Return-Path: Received: from imr-da02.mx.aol.com ([205.188.105.144] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4912071 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:34:34 +0100 Received: from mtaout-da06.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-da06.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.134]) by imr-da02.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id 533D81C000099 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:38:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from lunette.home (pool-71-118-69-127.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.118.69.127]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-da06.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id D26FAE0000D8; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:38:19 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_5F70C5B9-40A6-4A89-9634-315165688719" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: [AE] OT Mac resaleability From: Tim Sassoon In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:38:13 -0800 Cc: Tim Sassoon Message-Id: <6FF537E0-638C-494F-A488-7D6F4978A5C9@aol.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20121107; t=1354235900; bh=oBblxbsH2x1iy31UG9uviJvSFc2F84FJLUx4FS/T9Z4=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=Km9RHVH8Avx2xTzfBSQr55Nr1LUlt33CNgFwRLG5GUvT5/YmT2pNTq9GjZyl3/+FZ Hmvm8HZ5uQhw+H5xRhZhbTRmFo0JnQxeu9sY1Numfr2H3jSMg4FA8+KHNr8kbbyipR M4dTMJAXZdZyQEykVOUg7/lZBWvBd9rUvcTRkH94= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:485879136:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d338650b7fffa4f50 X-AOL-IP: 71.118.69.127 --Apple-Mail=_5F70C5B9-40A6-4A89-9634-315165688719 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I do this continually, and would say two years plus instead of three, = mainly because you want to sell it with at least a few months of = Applecare still left - it's transferable. Then the buyer isn't worried = whether something's about to break or not. The Mini is by far the = easiest to sell, and it has excellent resale value. Just drop it into a = Medium Flat Rate box to ship. If you're planning to resell an iMac or = tower at some point, it's a good idea to keep all the packaging. Without = the foam inserts and the right size box, shipping is a PIA. For local = sales, I just tell my authorized repair guy. He always has a few = customers looking. Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA On Nov 29, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Rob & Jenny wrote: > It's looking like I might need to purchase a laptop in my near future. = I've heard tale told that if you buy a Mac, use it for around 3 years = and then sell it once that time has passed you will recoup at least half = of it's initial value. Does that story have any merit? Those Retina MBP = 15" computers sure look really nice. >=20 > -Rob >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to --Apple-Mail=_5F70C5B9-40A6-4A89-9634-315165688719 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii I do this continually, and would say two years plus instead of three, mainly because you want to sell it with at least a few months of Applecare still left - it's transferable. Then the buyer isn't worried whether something's about to break or not. The Mini is by far the easiest to sell, and it has excellent resale value. Just drop it into a Medium Flat Rate box to ship. If you're planning to resell an iMac or tower at some point, it's a good idea to keep all the packaging. Without the foam inserts and the right size box, shipping is a PIA. For local sales, I just tell my authorized repair guy. He always has a few customers looking.


Tim Sassoon
SFD
Santa Monica, CA



On Nov 29, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Rob & Jenny <gfxguy74@gmail.com> wrote:

It's looking like I might need to purchase a laptop in my near future. I've heard tale told that if you buy a Mac, use it for around 3 years and then sell it once that time has passed you will recoup at least half of it's initial value. Does that story have any merit? Those Retina MBP 15" computers sure look really nice.

   -Rob

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