphics card?

MrMojoRisin

Darksaga87 wrote: »

Even if i was offered €100 i still would have considered it feck all, €30 was just an insult.

I took in my old printer (when I say 'old', I mean it was almost three years old) to those chancers late last year. It was still working grand but I wanted to clear space for the new printer/scanner/copier I bought.

Feckers only offered me €25 for it. :mad:

bigneacy

MrMojoRisin wrote: »

I took in my old printer (when I say 'old', I mean it was almost three years old) to those chancers late last year. It was still working grand but I wanted to clear space for the new printer/scanner/copier I bought.

Feckers only offered me €25 for it. :mad:

Thats not that far off for a printer in fairness... You get printers for free with computers. You can buy brand new Canon Inkjets for €35 in Argos.... Your printer is 3 years old... what did you expect?

ssmith6287

Have you heard of Moore's law. It's a theory regarding hardware. Basically states that every year hardware should double in performance, half in size or half in price.

A printer worth €150 last year can be bought this year brand new for €60 - €80.

My laptop that I paid €600 for 2 years ago could be bought brand new now for under €400. (4gb ram, 250gb hdd, 256mb Nvidia Graphics and Core2Duo Centrino CPU)

That is pretty decent spec for people that don't understand. IT equipment devalues the second you leave the shop, Its worse then a car. But it also changes so frequently that we need to keep up with it.

Pawn shops will offer you €30 for your desktop, theyre hoping to scrape €60 on resell

Drogheda_Lad

Look 9/10 you rate this stuff as junk, (*because basically you are getting rid of it) You get a price, your not happy you walk away, its quite simple. Nobody is paying top dollar for anything these days so its there a resource if you need cash in your hand, I for one am happy its there.

Darksaga87

Since they have moved to new location, its much more professional looking and less intimidating. I think its good if your looking for a deal. They last place was very dodgy looking.

Whiskey Devil

MrMojoRisin wrote: »

I took in my old printer (when I say 'old', I mean it was almost three years old) to those chancers late last year. It was still working grand but I wanted to clear space for the new printer/scanner/copier I bought.

Feckers only offered me €25 for it. :mad:

You should've snapped their hand off. I offload about 10/20 working PSC's to the recycling centre every 2 months as they're pretty much worthless.


Might drop down to the lads in future..

Whiskey Devil

bigneacy wrote: »

Thats not that far off for a printer in fairness... You get printers for free with computers. You can buy brand new Canon Inkjets for €35 in Argos.... Your printer is 3 years old... what did you expect?

A little off topic, but..

If anybody reading this is tempted to buy one of these, DON'T. Full size replacement carts will cost you €50+ for a pair. Also trickier to use non-oem supplies in these due to software and ****ty electrics on the colour cartridge in particular. :cool:

ssmith6287

Also they void yer warranty.

If there is dodgy ink in the printer and there is a fault within 12 months then you don't have a leg to stand on even if its unrelated to the ink.

Best printers are HP 6500 / 8500 if yer doing a lot of printing. Theyre print, scan, copy and fax. Cost about €200 BUT ink in like €15 for the black and will give you between 12 and 1500 pages. Similar to a toner.

If you want cheap then the Epson SX215 id highly recomend, ink is reasonable (around €35 to replace the 4) but the print quality is so much better then your same range HP or Canon and they dont drink too much.

Cheaper printer, Dearer ink!!

But yeah if you got money for a second hand printer then defo snap the persons hand off regardless of how much u payed

Royal Irish

The way those guys operate is they will pay you a third of what its worth. I brought a camera into them that I paided e180 for in Hongkong. But it was retailing in Harvery Normans for e580. They found it online for e300 and offered me e100. I just wanted to sell it to put money towards a new camera, but I ended up giving it away to my auld fella for free and paid for the new one in full.

Whiskey Devil

ssmith6287 wrote: »

Also they void yer warranty.

If there is dodgy ink in the printer and there is a fault within 12 months then you don't have a leg to stand on even if its unrelated to the ink.

Best printers are HP 6500 / 8500 if yer doing a lot of printing. Theyre print, scan, copy and fax. Cost about €200 BUT ink in like €15 for the black and will give you between 12 and 1500 pages. Similar to a toner.

If you want cheap then the Epson SX215 id highly recomend, ink is reasonable (around €35 to replace the 4) but the print quality is so much better then your same range HP or Canon and they dont drink too much.

Cheaper printer, Dearer ink!!

But yeah if you got money for a second hand printer then defo snap the persons hand off regardless of how much u payed

#

Sorry to hi-jack the thread!! :P

Impossible for Canon to prove that you've been using non-oem supplies unless you actually tell them! It actually only voids your warranty if the third party ink has damaged your printer, which is unlikely.

Good advice on the HP. Excellent printers. OEM supplies are fairly priced.

Those Epson printers are worse than the Canon you mentioned.. Most costly printers on the market to operate. Slow/Not very user friendly.

Higher end Canon printers are best quality "budget" printers.. Start about €150+.


Brother tend to be fairly decent for every day use - their cartridges are also the easiest to copy due to lack of chip technology. They're pretty economical to run and quite speedy..

gaellem

went myself once to get rid of 17" flat monitor and they offered me €15 only for it. before even offering money they tried to give me credit for their place and it was very hard to make them understand i din't want credit. they are a joke and thieves. they take advantage of people big time! bought a playstation2 from them as mine was faulty and when i got home it wasn't even working and when i went back to them with it they made me feel stupid by keeping on saying that i was trying to sell them back mine as their guy had wrote wrong number references. They treat you i think very badly and look at you from their high horses. there is a place in dundalk which is called cash converters and they are very nice. worth the trip. would never deal with the ones in drogheda again. hope they won't last!!

ssmith6287

Are Smyths thieves because they sell a PS3 at 399 before christmas when theres a demand. Are banks thieves because they put interest on loans. Are you a thief if you buy a car for €500 and sell it for €1000. No its called business. How do you expect these guys to make money. You are a supplier, He is a customer of you. If your product is too expensive he wont buy. He makes an offer you turn it down, fine, try selling it to somebody privately and see how much better you do.

If a product costs a shop €50, theyre not going to sell it for €50, it doesn't make sense. Eddie Hobbs altough copped people on to maybe haggling but he has destroyed our retail economy with people scared to buy even the smallest of things with fears of them being ripped off.

annoyingbeast

i personally find them very sneaky and sly, make sure you come across strong when haggling.

The Guvnor

Darksaga87 wrote: »

I asked here as i was about to go down to them With a desktop, flat screen monitor, web cam, and speakers. The computer which is about 2 years old and runs vista, 2 gig of ram, 320 gb HDD. Not a single flaw about it.

Who can guess what I was offered?

Not read any further - so honest guess but no more than €50.00 at a guess. 2 year old comps and their bits n bods are not worth a lot I'm afraid.

The Guvnor

Whiskey Devil wrote: »

You should've snapped their hand off. I offload about 10/20 working PSC's to the recycling centre every 2 months as they're pretty much worthless.


Might drop down to the lads in future..

At anywhere close to €25 total or even each it'd be a lot better than paying €2 to enter the recycling centre!

ingen

Darksaga87 wrote: »

No, the idiots dont know a good computer from thier gom head faces.

All they wanted it for was the housing! :rolleyes:

Ya can pick it up for €180!

they dont know much about windows either.

Scotty #

People here need to cop on!

You are bringing your goods to them for one of two reasons... A. You couldn't sell it anywhere else. Or B. you need the money fast.

They know this and are going to offer you as low a price as they can. They are not your buddy and don't care what your circumstances are. They are there to turn a profit. It's a business like any other!

They do not 'prey' on people. No one is forced to walk in their doors. You are OFFERED a price and you can choose to accept it of reject it. Just because you are not happy with it does not make them 'sneaky and sly'.

Rossin

well i havent read through this thread tbh but sure arent they grand for getting rid of junk?

my lil bro traded in all my old dvds that i just wanted rid of, im sure they were prob worth a bit more but sure im only delighted theyre gone th emoney was a bonus

borderlinemeath

I would rather bring all my stuff down to them than waste a day sitting at a car boot sale where people want you to give them your stuff for half nothing anyway.

LH2011

hi is cash trader in the boyne centre still open? i passed by the other day and was going to go in and see what bargains they had, but the lights were off, and it appeared closed,,


is it still operating?

Darksaga87

Its out the back of the abby now, beside the old cinema.
AFAIK, its still open.