Final September, Newegg started a program the place you possibly can trade an older graphics card for a newly-purchased mannequin from Newegg, and the retailer would toss in up to some hundred bucks as retailer credit score.
Now, Newegg has expanded its trade-in program to incorporate CPUs and a few laptops, offering a reasonable payout for the comfort of merely sending in an previous product in favor of a brand new one.
While you select to purchase a brand new CPU from the retailer, you might even see a shiny purple field promoting the trade-in worth, which ranges from a Ryzen 5 7600 ($110) or a Core i3-12100 ($50) as much as a Ryzen 9 7950X3D ($320) and even an Intel Core i9-14900KS ($380).
“As soon as a trade-in utility is submitted and permitted, a free transport label shall be offered to ship the CPU to Newegg for analysis,” Newegg stated, the place firm representatives will study and take a look at the half to verify it really works. “If the commerce is accepted, the client will obtain a refund on their new CPU buy. If the CPU commerce is rejected, clients will get the CPU they despatched again from Newegg freed from cost.”
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Newegg additionally has the same program in place the place you may trade an previous desktop, laptop computer, 2-in-1, convertible, removable (pill), Apple MacBook, iPad, or Chromebook.
However this program isn’t as engaging as a result of the utmost payout is $400 and you might want to act quick to take benefit: buy a qualifying PC from Newegg earlier than August 11, wait 14 days, after which submit a declare inside 45 days from the unique buy date. (Solely sure qualifying PCs—typically with an Intel 14th-gen Core processor inside—are eligible for this one, so your choices are extra restricted.)
Nonetheless, each packages supply the comfort of a straightforward trade-in. You possibly can get more cash in the event you offered your stuff on the non-public market or on eBay, however you’d additionally should take care of all of the dangers that include promoting electronics on-line and the trouble of determining transport labels.
