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I wish they would offer customers of the previous gen a coupon. Mine has been serviced and given a new keyboard and it still double types. No chance I’m buying

I wish they would offer customers of the previous gen a coupon. Mine has been serviced and given a new keyboard and it still double types. No chance I’m buying another one any time soon.

latenightcoding 7y ago
Same thoughts, I have the MBA 2018 and the keyboard is a deal breaker, I regret buying it and this is probably the last laptop from apple I will every buy
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- cced 7y ago
  I bought the 2018 MBP and also agree. The keyboard has been a disaster. I’ve had it replaced 4 times now and won’t be looking back at their laptops anytime soon. The resale value has completely gone away for a 3500 purchase. Shame.
jtreminio 7y ago
You can trade-in for a new machine. Or do you mean partial refund when you say coupon?
- leetrout 7y ago
  The trade in value is $640. I paid $1599. I do not mean partial refund I mean a coupon for a significant discount so I can try to sell this one on eBay or similar.
  - jtreminio 7y ago
    Your trade-in would cover over 1/3 of the price of a brand new machine. That's a fairly significant discount. If you used it for a year would you say you got $959 of value out of it in that time? If I purchase a new car, I can either trade it in for lower Kelly Blue Book value to dealership and avoid having to interact with eBay or Craigslist lurkers, or put up with strangers haggling and try to get more from selling it to private strangers. Same applies to a laptop.
- djaychela 7y ago
  I was looking at this (2017 13" mbp with 512gb) - they offered me £380 for an 18 month old machine that cost me nearly £1700! I bought the mac because it was an investment when I got made redundant and to hopefully shift careers. Sold it for £800 privately (worst loss I've taken on any item), and now think I'd be lucky to get £700 for it as the price plummeted further once the 16" came out as people expect a 14" with a fixed keyboard. Currently using a mid 2015 15". Better than the 2047 in every way, other than appearance. They should have offered a lot more than price gouging resale value for it, imo.
gnicholas 7y ago
Yep the resale value for the current MacBooks are going to be junk, now that new ones are out with decent keyboards. I wouldn’t consider upgrading my 2017 MBP based on performance, but the keyboard literally hurts my hands so I’ll probably replace it. There are tons of people like me who will be flooding the used market and driving down the price.

I wish they would offer customers of the previous gen a coupon. Mine has been serviced and given a new keyboard and it still double types. No chance I’m buying another one any time soon.

latenightcoding 7y ago

Same thoughts, I have the MBA 2018 and the keyboard is a deal breaker, I regret buying it and this is probably the last laptop from apple I will every buy

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cced 7y ago
I bought the 2018 MBP and also agree. The keyboard has been a disaster. I’ve had it replaced 4 times now and won’t be looking back at their laptops anytime soon. The resale value has completely gone away for a 3500 purchase. Shame.

jtreminio 7y ago

You can trade-in for a new machine. Or do you mean partial refund when you say coupon?

leetrout 7y ago
The trade in value is $640. I paid $1599. I do not mean partial refund I mean a coupon for a significant discount so I can try to sell this one on eBay or similar.
- jtreminio 7y ago
  Your trade-in would cover over 1/3 of the price of a brand new machine. That's a fairly significant discount. If you used it for a year would you say you got $959 of value out of it in that time? If I purchase a new car, I can either trade it in for lower Kelly Blue Book value to dealership and avoid having to interact with eBay or Craigslist lurkers, or put up with strangers haggling and try to get more from selling it to private strangers. Same applies to a laptop.
djaychela 7y ago
I was looking at this (2017 13" mbp with 512gb) - they offered me £380 for an 18 month old machine that cost me nearly £1700! I bought the mac because it was an investment when I got made redundant and to hopefully shift careers. Sold it for £800 privately (worst loss I've taken on any item), and now think I'd be lucky to get £700 for it as the price plummeted further once the 16" came out as people expect a 14" with a fixed keyboard. Currently using a mid 2015 15". Better than the 2047 in every way, other than appearance. They should have offered a lot more than price gouging resale value for it, imo.

gnicholas 7y ago

Yep the resale value for the current MacBooks are going to be junk, now that new ones are out with decent keyboards. I wouldn’t consider upgrading my 2017 MBP based on performance, but the keyboard literally hurts my hands so I’ll probably replace it. There are tons of people like me who will be flooding the used market and driving down the price.