Reduced Apple Trade In prices may be result of third-party repairs
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That`s according to two anonymous Apple employees who spoke to Forbes... What you need to know A report claims that increases in third-party repairs may have led to Apple reducing prices for its Trade In program. Apple drastically reduced Trade in values overnight earlier this month. The report suggests that people repeatedly trading in phones with third-party components reduces the value of the devices. A report from Forbes suggests that Apple`s decision to significantly reduce Trade In prices for some devices may have been driven by an increase in devices being traded in with third-party components. On January 10, it emerged that Apple had drastically cut the trade-in value of many its devices by up to $100, or one-sixth of the original value. At the time, there was no indication as to what might be behind the move, and no seemingly regular pattern. The iPhone XS Max, which had been available to trade in since September, saw its value fall from $600 to $500 overnight, despite...