Listen up, Apple fans: save your personal files to your iCloud in the
sky, and delete your apps – because the time is nigh to sell your iPad
2.
Re-sale prices for the iPad 2 will fall as the official launch
date for the iPad 3 — widely expected to be March 7 — edges closer,
experts say. Consumers can expect to see a steep decline in value in the
two to three weeks prior to the unveiling of the newer device, says
Mark LoCastro, spokesman for sale aggregator site DealNews.com.
“You’ll receive a higher resale value for your used device if you part
with it now, rather than waiting for the newer generation to be
announced,” he says.
The re-sale price follows the same
trajectory as the iPhone, experts say. As SmartMoney.com reported, the
iPhone 4 declined 20% to 25% in value on re-sale sites during the
immediate launch period of the iPhone 4S, but this leveled out as the
excitement over the launch subsided. The iPad 2 will likely experience a
similar percentage decline after the iPad 3 is announced, says Ashley
Halberstadt, a spokeswoman for re-sale site Nextworth.com. That said,
LoCastro says re-sale sites want to offer aggressive pricing now in
order to buy up as many units as possible while people are looking to
sell — so he doesn’t rule out an uptick in price on the day the iPad 3
is announced.
However, if Apple decides to continue selling the
iPad 2 at a discount alongside the spanking new iPad 3, the re-sale
market for old tablets will experience an even bigger hit, LoCastro
says. “This is just a rumor and many are skeptical, but if it proves
true the trade-in value for your used iPad 2 will immediately plummet,”
he says. (Apple did not respond to requests for comment.) That said, the
value of Wi-Fi only iPads typically hold up better on the re-sale
market because they don’t involve buyers taking out a two-year data
plan, Halberstadt says.
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Prices
vary on re-sale sites, too. NextWorth.com will pay $272 for a
16-gigabyte iPad 2 in “good” condition– a 45% depreciation on the price
of a new $499 iPad 2. Gazelle.com,
a competing re-sale site, will buy a similar iPad 2 for $260. Both
sites offer “lock-in” prices for an agreed period of time before the
tablet sells. Nextworth has a lock-in period of 21 days, while Gazelle
pledges a slightly more generous 30-day lock-in period.
More
adventurous consumers may prefer holding onto their iPad 2 until the
last minute and selling it on eBay themselves, says Yung Trang,
president of TechBargains.com.
Currently, the iPad 2 is selling on eBay for around $300, a far more
attractive price for sellers than both Netxtworth and Gazelle, he says.
Plus, Trang says people may be reluctant to part with their iPad 2 now —
if only because they will be left empty handed until the spring, when
the new iPad is expected to actually go on sale. “That’s my dilemma,” he
says. “The question really is this: Is the incremental $50 to 100 you
gain now worth not having an iPad for nearly a month?” The alternative,
he says, is give the used iPad to your children.
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