I'm sure many of you are aware of this promotion that Microsoft is currently running where you trade-in a MacBook Air for (up to) $650 towards a new Surface Pro 3.Details can be found here.
My story is a bit complicated. So I purchased a MacBook Air in March, shortly after they were upgraded with new, Haswell processors. I was also the owner of a Surface RT, which I preordered as soon as possible and received on launch day. Then last month I learned about the Surface Pro 3 and preordered as soon as possible, again. My intention was going to be to keep it and the MacBook Air, just incase the SP3 didn't cut it in any given situation. However, I've found that it has served me well for all of my purposes and I was about to sell the MacBook Air when I learned about this promotion.
In addition to myself loving the Surface Pro 3, so does my girlfriend, whose birthday is coming-up soon. So last night I reinstalled Mavericks and headed to the Microsoft Store almost as soon as it opened to trade my relatively-new MacBook Air in and pay the difference for the $999 Surface Pro 3.
I explained the situation to the first associate I saw and they got right to inspecting the MacBook and I mentioned that I'd be taking a bit of a hit on the whole transaction, but that it was okay given the convenience. Unfortunately, despite this being the most-recent model of MacBook Air, they could only offer me $450. I understand the deal says "up to $650," but if the larger model and most-recent revision cannot get you $650 on the trade, what could? I declined the offer and mentioned to the sales associate that I thought the advertising was a bit disingenuous, but he kept harping on how it says "up to $650."
I guess my next plan-of-action will be to try and sell it on Craigslist:shocked:, though I would prefer not to, and I definitely don't plan on using eScam:angry:. So once I can sell the MacBook Air, I'll take my business to Best Buy and get the Surface Pro 3 there. I was willing to take the hit on the MacBook Air because of the convenience of going to the Microsoft Store nearby my house, but turns out this isn't convenient at all.
Does anybody else find this situation a bit wrong?:eck::eck:
My story is a bit complicated. So I purchased a MacBook Air in March, shortly after they were upgraded with new, Haswell processors. I was also the owner of a Surface RT, which I preordered as soon as possible and received on launch day. Then last month I learned about the Surface Pro 3 and preordered as soon as possible, again. My intention was going to be to keep it and the MacBook Air, just incase the SP3 didn't cut it in any given situation. However, I've found that it has served me well for all of my purposes and I was about to sell the MacBook Air when I learned about this promotion.
In addition to myself loving the Surface Pro 3, so does my girlfriend, whose birthday is coming-up soon. So last night I reinstalled Mavericks and headed to the Microsoft Store almost as soon as it opened to trade my relatively-new MacBook Air in and pay the difference for the $999 Surface Pro 3.
I explained the situation to the first associate I saw and they got right to inspecting the MacBook and I mentioned that I'd be taking a bit of a hit on the whole transaction, but that it was okay given the convenience. Unfortunately, despite this being the most-recent model of MacBook Air, they could only offer me $450. I understand the deal says "up to $650," but if the larger model and most-recent revision cannot get you $650 on the trade, what could? I declined the offer and mentioned to the sales associate that I thought the advertising was a bit disingenuous, but he kept harping on how it says "up to $650."
I guess my next plan-of-action will be to try and sell it on Craigslist:shocked:, though I would prefer not to, and I definitely don't plan on using eScam:angry:. So once I can sell the MacBook Air, I'll take my business to Best Buy and get the Surface Pro 3 there. I was willing to take the hit on the MacBook Air because of the convenience of going to the Microsoft Store nearby my house, but turns out this isn't convenient at all.
Does anybody else find this situation a bit wrong?:eck::eck:
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