Has anyone had any experience with selling to Mac2Cash. http://www.mac2cash.com
I accepted the new price and they sent the cheque the same day. I then got the cheque the next day in the post.
WTF? Am I reading this right? Is this a 1993 post? What is a cheque? In the smail mail?
I know the stupid French are still messing around with some paper with signatures, but you are not French are you?
Next time ask them to send an envelope with old grey ladies in it.
Some parts of the world are still in the stone age apparently, and parts closer than I would have imagined.
Packed it up - well - and sent it off. Mac2Cash emailed me with notification that there was damage to the LCD screen. Well, not when it left there wasn't - I had a photo to prove it.
Long story short, UPS took back the package and decided that it wasn't sufficiently well packed (it was in the ORIGINAL box my new Macbook Pro arrived in days earlier, with a very sturdy hard corner pieces "suspending" the unit (which was in a sleeve inside corrugated cardboard, inside another corrugated box, etc. etc).
So now I have a MacBook Air no-one wants, because of some minor damage to the LCD screen. UPS are claiming no responsibility, Mac2Cash - while helpful - can do nothing.
Wish I'd gone to eBay, frankly.
I will chime in on this,
I have a 2012 15" Retina with the following upgrades
512gb SSD
2.6 i7
16gb Ram
They offered £576
I just thought I would see what they where like, to be brutally honest I would rather throw it in the bin than take an offer like that.
While I do not like cheques either, I find that some companies like to use cheques specifically because they are slow and unreliable. It means the money will stay in their account longer, and if somebody forgets to cash the cheque, or loses it - it's only to their benefit.
All I can suggest is use Fedex next time. I once had to ship a rather large and expensive piece of equipment and unfortunately it was seriously damaged when arrived at the destination. With detailed pictures and copies of invoice to prove the item's worth (it was fully insured, too), it was a very smooth process to get the claim settled. Fedex sent me a cheque (yes, of course, it had to be a cheque) within a couple of weeks for the full insured amount ($1500). I wouldn't trust any other carrier when shipping goods of significant value.
That's about half of what a laptop like that would fetch on eBay. Not entirely unreasonable considering they are offering a wholesale price and will be reselling it for profit, not using it. I wouldn't expect any of these "we buy used computers" companies to offer anything more than about 2/3 of the average price the said computer would get when sold to an end user. Your choice: find a buyer yourself and deal a potential PITA customer, or get less money with less hassle.
Half?
I have checked ebay, and similar spec laptops range from £1400-£1700.
If you think that is not unreasonable you either work for the company or enjoy being shafted.
I'm in no need to sell my laptop, as it is more than adequate for my needs and I have 18 months AppleCare left on it.
But to say an 18 month Apple laptop that cost £2500+ is worth £576 is an absolute p**s take, I would strongly advise people that needed money that desperately to sell there a**e first.
I don't enjoy getting shafted, but I don't expect anything else from a company like that. I'm not saying they are offering you a good deal, quite the opposite, but there are enough suckers in the world to take their kinds of offers. If you want a fair price, you'll have to sell it yourself, be it on eBay or through local classifieds, if you're in a large metropolitan area.
That kind of laptop is sold for around $2000 from the United States, prices on eBay UK vary, but not much more than £1000. Make sure you look at actual completed listings and not just active ones with high Buy It Now prices.
$2000 new? anyway I had a god look on ebay UK and they go for much more than £1000, even for auction.
All I am saying is that is a terrible offer, from an obvious terrible company. I liken it to a payday loan business model.
But if anyone has a similar spec laptop, I would be more than happy to offer a 10% premium on a Mac2Cash offer
Who said anything about new? Used, just like your own computer.
It is a terrible offer, just not a surprising one. Just a couple hours ago I was reading an ad from a payday loan company while waiting for a bus. These guys offer the equivalent of 600% annual interest for short term loans. If it was up to me, I'd line them up against the wall and shoot them. I think it's quite a humane way to deal with this, considering I'm not promoting torturing them first
Who said anything about new? Used, just like your own computer.
It is a terrible offer, just not a surprising one. Just a couple hours ago I was reading an ad from a payday loan company while waiting for a bus. These guys offer the equivalent of 600% annual interest for short term loans. If it was up to me, I'd line them up against the wall and shoot them. I think it's quite a humane way to deal with this, considering I'm not promoting torturing them first
All I am saying is that is a terrible offer, from an obvious terrible company.
I don't usually post about my own business but I cannot help but dispute the claim that because we offer to buy products below potential full market value, we are a "terrible company"!
Unlike any other computer trade in site I have seen, mac2cash is completely open about the service we offer. From our web site FAQ ...
"Is this the best price I could get?
Probably not. If you are prepared to sell your Apple product on the open market i.e. eBay, you may well get a higher price. Our service is designed for those who don't wish to, or know they will never get around to selling privately and want a quick, simple and risk-free way of selling their Apple product."
Our site gives a quote in seconds without the user having to know any technical details of their machine, and can book it in within a minute. Courier collection on the day you choose is free. It's as simple as it can get and the polar opposite of the time consuming business of selling privately.
I understand why many people would not choose to sell their Apple product that way but the fact that so many do (and many have done so repeatedly) demonstrates that there is a need for this service. We provide this service with honesty, efficiency and customer service as we do for our main Apple parts business, The Bookyard. Difficult issues can always arise outside our control, like items damaged in transit, but they are rare and we deal with them fairly and honestly.
Don't throw it in a bin. Donate it to a local charity. My favorite are job skills charities. The clients/students are making an effort to be better and they will put the tools to good use and be appreciative. The specifications on the device you mentioned are not very old and will be very helpful to a student's needs.I just thought I would see what they where like, to be brutally honest I would rather throw it in the bin than take an offer like that.
Don't throw it in a bin. Donate it to a local charity. My favorite are job skills charities. The clients/students are making an effort to be better and they will put the tools to good use and be appreciative. The specifications on the device you mentioned are not very old and will be very helpful to a student's needs.