Hard Drive Value

Think of it like a car. An average running car in good shape is worth $1500 all day long. I car that doesn't run, and can't run, and isn't vintage is worth whatever the junkyard will pay for it.

The same is true with Harddrives. With one exception...working harddrives that are as small or smaller than the average "jump drive" only truly have value as scrap, unless they're VINTAGE...and then you get into collector value. But the only people collecting 40gig harddrives, are people scrapping p4 computers! lol!

Originally Posted by thortek

Think of it like a car. An average running car in good shape is worth $1500 all day long. I car that doesn't run, and can't run, and isn't vintage is worth whatever the junkyard will pay for it.

The same is true with Harddrives. With one exception...working harddrives that are as small or smaller than the average "jump drive" only truly have value as scrap, unless they're VINTAGE...and then you get into collector value. But the only people collecting 40gig harddrives, are people scrapping p4 computers! lol!

Vintage hard drives right now are not really worth that much right now as there is a huge amount of them on the market.

Originally Posted by thortek

Think of it like a car. An average running car in good shape is worth $1500 all day long. I car that doesn't run, and can't run, and isn't vintage is worth whatever the junkyard will pay for it.

The same is true with Harddrives. With one exception...working harddrives that are as small or smaller than the average "jump drive" only truly have value as scrap, unless they're VINTAGE...and then you get into collector value. But the only people collecting 40gig harddrives, are people scrapping p4 computers! lol!

Thatrs not true. I sell 40gb hard drives all day long on ebay. Sold one last week for $12 plus shipping. Granted now that I have about 40 of them im going to start trying to sell them in lots instead of solo.