Apple Reduces Trade-In Values for Select iPhones, Macs, and More

[Marty80]

Well there you have it Apple products are now worthless, however Tim Cook is very valuable, maybe we should trade him in.

 

[darngooddesign]

Apple Stans are always glad to have Apple rip them off. It becomes a psychopathy.

Ooooo… someone just completed Psych 101.

 

[darngooddesign]

Stockholm Syndrome with a hint of SM.

Or… some people value convenience more than chasing down more money.

 

[Tru3B1u3]

Are you familiar with other platforms besides eBay?

Let Go and Mercari are other options where you can sell directly to humans.

I normally am a fan of selling used electronics and computer parts, but sometimes it's more trouble than it's worth. If it's an old iPad or phone I can give it family as an upgrade for their own devices. But when I upgraded my watch from an SE to SE2, I just traded it in with Apple. The last thing I want to do is worry about scammers on ebay and packing/shipping such a fragile device (didnt have original box).

Just recently I was listing a few items on eBay and almost immediately as soon as I posted said listing, I got offers from users from Delaware from a zip code and/or address associated with freight forwarders and scammers. I gave up after the 2nd offer after already canceling a purchase to an address typically associated with scammers/freight forwarders. How difficult is it to say, that you're only selling to real people with real addresses located within the continental US? The frustrating part was that I priced those items super low with the intention of just getting rid of them quickly, I feel like that put me on the target sights of the worst of eBay

You'd think it would be in eBays best interest to cultivate a platform based on trust.

 

[webkit]

True, but at the ned of the day what counts is how much do you have to pay; which is why it is important to look at the TCO. If you plan to stick with a carrier then a carrier offer is might be a better deal since the total price is less than an outright buy, or not if you want to go to a cheaper carrier in the future. I would use them but my grandfathered plan is about half of what a new plan would be with my carrier so any savings in phone price quickly gets eaten up by the higher plan price. As always, YMMV.

Yes, my point was not whether it was a good deal or worth it but rather that it's not a fair "apples to apples" comparison regarding trade-in values. It's almost like comparing what Carmax offered to buy a car against what another dealer offered toward the purchase of a car when the other dealer's trade-in number included the discount off the new car.

The reality is that the AT&T XR trade-in value is actually about half of Apple's. Most of the so-called trade-in figure from AT&T is a discount tied to a three year commitment on a premium plan.

 

[DrRadon]

I read someone post about buying a Series 7 on ebay for $125 and told myself, if the S10 or whatever they call it has compelling features I may try ebay but only if Apple‘s trade-in is significantly lower than $125. So now it looks like I may just use the apple trade-in for convenience…. the remaining big IF is whether the next model has anything worth upgrading for. Not to mention last few times I sold via ebay I told myself “NEVER AGAIN!” because the cut they take 13/14% is so outrageous…

They still take a cut? Here in Germany the switched to a free model in c2c. There’s litteraly zero fees.

 

[alexandr]

So, at what point are we going to have to start paying extra for trade-ins?

 

[jlc1978]

Yes, my point was not whether it was a good deal or worth it but rather that it's not a fair "apples to apples" comparison regarding trade-in values. It's almost like comparing what Carmax offered to buy a car against what another dealer offered toward the purchase of a car when the other dealer's trade-in number included the discount off the new car.

Great comparison. If you trade in a car at purchase you never really know what you actually. got because all the numbers get mixed together to make it look like a great deal; which is why you should always negotiate the price first, with no trade so you get a real price. Then say I want to trade in my vehicle so you get a real trade in value, not some inflated number to make you feel like you got a good deal when teh reality is that $1000 over book was covered by not lowering the new car price by $1000.

 

[dandyryan]

They price gouge you on storage and then ignore it when assessing your trade-in value.

exactly why you should only buy base models unfortunately

 

[sdloeffler]

interestingly, on some items Best Buy offers a better trade-in value than Apple does on their own products.