Re:MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Ac...
by jimsmart on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:30PM
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I'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.
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.