AppleInsider Staff
eBay earlier this month introduced a new section to its website dedicated to Apple certified refurbished products, including numerous iPads, MacBooks and iPod touches.
eBay's new Apple Certified Refurbished Product store currently lists a variety of MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iPad and iPod touch products. The online retailer and auction house says each product has passed through the same quality inspection as those refurbished products available on Apple's own online store, and each comes with the same full one-year warranty. Additionally, all iPads and iPods include a brand new battery.
For example, an Apple-certified, third-generation, Wi-Fi-only iPad with 32 gigabytes of storage can be had for $469. And a 15-inch MacBook Pro with a 2.4-gigahertz processor, 4 gigabytes of RAM and a 750-gigabyte hard drive is $1,699.
eBay and AppleInsider also recently teamed up to create an Apple product auctions web application, offering readers a streamlined view of the auction website's Apple product listings, with advanced controls to help filter through tens of thousands of listings by model, year, price, and more.
The web app is currently accessible as a beta at www.appleinsider.com/auctions/ and feedback and feature requests are welcome at appleinsider.auctions@gmail.com.
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17 Comments
Why not buy directly from Apple? Prices are the same. And who looks after the warranty? Apple or eBay?
Why buy it from eBay when you can buy referbs directly from Apple?
Slow day? I wouldn't waste my time. If I want one I'll get it from Apple's clearance section.
Why buy it from eBay when you can buy referbs directly from Apple?
There are people that don't have any idea that Apple sells referbed products, but do shop eBay.
Hmm... The article failed to include a piece of information I consider critical. Assuming a laptop comes with the standard Apple one-year warranty, can I extend my coverage to the full three years of AppleCare as I would be able to had I purchased a refurb directly from Apple. I would assume that to be the case, but it's not really specified anywhere. Anyone have the answer? Should that be possible, I'll give you all an answer to the "why would I want to buy this from eBay instead of Apple" question: TAXES. Apple charges them. eBay to the best of my knowledge, does not.