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Sell (some of) your unwanted stuff on Decluttr.com

17 June 2022

I bought a new 14” MacBook Pro this year. It replaced a 2018 13” MacBook Pro that had started slowing down. I was thrilled to see that Apple was willing let me trade it in for over $500. I ended up not doing a trade-in at the time of purchase because I’d decided to more mindfully transfer files from the old computer to the new one (rather than transferring everything in one fell swoop). I paid in full for the new computer and didn’t really have a use for a $545 gift card from Apple. So I started looking for someone else to sell it to.

I identified four different places and requested offers. Here are the offers I received:

Phobio: $470 (Apple’s business group referred me there)
SellYourMac: $500
Gazelle: $530 (I’d sold a computer to them before)
Decluttr: $568

Guess who I sold it to? The highest bidder, Decluttr.com!

It was a simple transaction. I accepted their offer, followed the instructions to wipe my hard drive, packed the computer in the box I got when I purchased it and put the whole thing in another box to send it in. They paid the shipping. I took it to the UPS store and was notified it was received two days later. Just five days after that the money was in my bank account.

Decluttr also buys smaller tech, CDs, DVDs, textbooks, children’s books, and games and consoles. Based on my (albeit limited) experience, I recommend giving them a look next time you have something you’d like to sell.

Tagged with: declutter, decluttering, disposal, selling

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