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iMac Refurb drop in price
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Who cares? You are protected by a 2 week return policy and also Apple is famous for giving customers the lower price if a price change occurs within a couple of weeks. If you want one, then just buy it.
Refurb prices do not typically drop until the new models start begin offered for refurb.
Yes it makes more sense to wait given how close we are. Anybody suggesting order one and then return it in the two week window is nuts. Please explain the scenario when waiting 24 hours before ordering hasn't valued their time very highly. By the time you unpack it and set it up, the new one might have been announced.
My guess is that once ( IF ) the new iMacs are launched, Apple will replace all the Apple shop iMacs with the new ones, that is if they are classed as a replacement and not a High spec model and existing range is kept.
Therefore all the shop models will be returned to factory to be refurbished / polished / reformatted and then they will be put onto the Apple Refurb shop over the following months, don't think we will see a big price drop, Apple will continue to manage the supply chain to keep prices about 20% lower than RRP.
The main difference I think we will see is that the model will change to being late 2013 / early 2014 rather than early 2013.
Just a view
Taff
Therefore all the shop models will be returned to factory to be refurbished / polished / reformatted and then they will be put onto the Apple Refurb shop over the following months, don't think we will see a big price drop, Apple will continue to manage the supply chain to keep prices about 20% lower than RRP.
The main difference I think we will see is that the model will change to being late 2013 / early 2014 rather than early 2013.
Just a view
Taff
Yeah this is what blows my mind on these forums. How little people care about returning items(I'm not sure if it's a U.S. mentality).
It's like the same idiots I see returning 30 items of clothing holding up the line for everyone.
