That was a horrific deal and you gave it away.I got $770 for my air trade in (M2 Air, 16 gigs ram, whatever the highest graphics core was, 1TB drive) last week. I thought it was good deal for a nearly 2 year old heavily used computer.
That was a horrific deal and you gave it away.I got $770 for my air trade in (M2 Air, 16 gigs ram, whatever the highest graphics core was, 1TB drive) last week. I thought it was good deal for a nearly 2 year old heavily used computer.
Crunch the numbers. I’ve sold locally, I’ve sold on eBay, I’ve traded in to Apple. If trade in with Apple is within a couple hundred of selling on eBay including fees, I’ve gone that route to not have to deal with potential problematic buyers.I whine about the trade-ins too, but then when you take the eBay haircut for selling fees, it gets a lot closer, WITHOUT the headache of setting up the sale, dealing with bottom feeder offers, and sometimes getting scammed (I sold a computer with a no overseas buyer restriction, and the buyer used a Florida drop shipper to send overseas and claim he never got it - after a couple of months eBay finally made me whole).
So yes, Apple gets you coming and going, but they KNOW we like it...
As a LONG TIME Windows users and new Mac convert, the key for me is realizing my bought used 2+ year old M1 Max MacBook Pro is far from out of breath...
I just don't know how they can basically not account for it at all on trade ins.
When they go to sell them as Refurbs, they certainly are charging more for more RAM...but they didn't pay anymore for that RAM to the person who traded it in.
It's like -- how many times and people can they overcharge for the same RAM sticks!?
It's really just ... crummy
Same, plus I'm apparently one of the few people on Earth who actually likes the Magic Bar. Also not at all a fan of the notch, especially now that it's a floating island on their phones.$555 for my M1 MacBook Pro (8C GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD),... nah, I'm good.
I sold mine last week on OfferUp for 1175. Same specs except it was 512GB SSD 🤷♂️I got $770 for my air trade in (M2 Air, 16 gigs ram, whatever the highest graphics core was, 1TB drive) last week. I thought it was good deal for a nearly 2 year old heavily used computer.
Why move it to another machine? Wouldn't they just sell the machine traded in at a premium for the additional RAM? Anyway, it is outrageous if they do not pay more for extra RAM computers traded in, but charge more when they sell them. I suppose their beancounters have worked out that they should be paying almost nothing for buying RAM. However, when they sell, that's a totally different story.They probably yank off the extra ram and nands off and slap it in a refurb at a premium. Acquired for $0 additional cash outlay or trade credit towards the customer.
lmao
If someone decides to trade in I will pay 1500Mac Pro - Up to $800
"overcharge"?The way they don't seem to account for RAM upgrades in particular -- is REALLY frustrating.
They overcharge for that on the front end and then act like it doesn't exist on the trade-in side.
Headline more realistically should be:This seems a rather misleading title. As far as I can see it is 3 up, 3 no change and 2 down.
I looked and mine had gone down as well ($1335 vs $1225 M1 Max, 24c, 32gb ram, 2tb ssd). My real question, however, is when is an upgrade even warranted now that we are in the M series processors? Other than raytracing and even more power than I use, why should I shelve the M1 Max? It still runs circles around every Windows laptop I've ever owned, and I'd bet I can't reach 65% of its potential power/speed with my workload (I'm not a gamer).My M1 Max MacBook Pro with 64G, 4 tb drive dropped from $1540 to $1455, since yesterday.