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Apple Adjusts Trade-In Value of iPad Pro, iPhone 11, and Select Mac Models

Rainshadow said:
I would never use any electronic payment service when selling locally - especially for high priced items. There have been a few articles and news stories about people buying expensive things and then contacting their bank before the sale clears so the money doesn’t actually transfer. I guess with some services, it shows the money in your account but it technically hasn’t been transferred for a while. This is not well known because it would crash the use of the service. If you can’t pay cash, I’ll go onto the next guy - or gal.

I’m sure there are folks who would understand the programs well enough to avoid this ( like somehow confirm they are paying with Venmo cash inside the app instead of linked bank sources) but this all swings back to why I just trade in most of my devices. It just takes one scam or a couple cancelled meet ups to no longer be worth the extra $150.
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Makes sense. I hate selling anything because of fear of getting scammed so I only use these apps to transfer funds for things between friends.

seinman said:
All of these payment providers protect the seller WAY less than the buyer. It happened to a friend of mine selling a MacBook. They met in person, buyer made a Venmo payment, it popped up on my friend's phone. He gave him the laptop. The next day, the money goes away. Buyer cancelled the payment through their bank and Venmo gives zero ****s. No way to find the buyer because they were using a fake name and burner phone. He's out $1500.
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Did you mean to say “protect the buyer WAY less than the seller”? That stinks.
 
I am planning on trading in my 2018 iPad Pro 11 inch 256GB one for the new updated version supposedly coming out this month. I would normally just put the old Ipad on craigslist and meet someone in person and get cash but due to covid wont be doing that this time will just take it to the apple store and get a gift card..I know you have an option to either mail in the device or bring it to the store I will bring it to the store dont feel comfortable sending it in can get lost, etc I assume you can do the same trade in in store never done it before
 
Drove my iPhone 7 Plus into the ground and then used Apple trade in to move to the iPhone 11 Pro Max with a $150 trade in value.
So four model years from now I’ll upgrade to the iPhone 15. :)
 
benediktleb said:
I don't get why people trade in their phones just for comfort. $515 for a 11 Pro Max. lol. Sell it on Facebook marketplace or something to a local buyer. DONE.
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Nah, trade it in and done. safer, sell it to somebody that is not exactly up and up, then they say it's not working correctly and want their money back...etc.
 
seinman said:
I'll pay for convenience any day of the week. I'm too old to deal with 20 people messaging me about it and never responding, making offers $300 less than asking price, canceling meetups at the last minute, trying to scam me into accepting venmo, etc... for what, an extra $100 maybe? Forget that. Take it to Apple, hand it over to them, done.
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exactly my thought too.
 
subi257 said:
exactly my thought too.
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Same here..that is why I will be doing my trade in in store, first time, I assume they do do trade ins in store instead of just sending it in? With covid and all, usually I would meet someone at the local mall but now thats just not an option so better to just trade it in in store and get a gift card on the spot and can buy whatever I want from apple
 
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Apple does not set these prices. Apple uses third party companies like Brightstar that set the values.

Sell your own product if you don’t want to use the trade in process.
 
newyorksole said:
Idk why this has to be said in every one of these trade-in threads lol it’s crazy.

As you said, just like everything else in life... one size does not fit all.

If I can get a good price for my 12.9” 2018 iPad Pro then i’ll trade it in for the new generation. 🙌🏾
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Probably the same reason there's always someone in every hard drive thread saying fill-in-the-blank terabytes is too much space for one hard drive. Everyone always thinks their way is right even though the only way to be absolutely right in this world is being open to the idea that you might be wrong.
 
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thomstarboy said:
Probably the same reason there's always someone in every hard drive thread saying fill-in-the-blank terabytes is too much space for one hard drive. Everyone always thinks their way is right even though the only way to be absolutely right in this world is being open to the idea that you might be wrong.
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Had to turn the “like” to a “LOVE”! Very well said.
 
Kissmo1980 said:
Rocking an iPhone 11 Pro Max with 99% battery health.
I did buy it from an upgrade from 7plus in US and I see no compelling reason to upgrade yet.
I do wish Europe would have some trade in program but I do plan on to hold on until iPhone 14 or 15 comes and justifies the amount of cash to move to a newer model.

for now I bought an rtx 3080 and use it for mining to collect the funds for the upgrade :)
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But what about the intel modem it’s inferior to the iPhone 12 series you must upgrade now 🤓
 
poematik13 said:
ebay has 13% fees (seller + paypal) as well as shipping costs, and the risk of being scammed.
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Shipping is paid by the buyer, if it's "free" it's up to the seller to factor it into the price. eBay is probably the least risky platform to sell things on and the fees (PayPal is being phased out) are worth the exposure to a global customer base. People worried about scams haven't used the platform and are probably referring to some bad experience from a decade ago. It's far safer to use eBay than to meet someone in person through Craigslist to sell something worth $100s. For the convenience (laziness) you're letting Apple hit you with a 30-50% selling fee. Apple doesn't buy back accessories either while online buyers are glad to buy devices with cases, keyboards, etc. Unless you're making $300+ per hour the "time is money" argument is BS, the wealthiest corporation in history doesn't need free money.
 
smh, this happens every single year as you get like 4-5 months from a new iphone, previous value reduces
 
seinman said:
I'll pay for convenience any day of the week. I'm too old to deal with 20 people messaging me about it and never responding, making offers $300 less than asking price, canceling meetups at the last minute, trying to scam me into accepting venmo, etc... for what, an extra $100 maybe? Forget that. Take it to Apple, hand it over to them, done.
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Absolutely. Not that I'm ballin' but there are things I'm fortunate enough not to have to do anymore to save a buck like split a hotel room or sell crap on eBay.
 
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