...and when you order it it tells you that it's used. It's that exact same offer from my screenshot.
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Apple trade in value on my 13" M1 MBA is $500. Is this a good or decent deal?
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For sure, you can get a handle on prices via eBay, but I’d suggest looking at the prices of Sold Items rather than current bids, which could end up much higher.
Buy It Now, current or sold, is another way of getting a fix on realistic prices, not auction madness!
$500 sounds good, but Apple deals with a 3rd party company that has often, notoriously, found “defects” and lowered the quoted price. I'd agree with the advice above about going to an Apple Store instead, if you have one close, and doing this in person.
Does Best Buy have any similar service?
Question. I ordered my 15" MBA which is coming on Tuesday. Can I just take my 13" MBA to an Apple store for trade in? Apple is sending me a box for the trade in but now people in this thread have me spooked about possibly getting screwed by sending it in.
No, you need to send it in. Apple’s got automation tied to the serial number that you put in. They’re expecting it to come in from FedEx or whatever carrier.
I should say I have traded in several things to Apple and not once had a problem.
If you don’t, you’ll most likely get charged for the trade in value that they reduced it by.
When you drop it off, drop it off to a real person. Just ask for a receipt of acceptance. Take a picture of the receipt which shows the tracking number. This will keep you all good no matter what.
I think best buy does, but its one of those where its better to just to the store to find the value they give you.
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I think it doesn’t work that way - only shipping is an option.
Though one can trade always at apple store if selected store pickup, that is why i do pickups.
Trade-ins are optional, not bound to a new purchase and can be cancelled. You can simply throw away the trade-in box that Fedex/UPS delivers and not send anything back, and go to a store and do it in person. There is no requirement to transfer the value to gift cards either, I used that trade-in a year ago and they sent the funds to my credit card.
You can definitely do better. I was going to trade my 2022 MBA 13" for the 15" that I bought but they were only offering $825. I am getting $1,190 from a A+ accredited BBB third party. I would shop around IMO.
this is why you trade in store, and dont ship it off and leave it to the whims of some inspector who hallucinates that the screen is cracked when its in perfect shape
imo $500 is not bad but also not great.
Worth it possibly for convenience and laziness.
While I find the 15" M2 MBA to be a compelling offer especially at the price point and if you do edu discount, I also have a hard time giving up my 13" M1 MBA because it works well enough and its the last of its relatively classic design
Do you have a Mac user group in your area? I sold my iMac through my local Mac user group after Apple tried to scam me on my iMac trade-in.
I would strongly advise not doing a trade-in with Apple. Just do a Google search for "Apple trade in problems" to see why.
-kp
I would strongly advise not doing a trade-in with Apple. Just do a Google search for "Apple trade in problems" to see why.
-kp
I'm going to see if I can sell my M1 MBA through FaceBook Marketplace. I'll be happy if I can get $600. That'll be $100 more than Apple's quote.
Wow interesting. Got open-box from Bestbuy (so technically bought new in the eyes of Apple?) M1 Air 8 RAM/512GB and was also offered $565.
Interesting that they do not add more value for 16GB of Ram?
Don't also forget that by trading in with apple towards new laptop, you get $500+your local tax%.
So for Chicago it would be $555 on a $500 trade-in, versus let's say a hustle of marketplace for $600.
I would personally take it. Sure you may get more on eBay, but after eBay (I guess technically PayPal) screwing me out of $1500 I won't use them again for selling ever. Also with eBay you have to worry about either the sender saying they never got it, or PayPal claiming the sender never sent the funds even if the sender sends official bank documents to you and PayPal showing he indeed did send the funds.
I've personally always had great experiences with Apple trade in. It's fast and you get a gift card you can use right away or if you're purchasing something new and choose trade-in, you can get that amount deducted right away.
I've personally always had great experiences with Apple trade in. It's fast and you get a gift card you can use right away or if you're purchasing something new and choose trade-in, you can get that amount deducted right away.
So I did end up combining the trade-in with a new device purchase and the money ended up on the credit card but I specifically asked Apple and was told that I can do the trade-in without a new purchase and can choose between gift card and credit card. I tried to verify this now but it actually does say that trade-ins without a purchase are limited to gift cards. So I assume either I remember it wrong or I was misinformed, unless it's an option that only works in the store and isn't advertised.
My exact same trade-in completed today. $500. A couple of minutes to reset and wipe it down, short trip up the street to drop it off at FedEx Kinkos with no waiting in line, no boxes, no packing, no lowballers or no shows, I keep the AC adapter and USB-C cord, took 6 days in total. Paid $799 for it 19 months ago at Best Buy. A win in my book. Downside is I can't use gift card balance to pay towards installment balance.
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don't flame me but how come we don't have a classifieds section to sell these machines to each other? FOMO and upgrade fever would lend to some killer deals amongst ourselves!
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