As a very longtime Apple/Mac user, that is sadly no longer the case. With nothing user upgradeable anymore, I’ve noticed Apple products are no longer holding the same value as they used to.
I have the luxury of being able to upgrade my iPhone and MacBook every couple years as I write them off as a business expense. I made sure to take care of them so they are in perfect condition for resale when it was time for the new one. Where they used to resell at roughly 80%, that’s now down to 60-70%.
I think the reduced resale values are due to the market growing and a lot of sellers assuming the resale value is similar to PCs, so they sell them for cheap and bring down the value in the secondary market. That’s my theory anyway. I started noticing it years ago when Apple started getting trendy and hitting some critical mass.
As a very longtime Apple/Mac user, that is sadly no longer the case. With nothing user upgradeable anymore, I’ve noticed Apple products are no longer holding the same value as they used to.
I have the luxury of being able to upgrade my iPhone and MacBook every couple years as I write them off as a business expense. I made sure to take care of them so they are in perfect condition for resale when it was time for the new one. Where they used to resell at roughly 80%, that’s now down to 60-70%.
Resale value has nothing to do with usable lifespan.
Not true at all. Just sold an old iMac of mine for exactly 80% of what I paid for it.
I think the reduced resale values are due to the market growing and a lot of sellers assuming the resale value is similar to PCs, so they sell them for cheap and bring down the value in the secondary market. That’s my theory anyway. I started noticing it years ago when Apple started getting trendy and hitting some critical mass.
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