email says: "step up to a new iPad Air or IPad mini with Retina display today and you could get up to A$215 in credit when you recycle your iPad. Bring it to any Apple Retail Store and you could get immediate credit."
The website states that: "You can also recycle a used Mac, iPhone, iPod, PC, or smartphone through Apple."
Basically this:
pay Apple tax
There's no GST on fresh fruit…
You can bet that the amount apple will give you will be less than their extreme margin on the ipad. So they make no loss, but what they do do is ensure that nobody can buy your old ipad, meaning they have to buy new. Apple thus sell two devices, when they would have sold one - and with the falling market share they are suffering - that helps to make them still look relevant.
The following products are eligible for credit in the Reuse and Recycling Program: iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad (3rd and 4th generation) and iPad mini.
No iPad 1 :(
I'll give you $215 for your top condition iPad 4 64GB + Cellular :D
I'll give you $215 for your top condition iPhone 5 64GB :D
I'll give you $220 instead, plus drive to your house pick it up.
Pickup who?
How much would they give for an original ipad mini u reckon?
They will recycle it FREE :D
get more value and actual cash if you sell it on gumtree/ebay
The equivalent US website offers me $0 for my 16GB iPhone4. Boo.
I'll give you $240 for an iphone 5
The credit received for the product in the form of a gift card may be used toward the outright purchase of a new iPad or iPhone in the same transaction. One gift card may be used per transaction.
In the mean time they will flip your ipad/iphone and make double what they pay you whilst making more on the new products you are forced to buy.
I dont see any bargain here..
Thank you Apple for your generous offer, but I don't have an apple product to trade in.
Give me $215 for my iPad1 16GB 3G …. lol
as much as I dislike Apple, they do have strong value retention due to the lack of competitors (ie, all the producers of Android items compete with themselves).
Would not recommend this. I think even a broken phone would garner more than what Apple offers.
This would be for people who really cannot bother to sell it themselves, and in that case this service is convenient. Think of the extra $100+ you lose as a 'service charge' :)
these recycle programs always rip you off with their trade-in schemes… you'll get more from selling it gumtree and ebay.
No deal. Too cheap for my supposedly premium product.
Is there a list of prices given?
Does anyone really throw out an old iphone/ipad when they buy a new one?
haha like the comments I really enjoy
Notice how it says "upto" you will get extremely low price on what you could sell on gumtree i bet.
it's apple don't forget :)