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Apple Accepting Trade-ins

Posted by pudge on from the there-is-a-joke-in-here-somewhere dept.

zaren writes "Apple Computer has kicked off a trade-in program that apparently is covering all of Europe (I first heard about it on apple.ru, but there's now a link at euro.apple.com as well). Apple is accepting any Power Mac (from the 6100s on up) for a credit towards the purchse of a new G4 tower. Seems like they're a) pushing for more people to upgrade to Mac OS X, and b) pushing to clear out their G4 inventory before MacWorld New York." It looks like it is not any Power Mac, but old ones (I don't see iMacs listed). Still, I wish they would do the program in the US.

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  1. Call me a spammer, but. . . by Laplace · · Score: 3, Informative

    Powermax is an Apple dealer. They've been accepting trade-ins for quite a while. I recently sent them a Blue and White G3 in trade for a refurbished iBook. I essentially upgraded all the components on my machine (memory, CPU, ports), retained compatibility with the system I traded in, and gained the portability of a laptop for about $400 out of pocket.

    The only problem with the deal is that it takes about a month to have the computer examined and the credit applied to your credit card.

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  2. Re:It's *STILL* a complete ripoff! by mcwetboy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Bear in mind that European prices include VAT (value-added tax or sales tax), which can be as high as 20 per cent or thereabouts, whereas U.S. (and Canadian) prices do not. (For example, the dual-gigahertz G4 costs C$4,800 in Canada, but you've got to add 15 per cent or so to cover GST and provincial taxes, in most cases.) The presence of the VAT in the price might not account for all of the difference in price, but it's a part of it -- could add about US$600 or so.

  3. Re:It's *STILL* a complete ripoff! by @madeus · · Score: 3, Informative

    Good point (and your right about the tax about - it's' about 20% in Europe).

    It's 17.5% here in the UK, but the average is higher (20-25%) apart from Switzerland, which is only 7%, the minimum allowed by the EU is 15% (one of the reasons they are not members).

    I know the laws about displaying taxes on goods differs in the US (here in the UK/Europe all prices aimed at consumers included VAT, though products aimed at business users may omit VAT as long as they state that's the case).

    I had assumed that a 'Federal' level of tax would be included and that the only tax left to pay would be 'State' tax (which they might be ignoring or charging at a the rate of the where ever Apple's dispatch point is) because it's a web site (and as such their is little/no strict regulation enforce yet).

    Is this correct?