You may know a section in the store of Apple call “reconditioned«, a page where you can purchase brand products, whether Mac, iPhone, iPad, etc., for a lower price than the original, however, it has a catch, and is not entirely profitable.
Today we are going to analyze those prices that they have, and the reasons why you should not look at this section that, although not false, does have small traps that will make us spend money on something that we can get for a better value.
Is Apple’s refurbished section profitable?
Although there are some offers in which we can save a few euros, as a general rule, this section offers us old devices for a ridiculous value, since sometimes, as we can see now, it will cost us the same as a newer version. recent and new, that is, we will pay for a reconditioned (not brand new), older, and with only 1 year warrantycompared to the 3 that the new one offers us.
Regarding prices, let’s see some examples:
- Refurbished Mac mini with Apple M2 chip with eight-core CPU and ten-core GPU: 999 euros
- Refurbished 13″ MacBook Air with Apple M2 chip, eight-core CPU and ten-core GPU: 1,119 euros
It is curious, at least if we compare it with a MacBook Air M3, or a Mac Mini M4, models that, currently, we can find for a lower price, and that will offer us much greater power than these, with their 3-year warranty, Brand new, as we already mentioned.
In this type of stores we will not find a current modelrecently launched, for a lower price than the real one, which could be an interesting offer, but, at least on the Apple website, everything will be offers for old devices that, currently, with Amazon discounts, for example We can even find cheaper ones without being reconditioned, so we could classify Apple’s website as a bit of a scam.
In short, if you are thinking about purchase a second-hand or refurbished devicebecause the budget for a new one is getting out of hand, don’t do it on Apple’s website, because you will pay more than anywhere else, and take a look at the refurbished ones on Amazon, BackMarket, etc., because you will get much better offers for the same thing, and sometimes even more guarantee.
And you, have you ever bought a product like this on the Apple website? Did you get a good price? It is true that, sometimes, they can be more competitive, especially when they list a new product, however, on a general level, and especially with the oldest ones, they offer too high a value for what they give us. , and it is not the best place to buy anything. Leave us a comment if you have experiences with refurbished Apples, and if you would buy something from them directly again. In my case, you already know it.
