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Trade in Mac

If I choose the trade-in credit option but pay in full for my new MacBook, can my credit go to my personal bank account? Do I need to do the Apple trade in before I buy it?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Jan 29, 2022 10:43 PM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2022 12:51 AM

• Apple Trade In - Apple

https://www.apple.com/shop/trade-in


"You must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to trade in for credit or for an Apple Gift Card.

Trade-in value may be applied toward qualifying new device purchase ~ or added to an Apple

Gift Card. Actual value awarded is based on receipt of a qualifying device matching the

description provided when estimate was made."


A usual happening is a credit, that may be in form of a gift card.

If a monthly payment cycle is created toward the new purchase

that credit may be directed to or absorbed by that cycle.


You can arrange to have your older Mac on hand, for file transfer

or migration, etc; so it does not get shipped away ahead of new

Mac's arrival. (I've never done trades; I have kept most older Macs

for a long while; in good shape. And gifted to people I know.)


If the trade-in isn't of value, or low-to-zero margin; Apple will

dispose/recycle those, as part of their green business model.


There's an entire section covers Help - Apple (Shopping, etc)

https://www.apple.com/shop/help


[In some instances, one may find a better idea would be to

keep an older Mac; with its older systems intact, as backup.]


And transfer contents piecemeal, from older to newer Mac?

Migration or a Transfer. Either choice, has potential issues.


Setting up 'a new Mac' as such, to bring in only needed items,

is one way to contain overflow; instead of importing ??? tons.


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Jan 30, 2022 12:51 AM in response to Katieb8_0

• Apple Trade In - Apple

https://www.apple.com/shop/trade-in


"You must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to trade in for credit or for an Apple Gift Card.

Trade-in value may be applied toward qualifying new device purchase ~ or added to an Apple

Gift Card. Actual value awarded is based on receipt of a qualifying device matching the

description provided when estimate was made."


A usual happening is a credit, that may be in form of a gift card.

If a monthly payment cycle is created toward the new purchase

that credit may be directed to or absorbed by that cycle.


You can arrange to have your older Mac on hand, for file transfer

or migration, etc; so it does not get shipped away ahead of new

Mac's arrival. (I've never done trades; I have kept most older Macs

for a long while; in good shape. And gifted to people I know.)


If the trade-in isn't of value, or low-to-zero margin; Apple will

dispose/recycle those, as part of their green business model.


There's an entire section covers Help - Apple (Shopping, etc)

https://www.apple.com/shop/help


[In some instances, one may find a better idea would be to

keep an older Mac; with its older systems intact, as backup.]


And transfer contents piecemeal, from older to newer Mac?

Migration or a Transfer. Either choice, has potential issues.


Setting up 'a new Mac' as such, to bring in only needed items,

is one way to contain overflow; instead of importing ??? tons.


Trade in Mac

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