tig-o-bit,
I'm not in the market, just offering a suggestion. When you sound too anxious to sell the item at a major loss, you are not helping your situation. That makes people very suspicious and the only ones it attracts are other scammers who are hoping to force you into selling it to them on their terms so they can get the item without paying you anything.
If you use the escrow service, they would not be able to scam you. If you start at $1000 they can bid the price up as high as they want to pay. That won't make you appear too anxious
Make it clear that you will only deal through an escrow service. You may even want to get a local shop to test it and apraise it along with verifying the serrial number as proof of the condition prior to shipping. That would help you prove that you did not ship a defective item and that any damage occured during shipping and the delivery service's insurance would be responsible to pay. That's why it's critical to get the package insured. Also ship using a service with an online tracking system. Only ship the item to a US address and if you use PayPal, insure that the ship-to address is verified.
...Rich