Value is relative. Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(economics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(economics)) > economic value is a measure of

Value is relative. Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(economics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(economics)) > economic value is a measure of the benefit provided by a good or service to an economic agent. An obsolete Mac is marginally beneficial to Apple, who manufactures thousands of new Macs every quarter. Thus, their valuation of it is much lower - reasonably so - than the valuation that an everyday consumer would place on it. I, for instance, have a M1 Macbook Air. As such, I wouldn't offer you more than $200 for your laptop: simply because I don't need a better laptop and the only thing that would prompt me to buy it from you is an outrageously good deal. #200 is your Mac's economic value to me. On the other hand, a consumer who needs a laptop and who has no laptop would be willing to pay much more for your laptop than me or Apple. Their valuation of your laptop will be much closer to its actual standing, and would probably offer you a much larger sum, ~$1k. Addendum: It's naive to force or pressure Apple to pay more for a laptop than its economic value to them. You're looking for a high economic value in the place where it would be lowest. Do better, Daryl Baxter, find someone who actually needs your laptop if you want to sell it. Don't complain about how you tried to sell it to the people who didn't need it and didn't get an offer you couldn't reasonably expect.