Cancel RMBP order or resell for more $$$?

[Jamesesesesess]

I ordered a 2.3/16/256 RMBP earlier this month with the student discount + Discover 5% cash back through the Apple Store. All in all, I'm paying about $2,200 plus I got the $100 iTunes card that I can sell to someone for $85. I got a 2.3/16/256 model through a reseller though and have that now. I still haven't cancelled my order from Apple, and am kinda stuck as to what I should do. Should I just cancel it and be done with it (I don't know if they'll take back the gift card though?), or should I resell it for at least $2,400 and maybe make even more extra because they're so hard to find? I'm not supposed to receive it until early August.

I would just put it on eBay, but the fees would barely make it worth the trouble as I wouldn't even get much profit. I don't know how much success I would get by putting it on Amazon. Any other sites I could sell it on with no/little fees? I could put it on Craigslist I suppose.

 

[miles01110]

You're not going to sell it for more than the retail price on Craigslist or Amazon. They're not scarce enough to actually drive up the price.

 

[MacDawg]

My understanding is if you cancel you will not get to keep the gift card

 

[fizzwinkus]

i think they bill you for the price of the gift card and discount it out of the laptop when it ships. you've paid for that gift card.

 

[M5RahuL]

If you cancel your order, there are three options for the gift card:

1) you can keep it, but your refund is $100 less.
2) You mail it back to Apple and process the return from Apple.com/orderstatus
3) You contact Apple and they cancel [ invalidate ] it over the phone and iTunes will send you an confirmation email. You can simply trash the card.

Finally, depending on when you receive it, I may be interested in buying if off of you along with the GC and no markup!!

Let me know

 

[gentlefury]

You're not going to sell it for more than the retail price on Craigslist or Amazon. They're not scarce enough to actually drive up the price.

With a 4 week wait, I would tend to disagree on that statement.

 

[jcpb]

With a 4 week wait, I would tend to disagree on that statement.

There are already people returning their perfectly functional MBPRs due to various software issues (nothing wrong with them hardware-wise). As a result, 4 week waiting times notwithstanding, it's very difficult for OP to resell his brand new MBPR at full retail prices.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1401261/

 

[gentlefury]

There are already people returning their perfectly functional MBPRs due to various software issues (nothing wrong with them hardware-wise). As a result, 4 week waiting times notwithstanding, it's very difficult for OP to resell his brand new MBPR at full retail prices.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1401261/

What does that thread have to do with 4 week delays on BTO. Someone that doesn't want to wait 4 weeks to get a BTO 16GB rMBP will pay over retail to get it.

 

[jcpb]

What does that thread have to do with 4 week delays on BTO. Someone that doesn't want to wait 4 weeks to get a BTO 16GB rMBP will pay over retail to get it.

Not buying, but selling.

 

[dsciel]

I would suggest you to sell it, because returning cause hassles ... Btw. May I ask which discover card you have that has 5% cash back on apple purchases?

 

[friendchet]

I would suggest you to sell it, because returning cause hassles ... Btw. May I ask which discover card you have that has 5% cash back on apple purchases?

if you go through shopdiscover.com link, it gives you 5% cashback on purchases done on apple store.there are some exclusions like gift cards etc...

 

[swamyg1]

Apple will not charge you for the flight card, but they will deactivate it before it reaches you do you won't even have a chance to use it. Happened to me when I bought and cancelled my MBA.