I was clicking through the pages to order a new MBP 16 to replace my late 2016 15" MBP 2.9 GHz Quad-Core i7, 16GB, 1 TB SSD and it asked me if I had something I wanted to trade in. For grins I entered my current machine and it offered me $1,050. Should I take it? Seemed reasonable to me but I have no idea what my computer might be worth. Heck when I bought my current machine it replaced a 2011 MBP and it is still sitting on the shelf untouched since I upgraded.
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Buying MBP 16 - trade in?
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For what it's worth, I sold late 2016 15" about 6 months ago for around $2000 AUD, but was a 2.6ghz, 512, 16gb, radeon 450. Which was just over 50% of the original purchase price ($3900 AUD). But I had a crack in the screen enclosure and keys had also imprinted themselves in the screen.
They tend to offer competitive pricing but it's a pain otherwise.
I sold my 15" 2018 model for $1400 on Ebay after being offered $1410 on trade-in. The reason I didn't trade it in was because I was selling two laptops to buy one (16" MBP) and if I had traded those in I'd have been without a computer while waiting for them to send me the trade-in shipping container, then I ship it, wait for them to get it, analyze it, then ship me gift cards. What kind of turn-around are we talking about here? Sounds to me like a good two weeks if not more. I sold my two laptops on eBay for very close to the trade-in Apple was offering (one right at, the other for $75 more) and got my money, all within about 48 hours and right after I shipped them both our I went and bought the MBP 16".
If you put it on eBay, you will get action all day long. There's a LOT of customers who are looking for these. Apple products fly off the shelves on eBay. I haven't had to wait more than a few hours to sell any iPhone I've ever listed. One of the computers I was listing sold in 5 hours, the other took 24 hours.
I sold my 15" 2018 model for $1400 on Ebay after being offered $1410 on trade-in. The reason I didn't trade it in was because I was selling two laptops to buy one (16" MBP) and if I had traded those in I'd have been without a computer while waiting for them to send me the trade-in shipping container, then I ship it, wait for them to get it, analyze it, then ship me gift cards. What kind of turn-around are we talking about here? Sounds to me like a good two weeks if not more. I sold my two laptops on eBay for very close to the trade-in Apple was offering (one right at, the other for $75 more) and got my money, all within about 48 hours and right after I shipped them both our I went and bought the MBP 16".
If you put it on eBay, you will get action all day long. There's a LOT of customers who are looking for these. Apple products fly off the shelves on eBay. I haven't had to wait more than a few hours to sell any iPhone I've ever listed. One of the computers I was listing sold in 5 hours, the other took 24 hours.
Sounds like the US has a better trade in program. In Australia, most they'll give you is $620 AU (~$420 US) regardless of age, spec etc.
That's not a bad price at all considering its for the most part hassle free. Remember though, that's just an estimate. They can come back to you and say that after they examined the laptop they don't find it worth that much and offer you a lower price, while also having your laptop that you sent in. Its never happened to me before but I've heard of it happening to other people in here. My advice would be to do a store pickup and do the trade in there if that's something your store allows.
Yeah, this happens all the time. You send it in and they come back with a lower offer because of some scratch they found on the computer that wasn't there when you shipped it in. They know you don't want to hassle with getting the computer shipped back to you, so you bend over and take the counteroffer. It's a really crappy way to do business, IMO. So if you do decide to trade it in, just be ready for that to possibly happen.
maybe in US, because in UK economy is very bad and selling MBP on eBay can take few weeks
The trade in process for me said they will credit the method of payment used to buy the new computer. If I traded it in separate from the process of buying a new computer, them they would send me gift cards.
You have 14 days to return it, you should have received your new computer within 14 days?
I sell on eBay when absolutely necessary but the 10% fee and 3% PayPal fee is too high and shipping is a hassle.
I read through the process online and can’t figure out exactly how it works. It says you send it in and they credit your original payment method but do you have some time with your old device after your new one comes in to be sure everything is copied over? I plan on doing a secure wipe of the data from the old computer before sending it in but don’t want to do that until I am really certain I have everything on to the new one. Yes I have multiple backups but it still makes me nervous.
I have a 2019 i9 with 32gb of RAM and 1TB SSD. Trying to determine what I should expect from Apple. Did you take it in the store or did you just use the online website to get the trade in value?
I would personally take it. That's a good trade in price. Sure you may be able to get a little more on eBay or something but to me it's not worth the hassle (you may get less). They'll take the price off of the total if you finance it too.
I was able to get about $400 more than Apple's trade-in offer by selling mine on Swappa. Was a really quick and easy experience.
Same specs here on my 2019 15" MB Pro, but I hate the keyboard, so looking to trade it in for a 16" version -- tried online, tried online chat, and the local Apple store, and all say they won't take trade-ins on the 15" 2019 MacBook Pro at this time.
They don't do trade-ins in the store. The send you a box and you ship it into them. Then they check it out to make sure it's what you said it was when you agreed to trade it in. Then they cut you a check or gift card or credit back whatever payment you used for your computer purchase. Before you ship it in, you should back it up fully then wipe the hard drive and do a clean install.
In the past I've typically received the trade-in box a few days after receiving the new device, so had a nice long window to get info and data transferred over and the old laptop dropped off at the shipping station. It's always been painless from my perspective.