Apple has a 14 day return policy. Don't need a reason.

https://www.apple.com/shop/help/returns_refund

I bought a top spec Intel mac a month before the M1 came out. Just sold that computer for 1/3 it's original price :\

1/3 is pretty good for a used computer, TBH.

I usually get like 20% or less... sometimes they're hard to even give away.

Fair, this one was in literally perfect condition though. No scratches / damage and a brand new battery.

It's like buying a car. The moment your Mac walks out of the store, the ghost of Steve Jobs comes and personally curses it to 2/3 of its value that very instant.

Except with cars, that loss is against the sticker price. So if you get a good enough deal on your new car, it can in fact lose nothing when you drive it away (I got close to 1/3 off a new car in 2018, using a web-based buying agent, in the UK).

It's very hard to get anything like that much off a Mac, since Apple appears to have pretty tight control over prices, even as charged by third parties.

I don't recall if the M1 was a secret/surprise (I doubt it).

Before buying any Apple hardware, it's worth looking up a couple of sites that suggest when the next release cycle will be for a given item and what specs are expected in the next release. The one I use is https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

M1 was not a surprise.

After years of waiting for a non-butterfly keyboard, they released a working Intel based MBP, but almost immediately made it worthless by announcing the migration to Arm. They even "rented" prototypes using A12Z chips for developers to use to prepare their apps nearly a year in advance. Hardly a stealth endeavour.

This is what returns are for! It is definitely worth the hassle for a better chip

“Last week” is well within the 2-week return window.

unless you went second hand, you should still be covered with the 30 day return policy no?

wow it's 14! definitely need to hurry up :)