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Trading in your old iPad

Thats Me — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:15:05 GMT

Hi. Has anyone here tried to trade in your old iPad? Apple and BestBuy (and maybe other places, I don't know) have this option. I'm looking into trading in my wifi iPad 4 from 2013. It works but it's slow, and I can't upgrade the iOS past version 10.3. I'm typing this post from it.

I'm just wondering, for those of you who have tried it, if you were successful and got what you were hoping to get for it. Is it a "for real" option?

You have to wipe it clean so I don't want to go through that step if it's not going to pay off!

And do you have any advice?????

thanks for any help and advice you can offer!

thats me.

Re: Trading in your old iPad

gizmogal — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:26:51 GMT

You can sometimes do better by dealing directly with companies that buy/sell used electronic equipment like phones, iPads, tablets, e-readers, etc. You can try a place like www.gazelle.com to look at what you’d get for your used iPad. You answer a couple of questions about its model, capacity, condition and you get a quote for its value. You accept the deal or don’t.

Or read a little about the pros and cons of cash for electronics in this thorough article from Cnet. Its emphasis is on phones, but it applies equally to iPads and readers.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-sell-or-recycle-your-phone-for-cash/

Re: Trading in your old iPad

Mz iMac — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:28:09 GMT

Google Apple trade-ins as well as.....

"Apple GiveBack"

If you live in N.J. check out "Experimac"

Re: Trading in your old iPad

Thats Me — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:36:08 GMT

Thank you for your replies! I'll check out the CNET article and look into other places. I live in DC so don't have the New Jersey option, but thank you for the thought!

Re: Trading in your old iPad

OKPrincess — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:38:28 GMT

I recently got a new Apple iPad from Best Buy because my old one wouldn’t upgrade like yours. Rather than let someone else clean my iPad I decided to keep it for my great nephew to play games I.e. 5 little moneys, daddy fingers. I’m not sure of the monetary trade-in value. @Thats Me

Re: Trading in your old iPad

Meowingkitty — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 21:25:51 GMT

I’ve used Gazelle for my phones and when I buy a new iPad I just trade it in at the Apple store at the same time.

Re: Trading in your old iPad

deeva — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:15:23 GMT

My DH did at the Apple store. He got $150 for it.

Re: Trading in your old iPad

apple1964 — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:21:47 GMT

@deeva wrote:
My DH did at the Apple store. He got $150 for it.

What model did he sell ? I have a Ipad2 with retina screen .

Re: Trading in your old iPad

mdmc — Sat, 05 May 2018 00:22:18 GMT

I did this at Best Buy with no problem. Turn off find my IPhone,sign out of your ICloud account and wipe. I traded in my IPad Air 2. They gave me $180. With the trade in’s the newer the IPad the more money. For an IPad 2 I don’t think they give you anything. It’s too old. They will tell youwhich ones you can trade.

Re: Trading in your old iPad

Mmsfoxxie — Sat, 05 May 2018 12:43:54 GMT

I knew about this option but forgot about it when I purchased my new iPad Pro last week. Darn! The one I'd consider trading might be too old, though. It's the iPad mini, four or five years old. Then I have an iPad 2 that never cared for and I'd love to get rid of.

Re: Trading in your old iPad

LTT1 — Wed, 09 May 2018 21:23:14 GMT

@apple1964

I’m trying to find out for you...how many gigs is it?

https://www.gazelle.com/ipad/ipad/2nd-gen/wifi

This company will make an offer, but I will bet that APPLE will give you more.

Re: Trading in your old iPad

apple1964 — Sat, 12 May 2018 11:25:56 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
@apple1964
I’m trying to find out for you...how many gigs is it?

https://www.gazelle.com/ipad/ipad/2nd-gen/wifi

This company will make an offer, but I will bet that APPLE will give you more.

I think its 2gbs Thank you for checking for me. Happy Mothers day!

Re: Trading in your old iPad

SouthernBee — Sun, 13 May 2018 20:01:33 GMT

My ipad 2 trade in offers were $50 but received $55 with BestBuy and considered that I purchased a refurbushed 2nd generation thougth that was good. Southern Bee

Re: Trading in your old iPad

spabar — Mon, 14 May 2018 09:39:08 GMT

@Thats Me wrote:
Hi. Has anyone here tried to trade in your old iPad? Apple and BestBuy (and maybe other places, I don't know) have this option. I'm looking into trading in my wifi iPad 4 from 2013. It works but it's slow, and I can't upgrade the iOS past version 10.3. I'm typing this post from it.
I'm just wondering, for those of you who have tried it, if you were successful and got what you were hoping to get for it. Is it a "for real" option?
You have to wipe it clean so I don't want to go through that step if it's not going to pay off!
And do you have any advice?????

thanks for any help and advice you can offer!

thats me.

I traded the same model at Best Buy, and got a $105 gift card, which I applied to a new Generation 6 model. I didn't wipe it until I was sure; then Customer Service did it while I watched.