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MBA Rev.2 High End Model (MB940LL/A) - $1600 Good Deal?

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mrrippey

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Air prices are indeed dropping.......

.......since I just won an Ait and I paid less than $1300 for it and it is brand new. Yes it is a HDD model but much better than Rev A and now I can leave the White Macbook to wifey.
 
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rw3 said:
Yes sir, easy $650.
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Congrats. But I don't understand this type of action. Why look for a MBA then find a good deal and sell it? I guess I don't see a reason to buy and sell things. I mean, unless this is your permanent job and you claim it on your taxes. Of course, after taxes it will be like $400 not $650. Like being a car dealer, I guess. Is this what you do with everything?
 
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Scottsdale said:
Congrats. But I don't understand this type of action. Why look for a MBA then find a good deal and sell it? I guess I don't see a reason to buy and sell things. I mean, unless this is your permanent job and you claim it on your taxes. Of course, after taxes it will be like $400 not $650. Like being a car dealer, I guess. Is this what you do with everything?
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I do it on the side, just for the fun and adventure of it. What's wrong with finding a good deal, helping someone out (original seller needed rent money), and making a little bit of money? I don't see any harm in that.

I will say: I was about to sell my MBP 2.93 and keep the Air, just a sweet little machine. I'm on the prowl for another in the same price range and may keep it.
 
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Well got another deal on Craigslist, another $1600 and it's already listed on eBay....one of these times I'm going to have to keep the MBA more than a few days.

This one I got lucky on as well....guy didn't know it had 3 years worth of AppleCare, so I got a steal this time.
 
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reallynotnick

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Why are these $2,500 computers going for so cheap? Are people stealing them? Is there some secret super cheap channel people are buying these from? I have never seen a Mac drop in value like this, well the Rev A is a different story.
Maybe people are just predicting the Rev C to be that much cheaper and want to dump their MBA quick. Just seems weird.
 
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rw3 said:
Maybe I'll save for the RevC with the cash I make off of these....
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Since you're bragging about it here, you surely better report all of those profits on your income taxes. That will just about wipe out half your profits.
 
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reallynotnick said:
Why are these $2,500 computers going for so cheap? Are people stealing them? Is there some secret super cheap channel people are buying these from? I have never seen a Mac drop in value like this, well the Rev A is a different story.
Maybe people are just predicting the Rev C to be that much cheaper and want to dump their MBA quick. Just seems weird.
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I think some may be stolen, and some may be people charging them on credit card as need the cash so sell cheap. I have read that as much as 50% of all technology products sold on Craig's List are stolen. Crazy numbers. I always feel like everything is stolen, so I prefer to buy from Apple. When my Macs including my MBA were stolen, I was calling every one listed on Craig's List hopeful to find mine. I wanted my files more than anything, LOL.

I don't think the risk/reward vs taxes due on these sorts of things are worth it unless you already own a business that buys and sells computers. I would rather spend my time doing my profession rather than trying to hustle potentially stolen Macs for money.
 
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Theclamshell

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would you "buy it back"

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I responded to some Craig's List ads for rev B MBAs with 1.86 and SSD today. One was selling it, plus SuperDrive, plus software, plus case for $2000. I offered $1850 and it was sold later in the day for $2000. I should have just paid the $2000.

Mine was stolen, and I actually am hopeful to find my stolen MBA on sale, to buy it back with my files since my backup drive was stolen also. HA HA!

I still have my SuperDrive though, so I didn't think it was mine.

Sure, $1600 is a good price. That's a joke right? For a rev B MBA with 1.86 GHz CPU and SSD, anything less than $2000 is decent. I see them for $2k to $2100 new in box, so less than that with extras is a good deal.
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Would you buy the stolen one back or just take it and run lol personally id take it and run :)
 
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puma1552

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Wow, I'm glad I paid over 215,000 yen (nearly $2400 USD) for my 1.6 HDD at Apple Japan back in late January...

Out the door with AppleCare and a Superdrive it was nearly $2900 USD
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