You Must Sell Your Old HomePod for a Profit
The Apple HomePod had a short and difficult life. Critics praised the sound quality but criticized its smart features, making its $350 price tag hard to recommend to most people. Even when Apple dropped the price to $299, too many people thought the speaker just wasn’t worth it. Some of these people may have advised you to sell your Apple shares back in 1997 as the value of the HomePod somehow increased.
How much do Apple HomePods cost?
I first saw this news from The Verge , who was in turn inspired to look into this issue, thanks to this tweet from Chance Miller’s 9to5Mac EIC. Miller’s tweet included an eBay page for a factory-sealed Space Gray HomePod that costs, wait, $649.99 .
The Verge, after allegedly searching their warehouse for sealed HomePods, then perused various HomePod listings on eBay. On average, they found HomePods to sell for $375, and while that’s a lot less than the HomePod listed in Miller’s tweet, remember that this is the average of all HomePods currently on sale on the platform. This includes HomePods in mint condition in the box, as well as well-used speakers without packaging.
Most HomePod owners probably didn’t keep their speakers closed in the box, but that doesn’t change things too much. Even after those outliers were removed, the average HomePod price was still $350. If you bought your speaker from Apple during their $299 period, or found it at a discount from a third-party seller, you might be able to profit from your HomePod (btw, an offer no one, not even Apple, has). ever thought before).
Why are Apple HomePods more expensive now?
Why these things are sold so expensive, one can only guess. The Verge offers several theories, such as the history of Apple, the reliable HomePod acoustics, and the role of Siri in the smart home. I’m not sure if I’ll buy the latter, but the first two points are pretty strong in my book. The HomePod is a great speaker, especially for Apple Music and home theater through the Apple TV 4K, and now that Apple has discontinued it, fans of the company may now consider it a collector’s item.
Whatever the reason, the HomePod price increase is still impressive. Most tech products don’t rise in price—rather, you’re hoping that the depreciation will be limited. It’s true that Apple products tend to depreciate more slowly than other technologies, but we rarely see anything like this. Of course, you can’t part with HomePod mini for more than you paid for it.
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