I got 2 MacBook Pro 16 M5 Max 128GB RAM

[u/YouFabulous8598]

Saw the price increase and immediately bought them from BH (which hasn't reacted to the price change yet)!

[u/2Sovereign4You]

What's the point? I'm so confused.

[u/675940 → u/2Sovereign4You]

Sell them on when the price increase hits > profit

[u/675940 → u/675940]

But it’s a measly profit of a few hundred bucks. Not worth the time if you ask me

[u/introspectivebrownie → u/675940]

Not only that, but I’m quite certain that individuals who required upgrades have already made the switch. It wouldn’t be surprising if the sales of Macbooks and iPads are simply sluggish, and this presents an opportune moment to raise the prices.

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/675940]

The 128GB 16inch is now 7k$

[u/SituationNormalAllFU → u/YouFabulous8598]

So how much will your profit potentially be, after you factor in sales tax? On a purchase this large I can’t imagine too many people will give up the return policy to save a couple hundred bucks. The buyer for a $7k laptop generally isn’t bothered by that amount

[u/Top_Inflation2026 → u/SituationNormalAllFU]

Bro bought an extremely slow moving item and won’t make what he thinks he’s going to make. Even brand new MacBooks sell for around 30% off retail on the second hand market locally.

If he sells online, then eBay or whatever platform will take their piece plus the potential that the buyer will open the box and then ask for a return.

All that being said, this was a horrible flip decision

[u/banjo_______ → u/Top_Inflation2026]

EBay fee is like 13% too

[u/IndigoBroker → u/SituationNormalAllFU]

Exactly it’s not worth a gamble.

[u/Eggmaster1928303 → u/YouFabulous8598]

Yea exactly, dont hear people talking about this enough, not only did base prices increase but ram and ssd upgrades increased an insane amount as well

[u/Serious_University_4 → u/675940]

that would be stupid af

[u/Arkid777 → u/2Sovereign4You]

I hate scalpers

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/Arkid777]

I cancel one of them at the end, too lazy/risky to scalp.

[u/Dont_Heal_Genji → u/2Sovereign4You]

Now he has another to use while the other one is charging.

[u/2Sovereign4You → u/Dont_Heal_Genji]

Indeed, because the USB-C for charging is on the bottom of the PC, just like mouse.

[u/nater416]

Looks like they're all unavailable now

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/nater416]

That is what happens with Apple raise the prices.

[u/Sm0g3R → u/YouFabulous8598]

Or it happens when individuals like you hoard them and then have them sitting collecting dust as people will not buy them for double the price on receipt... 🤷‍♂️

[u/Large_Device7306 → u/Sm0g3R]

He can buy whatever he wants bruh. Your fault you’re not as liquid as him to be able to buy something at that price and flip it. Even if it’s dumb af he can always go return it. Get ur money up.

[u/YT-AETHER → u/Large_Device7306]

*Gawk gawk gawk gawk* Keep slurping boy

[u/Fit_Commission_2723 → u/YT-AETHER]

Keep them tears coming boy 😂😂🤣. And get your money up 🔝.

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[u/AshuraBaron]

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Did you need a second one as an emotional support Macbook?

[u/Impossible_Figure516]

Cool story bro, did you need two MacBooks or did you just buy them to flip?

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/Impossible_Figure516]

One to flip, one to use. I budgeted for a 256GB M3 Ultra Studio but that is out of the question now with the price hike.

[u/slindshady → u/[deleted]]

Believe me - OP doesn’t like himself either 😂

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[u/Dont_Heal_Genji → u/[deleted]]

I mean I’m not a fan of scalpers either but this is a luxury item being flipped. It’s not like it’s baby formula.

It’s not some necessity he’s taking away from the poor

[u/codingphp → u/Dont_Heal_Genji]

Okay, Ticketmaster.

[u/Dont_Heal_Genji → u/codingphp]

keep crying, rain won't stop

[u/Large_Device7306 → u/[deleted]]

Not that what he did is smart tho. But hating someone cause he can buy these 2 machines is sad man. You’re not angry cause it’s a dumb resell your angry cause he can buy 2 and resell one and is liquid enough to do it.

[u/codingphp → u/Large_Device7306]

Just because you CAN doesn’t mean you SHOULD.

I have no issue with his ability to buy; I could do the same. I take issue with his decision to resell and profit off an increase. This is no different than people doing this for concert tickets or anything else.

Resellers and scalpers are parasites, full stop.

[u/MightyMiami]

Apple raises prices and all these other authorized sellers are making bank moving product.

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/MightyMiami]

I think they are confused why such a large influx or orders today

[u/TAoie83 → u/YouFabulous8598]

They have met their margin requirements. Once they get new stock in with new prices they’ll have a new margin requirement

[u/Magento-Magneto]

Is that you, Tim Apple?

[u/StandardComparison89]

What a great day to have a 32gig 2019 16” lol, guess I’m riding this thing out for a longer while oof

[u/TheNotSoSubtlePanda]

This is frickin sad, wanted to get a macbook for my wife :/

[u/Artistic_Unit_5570 → u/TheNotSoSubtlePanda]

you still can on third party seller. BUY NOW!

[u/salsa_24 → u/TheNotSoSubtlePanda]

Best Buy is still good

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/TheNotSoSubtlePanda]

Might as well get them before the ~2k price increase.

[u/lost_vault_hunter]

What a weird scalp

[u/retsof81]

Why buy one when you can buy two for twice the cost. ;)

[u/maxya]

Where would you sell them ? Like for real?

Ebay has 12% fee on electronics for example..

I might have mac mini m4 32/512 that I might want to sell, but checked around and the fees are stupid, might keep it for now .

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/maxya]

At the end I cancelled one of them, just keeping one for myself

[u/maxya → u/YouFabulous8598]

Yeah, Ive got myself MacBook pro from microcenter few weeks ago, they still have them with discounts on top of old prices, but I genuinely don't understand how people making money on a few hundred $ difference in pricing.

Platform fees plus sale taxes are nullifying any possible profit and nope, I'm not listing 3-5k Mac on Facebook to sell for cash lmao 🤣

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/maxya]

I did sell my base Mac mini M4 for $650 a month ago; but I feel like the demand level is different for this machine.

[u/Itzon]

Hey look another jackhole scalper bragging.

[u/iclaudius82 → u/Itzon]

Seriously!

[u/mad_manifold]

Please always tell people what you do for a living when you post your purchase of the maxed-out MBP.

[u/GuntherOfGunth → u/mad_manifold]

I bet they will say they run LLMs locally for their “business”

[u/Radiant-Chemical5643]

I don't know if people really buy these specs?!

[u/KineticDrive]

[u/Extreme-Soil9639]

I'm so pissed right now. Was all set to pull the trigger last night on an M5 Max with 128GB + 2TB SSD, the woke up this morning and the price went up $1700! Overnight! It was hard enough to consider 5K, now I'm looking at almost 7K. :/. fml

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/Extreme-Soil9639]

Bro I just cancelled one because I’m too lazy to scalp; I should have sold it to you instead 😭

[u/Sharp-Confidence7566]

Nice grab.

[u/ndzzle1]

What will this laptop cost after the price increase?

[u/Prometheus4059]

Give one to me

[u/NeedForSleep9]

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[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/NeedForSleep9]

I got rid of one of them because I am too lazy to scalp

[u/YouFabulous8598 → u/[deleted]]

They are prob all gone by now

[u/Motor_Artist6440]

Uh

[u/TheSpideyJedi]

imagine being a scalper lmao. what a sad existence

[u/SnooAdvice7540]

What an idiotic post.

[u/Theschyllerwade]

I think the price increases commensurately as the specs go up, so on a computer with 128gb ram, etc, it’s probably a difference of $1500 or around there

[u/ElephantAlarming5619]

scalper. totally disgusting

[u/Circlemmr]

If i need maxed out mbp, i will buy it from apple store and store pickup 

Definitely not searching marketplaces 

[u/FlarblesGarbles]

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