Apple Adjusts Trade-In Values for iPhones, Macs, and More

[forrie]

This feels more like opportunistic ripping off of customers. They wager that you'll accept the lower bid, just so you can have an easy credit toward a new product. Apple then, in turn, will remanufacture and/or recycle/sell materials for profit, so they actually end up making more money off the "sale" of a new product in this model. Keep ripping us off, Apple LOL

 

[sorgo †]

What the ****? Seems like it’s every few months or so now.

 

[surfzen21]

gamestop be jealous with these trade in values

I remember gamestop telling me Super Mari Bros 3 was only worth 50 cents as a trade-in and then slapping an $8 sticker on it and putting it in the glass display.

 

[boss.king]

That’s not how inflation works, Tim.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

If you use these services you’re an idiot. They reach far far higher amounts on eBay and the trade in service tends to make much lower offers than the up to amount.

Yeah, but as I keep my devices in good shape, there’s a greater than 100% chance that I’ll get my money from Apple. I can’t say the same for 100% of all the folks doing business on eBay.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

How is this OK? Apple can’t even meet a $1,000.00 threshold mark.

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For anyone that’s never done a trade-in, Apple offers additional funds as store credit after they’ve received and assessed the value (for example, if one had added maximum RAM and storage to their MBPro). It’s not cash, no, but it’s still money towards a new Mac I was going to buy anyway.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

That’s not how inflation works, Tim.

I know right? Increasing the trade-in for the MBP? Insane!

 

[DBZmusicboy01]

Tim Apple at it again 😡 I think this is the first time Apple has lowered the trade in prices so frequently like the 3rd time in 4 months???

 

[Unregistered 4U]

This feels more like opportunistic ripping off of customers. They wager that you'll accept the lower bid, just so you can have an easy credit toward a new product. Apple then, in turn, will remanufacture and/or recycle/sell materials for profit, so they actually end up making more money off the "sale" of a new product in this model. Keep ripping us off, Apple LOL

I’m tired of Apple’s schemes. Like, they just released new products like the Mac mini and MacBook Pro, wagering that folks with money and that find value in them will buy them instead of PC’s thus lining the ever greedy Apple’s pockets! When will people learn that providing goods and services for a price is just a huge moneymaking SCAM!

 

[eflx]

Better off selling most used devices directly unless they're too old to be of any interest to someone else used.

 

[diggy33]

iMac Pro trade in value - up to $600
Cheapest iMac Pro for sale on Apple Refurbished - $5609

Yikes. Big discrepancy between what Apple feels your machine is worth to them, and what their machine is worth to you.

 

[routine_analyst]

50B in cash reserves

 

[TechRunner]

I gave up on Apple's trade-in program a couple years ago when they offered to recycle my mint condition 2015 MBA for free. I sold it to SellYourMac for something like $175 instead.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

That’s not how inflation works, Tim.

It is how profit inflation works. 😉

 

[alexandr]

Absolutely atrocious. A company not wanting to buy something back from you for close to the price you bought it at, after you've already made use of it. It's almost like they want to make money.

Every time I wasn't giving my iPhone to a family member, I always got a much better deal selling it vs. trading it in.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

The listed "up to" value is an estimation, not a hard limit. For example, my 2021 16" M1P MBP has a trade in value of $1020.

 

[webkit]

It looks like most values stayed the same but some increased including MB, MBP, MBA, Mac mini and AW Series 7.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Every time I wasn't giving my iPhone to a family member, I always got a much better deal selling it vs. trading it in.

When I traded in my 13" M1 MBP I actually got a better deal with the trade in. When you trade in and buy a new device, Apple deducts the trade-in value from the device pricing, which means a lot less sales tax to pay. I ended up netting about $100 more than if I had sold it locally.

 

[anson42]

I thought about trading in my S4 Apple Watch for a new one but when I looked at the trade-in value there's no way. I would rather gift it to a family member who will get way more value out of the watch than I will from $45. Same could be said about all the products on the list. Sigh.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Apple: Trading-in is great for the environment!
Also Apple: Here's $230 for your iPhone 11 Pro. If it's perfect.

 

[erikkfi]

The most you can get for an iPad Pro -- which can be configured at up to $2400 -- is $445.

 

[beanbaguk]

If you use these services you’re an idiot. They reach far far higher amounts on eBay and the trade in service tends to make much lower offers than the up to amount.

True, but it’s just practicality. In Spain, it’s not uncommon to be bombarded with ridiculously low offers on anything you sell.

More annoyingly you get exchange offers all the time. It’s intensely annoying.

To avoid those idiots, I just prefer to hand it to Apple and get the exchange value and my new device.

 

[Scipster]

I'm confused. What does iPhone have to do with Macs and HomePods? I thought they were different products?

I can see HomePod and Mac values going down, but surely not iPhones and watches. To me, they are different products with different case uses.

 

[emulator]

The glorified bean counter is at it again! #TimApple

Best. Description. Of that being. Ever

 

[lazyrighteye]

Oof. Convenience just got a little more expensive.
I’m honestly surprised Apple is in the trade-in game. But if there is one thing society values more than anything, it’s convenience - the currency of the day.