Apple Vision Pro eBay prices are making me sad

I paid a lot of money for the privilege of purchasing a brand new Apple Vision Pro in February. All-in, with optical inserts and tax, I financed just over $3,900 for the 256GB version of the headset. About a day ago I made a mistake that I’m sure many early adopters are familiar with: I looked up what it’s selling for on eBay.

On Wednesday, a 1TB Vision Pro, complete with all the included hardware, Apple’s cute $200 travel case, $500 AppleCare Plus, and claimed to have been “used for maybe about an hour ”. sold for $3,200 after 21 moves. The shipping estimate listed was $20.30. Brand new, this combo costs $5,007.03 on Apple’s website for me. Another eBay listing, this one with my headphone configuration (but without optical inserts) It cost just US$2,600 – again with most, if not all, of the accessories included. Many others 256GB It is 512GB models sold for around what amount that week.

Of course, that’s how the story works for early adopters, especially when you’re buying very expensive technology before the mainstream becomes popular. Apple’s pricing doesn’t help matters, especially when the next closest competing headset – the Meta Quest 3 – costs just $500. It’s a shame, even if they’re not that comparable, at least in terms of audience- target and objectives for your platforms.

But it still hurts, doesn’t it? Knowing I could have saved several hundred dollars It is I got the highest storage configuration, AppleCare Plus, and a storage case is particularly painful. I really like Vision Pro – perhaps more than any other writer on On the edge — but if I hadn’t missed the return window, I’d send mine back to Apple in a heartbeat just to get one of those deals. Fortunately, when I’m wearing my headphones, no one can see my tears.