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Your 3rd gen. iPad with Retina display is worth a lot of money, especially at Amazon

Thursday, October 25, 2012 · 3:01 pm · 23 Comments

“If you’re an iPad 3 owner still smarting from Apple’s surprise announcement of the iPad 4, we’ve got some great news for you,” Bryan M. Wolfe reports for AppAdvice.

“Despite rumors to the contrary, your “new” iPad is still valuable on the secondary market,” Wolfe reports. “Among eBay, Gazelle, Amazon, NextWorth, and even Apple, we’re seeing some incredible offers.”

Wolfe reports, “In particular, Amazon is offering the best trade-in values among the four.”

Read more in the full article here.

Categories: News

Tags: iPad, iPad (3rd gen.), iPad (4th gen), iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad with Retina display

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23 Comments

trondude

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:06 pm · Reply

Incredible, Like how much for a 64GB Ipad 3, with 3/4G?
- alanaudio
  
  Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:13 pm · Reply
  
  Do you not realise that it’s actually easier to click on the linked article and read the answer for yourself than to post that question ?
- Scoobydoozie
  
  Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:13 pm · Reply
  
  Dude, don’t be do lazy. Search on Amazon Tradein and look it up!
  - trondude
    
    Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:35 pm · Reply
    
    Sorry Guys,
    your right, I am Lazy.
    - troy
      
      Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 4:08 pm · Reply
      
      Yeah you lazy… once you are in there, can you please check how much for the trade in of a 16/3g/4g iPad?
      Kidding….
    - grammar
      
      Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 4:28 pm · Reply
      
      You’re not just lazy, you don’t know how to spell nor capitalize properly.
      - trondude
        
        Friday, October 26, 2012 - 12:18 am · Reply
        
        Aww, that’s cause I larned anglish fram the sped red n CoUrSe, Mr. grammar Police.
Scoobydoozie

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:12 pm · Reply

Amazon gives gift card NOT cash.
thethirdshoe

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:12 pm · Reply

With warranty…
$679.00 Refurbished iPad with Wi-Fi + Cellular 64GB – (3rd generation)

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad/ipad3/wi_fi_cellular
Zmarc

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:13 pm · Reply

Just be aware that Amazon’s system is a scam. They *never* give you the highest price they claim. That price is just to lure you in, but they’ll claim your product had a minor flaw (“tiny scratches”) and give you the “good” price instead of the “new” price.

This happened to me with my iPhone 4 trade-in — a pristine phone without a flaw (I took photos to prove it). When I called Amazon, they said they don’t have any control over how the other company rates your product — they claimed they don’t even have a contact number for that company (and they won’t name the company, either). You have absolutely no recourse, especially if you don’t check the option to have your product returned (I suspect if you do that they grade on a curve, but you tell them to keep it they are free to grade it however they want and there’s nothing you can do about it).

Very fishy.
- jtcdesigns
  
  Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:33 pm · Reply
  
  This is why I just sell my stuff on craigslist.. I’ve always sold the old phone for the price of the subsidized new iphone.
- Slim Slow Slider
  
  Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:33 pm · Reply
  
  I traded 2 iphone4 and got top dollar from Amazon.
ob1spyker

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 3:46 pm · Reply

Gazelle was offering $399 for wifi during the announcement, now it’s only $300. Please stop trying to tell me I didn’t just get screwed by this 7 month refresh!
- althegeo
  
  Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 4:00 pm · Reply
  
  That contract that you had Tim Cook sign, guaranteed 12 month refreshes, did it?
  
  Sue the bastard.
- jsnaulty
  
  Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 4:04 pm · Reply
  
  you didn’t get ‘screwed’. your ipad 3 still works, doesn’t it? Do you really want apple to hold back advances in technology so you can brag you have the latest iPad. get a life.
AustinTX1

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 4:04 pm · Reply

I lucked out with Gazelle. While the keynote was going on, I went to Gazelle and locked in $550 for my iPad 3, 64Mb, AT&T version. They next day I noticed it dropped to $495. Looks like its still at that price today.

Timing is everything. I did the same with selling my iPhone 4s, AT&T, 64Gb. I went to Gazelle 3 separate times and got my best offer just a few days before the iPhone 5 was announced. and got $400. Looks like its only $222 today…ouch.
Bream Rockmetteller

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 4:05 pm · Reply

You know, I hadn’t even noticed that my not quite new iPad 3 had changed at all. It still seems to work as well as it did on Monday. It’ll probably keep working for a long time, just like my wife’s positively antiquated original iPad.
- Bizlaw
  
  Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 4:52 pm · Reply
  
  Oooo, watch out! You know Apple builds in “planned obsolescence” so that your iPads will simply dissolve internally. I give your wife’s original iPad about 7 weeks of life . . . .
- ob1spyker
  
  Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:17 pm · Reply
  
  This is part of what I am talking about when I say iPad 3 owners got “screwed.” Your wife’s “positively antiquated” original iPad is only 2 and a half years old and it is currently shut out from upgrading to iOS 6. 2 1/2 years and it’s already left behind. I already see apps I cannot use if the device isn’t upgraded to the latest iOS. I’m not that aggravated over it because I got more use out of my iPad 1 than any electronic device I have ever purchased previously. Also I went into that purchase with specific expectations that Apple followed through on. I knew they were going to add the missing camera, I knew it was going to get a spec increase, and I expected all these things to pretty much follow the same upgrade path that Apple has used on previous iOS devices.
  
  I know my iPad doesn’t work any different now then it did on Monday, but it sure is worth less than what was on Monday. I know it’s not any slower than what it was on Monday, but with faster refreshes, and more powerful devices being released sooner come more advanced games and operating systems that create the opportunity for the iPad 3 to become obsolescent even sooner than the iPad 1. Maybe I don’t get 2 1/2 years out of the iPad 3 like I did out of the iPad 1, maybe now it’s only a 1 1/2 instead. Add this all to the fact that resale values dropped, and doesn’t sound like you are getting screwed?
Agent Provocateur

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 4:19 pm · Reply

Got $230 for my iPhone 4 when I upgraded to a 5 through Amazon. If it’s pristine you can get quite a price.
Vega51

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 5:19 pm · Reply

Why is no one using eBay! I get crazy money on eBay, I tell my folks I can sell a runny pile of….. Samsung if I take good photos of it! All kidding aside, I’ve sold many of my upgraded products there with very excellent results.
silverhawk1

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 9:16 pm · Reply

Have you seen the “bad” headlines on the Apple iOS stock ticker? Apple’s bad but samdung is the best apparently.
Todd

Friday, October 26, 2012 - 3:28 pm · Reply

I sell most if my electronics on eBay. I sold both of my iPhone 4′s, which were in great shape for $275 each. I am debating about putting my iPad 3′s up for sale for the new one. So then all my devices can have the same charging cords. What to do what to do????