{"id":3053,"date":"2011-08-11T09:15:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T14:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2011-08-11T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T16:59:30","slug":"on-the-cheap-trading-on-trade-ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/on-the-cheap-trading-on-trade-ins\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Cheap: Trading On Trade-ins"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the inaugural On The Cheap<\/a>, I told you how \u00a0to get an iPad 2 for less than $105 via PowerMax. However, they just deal with Macs. What if you want to save on something else? Let\u2019s check out some options. To figure pricing, I\u2019m going to use that same iPad2 and the items I used to get it.<\/p>\n Best Buy has a Trade in site<\/a> that I can plug in the stats on the items I traded in to PowerMax, and they valued my stuff at a total of about $80. That\u2019s a huge difference of $500! My iPad, according to them, is worth a $320 gift card or a $208 check. This is clearly not an awesome deal for trading. However, the option of getting a check instead of credit makes this an option worth holding onto.<\/p>\n Radio Shack<\/a> has no interest in my iMac G4, but the Mac Mini and iBook net about $150, altogether. That’s better than Best Buy, but nowhere near as good as PowerMax. And while Radio Shack values the iPad 2 at a lower price of $350, the store doesn\u2019t offer checks, as near as I can tell. So, if you’re out for cash, Best Buy is the best option. If you plan on upgrading a phone, keep Radio Shack in mind. A while ago, they gave $100 off the price of an Evo3D for the trade-in<\/a> of an EVO or EVO Shift. There were even scattered reports of people getting as much as $158 off when they brought the original boxes.<\/p>\n