When I submitted the details of my old iPad mini to Apple’s trade-in partners, they estimated it to be worth up to $155. When I removed it from its case I found a dent on the back of it. I sent it off last Tuesday anyway, expecting to be notified of a reduction in the trade-in value.
Didn’t happen that way. They paid the full agreed sum of $155.
Cost of raffle tickets in 2019: -$20.
Value of raffle prize: +$599.
Cost of iPad case in 2019: -$28.
Trade-in value: +$155.
Purchase price for iPad mini 7 (128 GB; wi-fi) -$799.
Purchase price of Apple Pencil USB-C: -$139.
Purchase price of iPad case 2025: -$16.
Cost of two years of AppleCare+ -$109.
All up cost of owning this iPad Mini 7: -$357.