what to do before you sell give away or trade in your mac

#WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU SELL GIVE AWAY OR TRADE IN YOUR MAC PRO#
#WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU SELL GIVE AWAY OR TRADE IN YOUR MAC FREE#
#WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU SELL GIVE AWAY OR TRADE IN YOUR MAC MAC#

Apple is, of course, generous enough to say that it will happily accept the device for free, which would mean that I’d be giving away even more free goodies to a Trillion dollar company.

#WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU SELL GIVE AWAY OR TRADE IN YOUR MAC PRO#

It’s interesting to see that even though the MacBook Pro was described and inspected correctly, the value was revised to nothing. Apple’s website explains that if you own a device that has a display that doesn’t function properly, it’s still fine to send it as you will likely receive the quoted value. The page asks “Is the screen intact and free of cracks and cosmetic damage? Is the display free of pixel loss, black or white spots and lines? Is the body free of major scratches, dents and liquid damage?” – it’s quite obvious that I put no as a selection, since the display wasn’t in great shape at all it was blank and had a total pixel loss and a line.

#WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU SELL GIVE AWAY OR TRADE IN YOUR MAC MAC#

On the “screen and enclosure of your Mac in good physical condition?” page, there is a pop-up panel that provides even more information about what the question means. Based on the state of the device – which is in excellent shape with minimal signs of use – and the rest of the information, I was indeed correct, and I qualified for the quoted value. I must’ve done something wrong, I thought to myself, but it turned out that I made the right selection based on the information that is provided by Apple. I quickly went back to the Apple trade-in page, made the same selection, and double-checked whether I may have put down something wrong. I thought Apple would clearly have a lot of margins on it, and I could get away losing slightly less on my machine, and put it toward the 2021 MacBook Pro purchase. I found his completely fair, given that Apple will most likely repair this device, and then list it as refurbished on and sell it for £1,869 (~$2,490). I’ve selected a few options based on the condition of my device, and Apple quoted me £430 for the device with the broken display, at the time. The trade-in process itself was pretty simple and straightforward. I decided to wait, since there were so many fingers pointing at Apple announcing the much-awaited M1-Pro and M1-Max MacBook Pro devices later in September or October. I sometimes use two or three monitors to write content, research, and for coding purposes. Back in June, I was tempted to get it fixed, but I had just started working for Pocketnow, and I needed a machine that I could use and rely on to do my work, which is why I decided to keep it and use it in clamshell mode, connected to my USB-C monitor.ĭue to the issues I was having, I decided to hold off on upgrading – even though the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro was tempting, I would have been limited to using one external display without any hacks. Needless to say, I wasn’t happy with my silly mistake, and I had no option to go down the route of fixing it myself, since nearly all MacBook parts are only available through Apple. The resale value of my MacBook Pro was between £1,300-£1,600 ($1,700-$2,100) on eBay, so I knew that I would have to shell out roughly 50% of what my device is worth to get it working again. When I took it to an Apple Authorized Repair shop, I was told I would have to pay £804 to get the display fixed – since I was out of warranty and didn’t have Apple Care+. Unsurprisingly, the entire screen went blank three days later. That was the moment I knew it would only last a few days at best. There was a small line going through the entire display. The top center of the display, just below the camera, turned purple, and some pixels looked completely dead.

I just had to wait for my Mac to be built and shipped to me. I placed my order and trade-in on the same day, and it was smooth sailing from there. I was given a quote of £430 (~$570) for my machine at the time, which was competitive based on my research for a device with a display issue. I owned a 16-inch 2019 MacBook Pro, and while it worked well most of the time, it had a lot of performance issues due to throttling when connected to an external monitor, and the display was also broken. I was flabbergasted just by looking at the numbers – I’ve seen what the M1 MacBook Pro was capable of doing, and I was very impressed with Apple’s claims on performance improvements and endurance.Īfter spending the next two days convincing myself that I needed to get the new 16-inch model, I decided to use the Apple trade-in to recoup some of my investments. Apple just released the latest 16 and 14-inch MacBook Pros, and everyone is amazed by all the things that Apple just demoed during the keynote.

What to do before you sell give away or trade in your mac