My 2017 iMac 5K got me $950 trade in. So I’m keeping my M1 MacBook Pro and trading that in for a 16 inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro…
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Apple Offering Up to $1,000 of Trade-in Value for M1 MacBooks Towards Purchase of New MacBook Pros
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I use Apple trade-in for the convenience. I don't want to mess around with selling it myself for the amount of money involved.
Wow! Apple trade-in offered me $620 for my base 8/8/256 M1 MBA. Only $50 less. I'm sticking with what I have. I was just curious about the trade-in value.
Trading in my M1 Mac Mini 8/16/2TB for $950 for the 16” Max. When I looked a few weeks ago at trade-in price it was only $650 or something so they definitely incentivized it for these new machines. Like others have said yeah I might be able to pull more from 3rd party seller but I find it a lot easier to not deal with haggling and shipping. Just easy to send it off in a prepaid box and get cash applied to your purchase.
My beloved M1 MacBook Pro 16gb 512gb being traded in for $885. I removed my eBay listing because in the end I’ll have to pay EBay for the sale, and pay for proper shipping.
Questions. What about Facebook market? Never tried but thinking about it to get a bit more at least.
what happens if I don’t go through with the Apple trade in I agreed too? Any extra fees?
Questions. What about Facebook market? Never tried but thinking about it to get a bit more at least.
what happens if I don’t go through with the Apple trade in I agreed too? Any extra fees?
Facebook Marketplace is a cesspool of people contacting you from hacked Facebook accounts. You’ll have to use your noggin’ to filter out the real people vs the bots. Since your MBP is the newer generation, you will probably get a decent amount of interest for it. I’ve been trying to sell my late 2016 MBP for the longest time and get so many lowball offers that I’m just going to trade it into Apple for the convenience.
If you don’t go through the Apple trade-in, you won’t get the credit. They won’t ding you for failure to ship your device as they didn’t deduct the amount from your invoice proactively.
FWIW, Apple offered $610 for my late 2016 tbMBP - 256 GB / 16 GB RAM / 2.6 GHZ i7 / Radeon 460 config.
they are offering me $1770 for my 2019 16" 2TB/32GB/i9 2.4 pretty loaded up.
lowball but expected a 60% drop no different than trading in a car so I'll sell privately and be happy for $2000 with transfer of AppleCare.
I am drooling over the same 2tb/32GB Max 16" and looks like retail is LESS than my 2019 16" was...
lowball but expected a 60% drop no different than trading in a car so I'll sell privately and be happy for $2000 with transfer of AppleCare.
I am drooling over the same 2tb/32GB Max 16" and looks like retail is LESS than my 2019 16" was...
I'm in a big city (take a guess from my flair) and I just sell on Craigslist for a cash in-person deal. But I also only sell my stuff when it is much older. So my deals are measured in a couple of hundred dollars. Sold a bunch of stuff over the years and never had a problem (though met one sketch dude for a phone sale once, not dangerous sketch, but just a weird guy). Would I be comfortable with an in person sale for a $1,000 for a recent laptop? Hmm, not sure. Though I've sold a car in person for nearly $4,000 in cash. So I guess I'd be comfortable with something sizable for a good laptop.
Sure didn’t want to tempt some getting mini instead of notebook even though normally different types of buyers.
The trade in button is hard to see with colors. It’s on the page that select different pre configured devices.
$670 for the 12 month old M1 MBA 8GB, 512GB storage, space grey.. seems low
My M1 MBA with 8C/16GB/512GB is apparently worth £520 at 6 months old. That's about 37% of what it cost!
That's not much incentive to trade up
So much for the Apple $1000 trade-in. Must be just in US.
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I will format my macbook pro today and bring it into the apple store at the end of the week..I have the 2018 macbook pro apple is offering 540 for it not ideal but considering its a three year old computer I guess its the best I can do..two questions..when I format, that NVAM thing, the pressing of the keys when it boots up is that necessary to do, I read its something to do with wiping memory from the system, looks kind of hard to do I looked on youtube and no one does it when they format, they just remove themselves from itunes, imessage, icloud, and then format, they dont do that additional step so was not sure if it was necessary
I am going to bring it to them already fully formatted they can just power it on and go to a few of the setup steps to see that its running perfect
I am going to bring it to them already fully formatted they can just power it on and go to a few of the setup steps to see that its running perfect
Easy to do.
support.apple.com
What to do before you sell, give away, trade in, or recycle your Mac - Apple Support
Reset your Mac to factory settings to prepare it for a new owner.
Sorry I j just have to say... "M1 Max Mac Mini" is quite the mouthful. I'm sitting here repeating it over and over and can't stop!
In my case (a 2018 15" MBP), I got more on trade ($1,120) than they go for on eBay or locally because the 2018 is known to have a horribly unreliable keyboard. I've never had an issue, but I know it's a time bomb so I'm trading it in.
And the buyer has a full 6 months to file a PayPal dispute. Easier just to walk into an Apple store, hand it over, and be permanently done with the situation. DO NOT mail it in. It will go to Phobio (as Apple's trade-in partner), and you'll get screwed.
Yeah this is a huge issue. Buyers remorse or just a product coming out that they want instead. They should have to report an issue A LOT sooner than that.
I'm in the exact same situation - I got £310 for my 2015 MacBook Pro when I got the new MBA so the trade in values have definitely plummeted in the UK...
Go to this link https://www.apple.com/shop/trade-in then scroll down about half way where it says "Trade in and get Apple Gift Card credit — even without a purchase."
Only giving half of what I paid for a mint MBA M1 16GB/256GB so I'll just keep it as a spare Chromebook.
Wow I am shocked that Apple would even offer $100 for my 2012 2.3ghz i7 Mac Mini.
I paid $600 for it from Apple Refurb 7 years ago.
I should just trade it in for future credit before Apple offers to recycle it for free.
It’s collecting dust in my closet anyways.
also interesting they would offer $220 for my 10.5” iPad Pro. 🤔
I paid $600 for it from Apple Refurb 7 years ago.
I should just trade it in for future credit before Apple offers to recycle it for free.
It’s collecting dust in my closet anyways.
also interesting they would offer $220 for my 10.5” iPad Pro. 🤔
Trade in values seem to be decent. But one could easily get much more selling outside. Only thing, the trade in using apple will be very easy and convenient.
I thought so too until I traded in my 11 Pro Max. It’s not Apple doing the trade ins, it’s a contractor. They have screwed up my trade in from the start and I’m still trying to get it sorted out. Never again. I’ll take my chances with a private sale from now on.