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

[Mizouse]

Interesting. When the M2 Mac Minis were announced I checked the trade in for my 2018 i7 1TB Mini and was quoted around $180.
I just checked again and they now quote me $345.

Still way low for a device that they still sold 9 days ago for $1499. And mine I upgrade myself to 64gb of RAM for $200.

Anyways, I’m upgrading myself to an M2 Pro Mini but will be handing down my 2018 Mini to my parents to replace their aging 2011 Mini.

 

[Ankaa]

Seriously, what was the point of listing the iPad in that list. None of them changed.

Clickbait. Working one at that, as you can see by all the comments.

Might just be me, but Macrumors content quality has gone downhill over the last months. Last week they had ELEVEN (11) 'different' articles on the new macs within a mere half hour or so.

Trade-in values have changed/decreased all the time for years. There was a time that wasn't worth an article. But (artificial) outrage generates clicks generates revenue. (As many FB pages know, too. I follow a number of pages that used to provide actual content just a year or two ago while now they're all reposting the same AITA reddit stuff with a "what do you think" tag line. Go figure)

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

Pssst! We don't want facts and reason here. Just outrage targeted at greeeeeedy Apple.

 

[IphoneX9753]

I can't wait for them to tell me my apple watch ultra is worth $240 as a trade-in in 2 years. 🥲

It won’t take 2 years. They will tell you in September it’s worth about $150. The ultra is the same price as the Edition watches were (atleast the titanium ones). Look at the prices for the Series 7. They don’t differentiate between the Edition and regular 7’s. In 2 years you are probably looking at around $100

Trading a watch into Apple makes ZERO sense. Secondary market easily nets you double or more over trade in.

 

[DrJR]

Inflationary prices for me, but not for thee. -Apple

 

[IsaacM]

The greed party continues... mind you, they lowered them already like a month ago.

 

[gleepskip]

Might just be me, but Macrumors content quality has gone downhill over the last months. Last week we had like they had ELEVEN (11) 'different' articles on the new macs within a mere half hour or so.

At least the content is on-topic. A competitor Mac website can't shut up about Elon.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

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

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Insane! Before they started their Trade-up program, Macs used to hold their value for much, much longer. It was a plus against Windows PCs.

 

[7149041]

Don't like it, don't use it I guess. They are probably buying them mostly to recover some rare metals.

Sell your stuff on EBay or - like me - give it away to family.

 

[carrrrrlos]

Lifts table, takes Mac.

 

[Whooolian]

Only $1,250 for a $50,000 Mac Pro...Shameless

 

[Tagbert]

EVERYBODY! TIME FOR HOT TAKES!

Oh, you're already on it. Carry on...

Lots of blisters, today.

 

[antibolo]

Remember: only corporations are allowed to profit from inflation. The common people gets screwed no matter which side of the transaction they sit on.

Late stage capitalism is so much fun!

 

[dominiongamma]

I remember when the public had less access to the iPhone and the value of the phone was worth so much more, but it’s so common now it’s just android pricing now

 

[1BadManVan]

Apple? You suck, sorry but this is just pathetic, Trillion dollar company that just keeps picking away at its consumer dollar by dollar. Just getting insulting at this point

 

[UltimateSyn]

Why would Apple be under any obligation to give what you consider to be a fair price for a trade-in device?

You are more than welcome to use the free market, and any service that's intended to sell your devices to get the value you believe is fair. Go clean up your device, take a bunch of pictures, set up an account, accept payment, package up the item, drive to the post office, ship it, hope the buyer doesn't claim you sent him a brick in the mail and request a refund, pay eBay or Swappa and PayPal all their 'fair' share.

Don't want to do that? Want to just throw the nearest Apple employee your banged up iPhone and get a few hundred bucks off a new device - so they can turn around and maybe refurbish it to sell it for a profit and maybe recycle it at a loss? Then use Apple's trade-in program. It is there to give people a quick and easy way to get off their old devices. If you want to sell it you are fully and completely able to, but it is quite literally not Apple's business to risk taking a loss on your old tech.

 

[vegetassj4]

In a few years, those are the convience fees Apple will charge you for taking those pesky old devices off your hands.

 

[ThomasJL]

Tim Cook is as bad as a Craigslist lowballer.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

And with that, there is now ZERO reason to use the Apple Trade-In Program anymore. You'll get waaaaaaaay more money just selling the old devices yourself on eBay, Craigslist, or wherever.

 

[Simmias]

Apple trade-in values are unconscionable, and IMO damaging to their brand. They're about 30% of what you can get by flipping your device on Ebay, Swappa, FB Market etc.

I priced out a trade-in this morning on my M1 Mac mini 1TB 16GB RAM. It was $390 vs. $1000+ on eBay.

There is a convenience factor to trading in directly with Apple, so I would expect trade-in values to be maybe 10-20% lower than selling to a private buyer. But the values Apple are offering are just a rip off and taking advantage of consumers who don't know any better.

Apple products may be expensive, but anyone who owns them would agree that they deliver incredible value. By contrast the trade-ins, which Apple promotes heavily, are simply a bad deal. They should increase the values to be closer to market value, or simply stop offering them

 

[regroll]

Nobody devalues Apple hardware like Apple : pawn shops feel more honest with their grift. And this is from an old school forever Apple guy.

 

[1557750]

Apple once again letting us know that what we've been buying all along is crap and not worth anything.

“Letting us know”? We all appreciate you being the spokesperson for all users, but I continue to love the quality of “crap” they sell.

Like others have said, you don’t have to use their trade in option. I sell other places all the time if I want to bring in an extra $150 on a device. I also use their trade in when I want to skip the headache it takes to do so.

Eventually Tim Apple will bite off more than he can chew trying to make shareholders happy, while skimming off the customer. I’m excited for those times. But until then, if you don’t like it, go elsewhere…

👊😃👍

 

[regroll]

I find this so annoying. Didn't they recently do this a couple or so months ago? I thought the whole purpose of the trade-in program was to promote saving the environment and negate throwing stuff away in the landfills, while getting a discount off new products. The continued "adjustments" (read, degradation) of trade-in values will just discourage people from trading in with Apple and, instead, deal with 3rd parties and hence, more risk.

Stupid.

They are treating this like a donation to apple for “recycling” the products.

 

[mrdf]

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.

But then you have to deal with the scammers on ebay.

 

[UltimateSyn]

Oh my god, Best Buy is so atrocious, look at them only offering me $540 for my $2000 2TB iPad Pro!!!!!!! Everybody keep that same energy for all the trade-in companies and programs that rip you off because they're banking that you'll value time and convenience over your dollars. That's the whole point of the trade-in programs...

 

[PowerButton]

🤦‍♂️

This is ridiculous! I traded in a late 2019 MBP 16” a little over a year ago for $1,400 [about $2,800 when I purchased it].
If I were to trade in my late 2021 MBP 16” Pro Max I would get $1,200 [about $3,500 when I purchased it].

 

[Mr. Dee]

In my Greta Thunberg voice 'How dare you devalue my iPhone X to $130?'. I paid $1,299 for this thing!
I plan to keep it until rots!