Vickie, education is expensive, and you just bought yourself some. That is what I always say with situations like yours.
Carolyn Arnold -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vicky Collins Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 11:21 AM To: VIPhone <[email protected]> Subject: I spoke too soon about my Apple trade-in True, as I mentioned in a prior message, when I checked the status of the trade-in on my iPhone 13 Mini yesterday, I was indeed told that the trade-in had been completed and my gift card would be issued shortly. However, in thinking about it, All I can figure is that Apple was responding to the fact that the third-party vendor had indicated they had completed their work and made a determination. For when I checked my email this morning, I had an email from Apple saying that my trade-in value had changed and that it was now zero, and it said something about a shattered screen or enclosure, not the exact words as I don't remember those right now. I knew there was a fairly small crack or whatever near where the cable to charge the battery plugs in as I had inadvertently scratched that due to an inadvertent use of an external battery charger, so I was sort of expecting to have my trade-in value reduced from the original tentative quote of $185, but the zero amount did surprise me a bit at first. The only reason I thought the trade-in value might not be reduced was because my sister-in-law had actually dropped her iPhone 13 on the concrete and had a little bigger crack in about the same place but still got her $400 trade-in on an iPhone 14 Plus. After thinking about it more, though, here's what I kind of figure was the difference. My iPhone 13 Mini purchased in late 2021 was now almost 4 years old and did have that damage, while my sister-in-law's iPhone 13 purchased in late 2021 but traded in in late 2022 or early 2023, I can't remember the exact date, was also damaged but was only a little over a year old at the time of trade-in. Then too, the iPhone 13 was much more popular than the iPhone 13 Mini, thus its being newer and more valued making it more valuable to fix. Although the 13 Mini was still quite usable when I sent it to Apple, I'm guessing I'll just go ahead and let them recycle the phone and be done with it. And while I'm now over the surprise and not really all that upset, although of course a little disappointed, this will be kind of a lesson to me to know not to send a much older phone like this back to Apple for a trade-in unless it really is in pristine condition. In its questionnaire on their website, Apple did make allowances for insignificant damages, and since my sister-in-law's trade-in had gone through, and since this didn't seem all that major damage to me, that's what I went with, but I can see where Apple would figure it wouldn't be worth fixing. Vicky Collins USA Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/A64AA5E9-7240-449C-9F26-D467D5C6A548%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/15da01dbfbeb%24f5125fb0%24df371f10%24%40gmail.com.
