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If the problem is the "throwing out" part, they can just give it to Apple for recycling. Then it won’t be e-waste anymore. Or to the police and let them deal wi
by whstl 4y ago
If the problem is the "throwing out" part, they can just give it to Apple for recycling. Then it won’t be e-waste anymore. Or to the police and let them deal with it.
If the problem is the financial part, just go back to the person they bought it and get the money back.
If they're taking a risk and buying it legally from, for example, a police auction, or from someone who "might have forgotten to contact the owner": it's a risk.
If it was acquired illegally, I can't say they deserve a solution to their problem.
Nobody is entitled to get money in exchange for potentially stolen goods or items acquired without due diligence.
- nightski 4y ago[flagged]
- neon_electro 4y agoThe poster you replied to had several points - which of them are you referring to with "This"?
- nightski 4y agoAll of them. These computers are being thrown out, so none of those scenarios are happening.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> none of those scenarios are happening My last MacBooks were sold or refurbished by Apple.
- jimsmart 4y agoI'm not sure I understand your comment here? Are you referring to the end of your MacBooks' life, or the beginning? It's somewhat ambiguous. Assuming you are referring to end of life process: Apple's kit sold as refurb is done from their incoming returns — faulty, or otherwise unwanted, systems. Everything sent to them as a trade-in isn't handled by Apple at all: it's contracted out to third-party companies. (This likely applies to their recycling programme also, but I've not looked into it) At least: these things certainly used to be the case — and there have been a whole bunch of articles online that support this, over the years. I would love to see evidence to the contrary if things have changed? — But like I said: I'm not sure I understand your comment, so maybe my points here are irrelevant.
- nightski 4y agoI wasn't talking about your MacBook. I was talking in reference to my above point that these are accumulating at recyclers and being thrown out.
- dijit 4y agoIf they are stolen, good. It will prevent further theft if nobody made any profit.