Apple Trade In

[PeteLFan]

I have been searching and really have not found the info I was looking for.

Say I want to upgrade my current MacBook Pro for a newer version, does anyone know if the Apple store will allow me to trade in my current one, and then pay the difference for a new one.

[photon]

They have something like that in the US

http://www.apple.com/recycling/gift-card/

But it's for gift cards and it's for "fair market value", which is probably far less than you could sell it for.

Macs hold their value well, you're probably better off trying to sell it.

[Jing]

Last time I checked, Westworld computers on center street has a trade in program.

[photon]

Originally Posted by Jing

Last time I checked, Westworld computers on center street has a trade in program.

Nice to know:

http://www.westworldcanada.com/specials/specials.php

No details, if anyone knows what the details are let us know.

[KTrain]

You'll definitely get MUCH less than what you could sell it for yourself.

[PeteLFan]

I did a online appraisal and it said my MacBook is worth 904 canadian right now. Much less is?

[KTrain]

Not sure. What model do you have?

I couldn't see Westworld paying more than $300-$400 on a current base model Macbook Pro let alone an older model.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by PeteLFan

I did a online appraisal and it said my MacBook is worth 904 canadian right now. Much less is?

$904 is what you might get if you market it real well and advertise and work to make the sale on the buy/sell forums, kijiji, classifieds, ebay, etc.

What a store will actually pay you is probably $300.

[photon]

Exactly, because the store has to make money on the trade-in. They have to take the time to clean it, service it if necessary, and market it, so just based on that there's no way that you'll ever get a market price for a trade-in laptop.

At least not with Apple.. if there's margin in the laptop, they might increase the trade-in value if they're getting full price for the new one (a common car sales thing), but I don't think there's much room to negotiate with the price of an Apple laptop is there?