Looking to sell my mid 2015 15" MBP - What's it worth?

[ozziegn]

As the title says. I'm looking to sell my beloved mid 2015 15" MacBook Pro with 256GB storage and an i7 CPU. The laptop is in perfect condition and I had the battery replaced by Apple under their battery recall earlier this year. The battery only has 18 charge cycles. What do you guys and gals think it's worth? Apple tells me they'll give me $460 trade-in towards a newer MBP but I think $460 is way too low.

 

[rdubmu]

Check out Mac me an offer

 

[jerryk]

Check completed listings on eBay for your year and configuration. Don't expect anything additional for the new battery.

 

[ozziegn]

Check completed listings on eBay for your year and configuration. Don't expect anything additional for the new battery.

I wasn't expecting extra $$$ for the new battery. It's just another sweetener to a sweet laptop in 100% perfect condition.

 

[pshufd]

I may be in the same boat soon.

 

[ozziegn]

Check out Mac me an offer

I checked that website and they gave me an offer of $790. That seems pretty good (I guess). I'm just kind of iffy on sending my perfect MBP to a company in hopes I get $790 in return. I just always think worse case scenario and that's what scares me. What the hell would I do once I send them my MBP and I never hear from them again? Seems like I'd have zero leg to stand on at that point.

 

[pshufd]

I checked that website and they gave me an offer of $790. That seems pretty good (I guess). I'm just kind of iffy on sending my perfect MBP to a company in hopes I get $790 in return. I just always think worse case scenario and that's what scares me. What the hell would I do once I send them my MBP and I never hear from them again? Seems like I'd have zero leg to stand on at that point.

I was thinking of taking the retail price, cutting it in half and selling it locally. I'm too lazy to ship anything.

One time I had a new tennis racquet that I didn't need. I put an ad on a forum - first reply that can pick it up at my office gets it for free. I had people ask if I could ship it and I just said I'm too lazy.

 

[nquinn]

As the title says. I'm looking to sell my beloved mid 2015 15" MacBook Pro with 256GB storage and an i7 CPU. The laptop is in perfect condition and I had the battery replaced by Apple under their battery recall earlier this year. The battery only has 18 charge cycles. What do you guys and gals think it's worth? Apple tells me they'll give me $460 trade-in towards a newer MBP but I think $460 is way too low.

Before the M1 was released I was watching pricing for 2015 15" 16gb/512gb machines, and they were sitting around $800ish pre-pandemic, maybe $700-$750 on a better sale. My work was clearing them out for $500 a piece but I missed out on them.

With the new M1 chips out now, $500 doesn't sound crazy at all to me. The 2019 16" should have hurt their value as well. I'd probably be willing to sell it in an instant if you could get $600.

You can of course check ebay completed listings, as there will always be dumb people that pay too much because it looks cheap relative to brand new. Do keep in mind that you'll lose 10-15% if you sell on ebay though between listing and paypal fees.

 

[ght56]

I checked that website and they gave me an offer of $790. That seems pretty good (I guess). I'm just kind of iffy on sending my perfect MBP to a company in hopes I get $790 in return. I just always think worse case scenario and that's what scares me. What the hell would I do once I send them my MBP and I never hear from them again? Seems like I'd have zero leg to stand on at that point.

For a half decade old computer, this is a pretty solid offer IMHO...especially if you have an IG model. If you want to sell, I would roll with that as I don't even think you would get a ton more selling it yourself. That is nearly enough money to buy a 13-inch AS Air with the same hard drive which outperforms that 15-inch in every performance measure except IO flexibility. Mac Me An Offer is a very good company to do business with. Provided you give them a fair assessment of condition, you'll be getting a check in the mail for the exact figure they quote. No punches pulled and no BS.

 

[nquinn]

I checked that website and they gave me an offer of $790. That seems pretty good (I guess). I'm just kind of iffy on sending my perfect MBP to a company in hopes I get $790 in return. I just always think worse case scenario and that's what scares me. What the hell would I do once I send them my MBP and I never hear from them again? Seems like I'd have zero leg to stand on at that point.

If you can get $790, jump on it. I have no idea how they aren't losing money buying at that rate, especially for a 256gb model.

Do be sure to check "grading" though. Some of these trade-in companies only offer their top rate for near-new/perfect condition, but then only offer a B or C grade, usually 20-30% lower for virtually everything else. At my job one vendor told us something like 90% are rated B or C. That $790 could quickly become $632.