their system for doing so is pretty weak anyway. There are like no follow up questions. They just ask the model and guess. The big surprise comes after you already sent it back and they provide you the actual value.
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Apple Lowers Trade-In Values for Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches
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Glad I got my 2017 15” MBP traded in before this. I got about $650 for it last month. Who knows what it would be now.
By auto do you mean cars? I never mentioned anything about that in my comment.
I simply mean that when I trade in a product at the Apple store to purchase a new product it is treated as a refund, so I’m only charged sales tax on the remaining price.
I tried several times, but you wouldn’t stop going on and and on and on about it. ?
Glad we agree then.
If you bought your iMac from Apple 10 days ago, and you don’t want it anymore, just return it. There’s no need for the trade in process there.
I was thinking about trading my 2018 13” the other day, and last time I looked, I think it was worth close to $500 in trade. Today, it’s $270.
I was thinking to keep it 2/3 months and then upgrade with Mac book pro $1999..... but at this point I will keep it. too much lost of value ..... I love this iMac 24
Repairing is anti-recycling. It's hinder something from getting recycled.
Loving recycling and repairing is like loving divorce and marriage counselling at the same time. Doesn't make sense.
You mean, that Apple get paid for the "convenience" factor. You get tremendously more value when you sell at ebay
Apple does reduce trade in value occasionally. Not surprising to hear this. But bad for customers. Better to sell old device elsewhere. But Apple trade in is very convenient.
Also, whoever he is talking about might have him on "ignore" and thus doesn't see posts he might be directing at them.
The $1200 (only $50 less than I paid for it on eBay, 1 year usage) I got for my used MacBook 16" 2019 was generous and helped offset the purchase of my 2021 16". Glad I did so before this reduction in trade in value.
Love this thing. Drives my 2x 5K monitor setup for work, gorgeous 120Hz screen and great speakers for movies
Love this thing. Drives my 2x 5K monitor setup for work, gorgeous 120Hz screen and great speakers for movies
That’s not true at all.
The phrase “Reduce, reuse, recycle” is phrased that way because it’s best to reduce, better to reuse, and recycling is the last resort.
Repairing something broken reduces waste because you would have to buy a new product if you recycled the old one. That’s wasteful. Reusing something old (like buying a used product from someone who no longer needs it) is another great option to avoid needing to buy a new product
Recycling is the least efficient and most wasteful option so that’s why it’s at the bottom of the list.
Most of the time when people say “recycle” they mean any or all of the three, depending on what’s the best option for the situation at hand
Good thing they are built to last and outlive the date Apple deems them 'obsolete'. Never understood why so many people want to trade these products back in to Apple. Personally, I'd either go to a 3rd party or just gift it to someone in need.
Weird. I just tried the trade in for my 2018 13" MBP with 4 TB ports, and it shows $0/recycle!
My way of dealing with it. Big and/or old stuff go back to Apple.
Portable and newer stuff go for sale to private people.
Portable and newer stuff go for sale to private people.
Mine is a 512GB version, with no physical damage or problems. I just checked again and it still offers $270.
I sent in a 2019 256gb SSD 21” iMac as a trade in. They quoted $380. Then they revised it to zero and said the backlight isn’t working. So I had them return it. The backlight is working fine and I even ran Apple’s own hardware test on it and it showed no issue anywhere. So the trade in process was full of sh*t.
On the other hand I send them a bunch of old computers clients had thrown out and they gave $75-200 for each of them.
On the other hand I send them a bunch of old computers clients had thrown out and they gave $75-200 for each of them.
Ah, I answered the "is it free from swelling" question incorrectly. Yes, mine shows $255.
That's because the mail in trades are handled by Phobio. They are notoriously for pulling **** like this. Always take it into a real Apple store in order to get the correct trade in value.
There’s already a Marketplace forum here for that, but it’s not available until after a period of membership and participation.