You're right, Apple did indeed give me that choice, and I have 14 days to make up my mind, but I think I'm just going to have them recycle it and be done with it. Vicky Collins USA
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 23, 2025, at 5:01 PM, Malcolm Parfitt <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I have traded in items with Apple I have always had the option of > accepting their evaluation and if I did not they would return the item to me. > > Most recently I traded in an Apple Watch series7. So if you’re unhappy with > your final trade in offer, you can have it returned to you and try to get a > better priced elsewhere. My series7 watch had a problem with the power > button, the trade in offer from Apple was £0. I had it returned to me a sold > it elsewhere, but I cannot remember what I got for it but it wasn’t as low as > Apple’s trade in offer. > Malcolm Parfitt > >> On 23 Jul 2025, at 21:48, Vicky Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've traded in other iPhones with Apple and had no problem at all, received >> the original quote I was given. And I do like the ease of use of working >> with Apple. However, as I'm reasonably sure I could've gotten something for >> the iPhone 13 Mini, likely even with my carrier, maybe I'll think about >> looking elsewhere next time, even if I do understand Apple's reasoning with >> this phone. What I don't like with the carriers, though, is that they spread >> that trade-in credit out over a three year period. >> Vicky Collins >> USA >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Jul 23, 2025, at 3:38 PM, Carolyn Arnold <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>> >>> Donna, I always use my phone caerrier, and my son and daughter-in-law and >>> sisters and brothers-in-law too. A family tradition? Anyway, it works well >>> for me. >>> >>> Carolyn Arnold >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Donna Casteen >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 12:09 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: VIPhone <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: I spoke too soon about my Apple trade-in >>> >>> Having had 5 iPhones in 15 years, I learned early on that my phone carrier >>> gives a better trade in credit than Apple. In Nov. 2024 Apple quoted me >>> $125 for my iPhone 11 in great condition & only needing a new battery. My >>> phone carrier gave me $350 for my trade in toward my iPhone 16 pro. >>> >>> >>> Donna >>> >>> >>> Vicky Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> 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]. 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