Sell the AirPods that have been replaced but not thrown away.
Pro, Max or standard. Complete sets, and yes, single earbuds and lone charging cases too.
AirPods are the Apple product people are most surprised to learn have a resale value. They feel disposable, they are small enough to lose, and the batteries visibly degrade. So they end up in the drawer, replaced rather than sold.
The exception, and it is a large one, is the AirPods Max. They are expensive, they are built like furniture, and second-hand demand for them is steady. A pair of AirPods Max in decent condition is worth genuinely meaningful money.
The other exception is the odd earbud. If you have lost the left one, the right one and the case are still worth something to us, because a replacement single bud is exactly what somebody else in your position is shopping for.
The AirPods models we buy.
Complete sets, single earbuds and lone cases, working or faulty. Not sure which ones you have? Connect them and check Settings, Bluetooth.
AirPods Max
Any generation, any colour
AirPods Pro
Pro 3, Pro 2 or the original Pro
AirPods
AirPods 4, 3rd, 2nd or 1st generation
Single earbud or case
Left, right, or a charging case alone
Upgrading? Put it towards the new one.
Noise cancellation has improved more than anything else in this category, so old Pros to current Pros is a bigger jump than the generation number suggests. Your old set covers a slice of it.
Take the payout as EpicDeals.co.za credit instead of cash and we add 12% on top. That is us paying you for not needing the money in your account today, and it costs you nothing if you were going to spend it here anyway.
The 12% is only worth taking if you were going to spend it. If you need the cash, take the cash, and we will not make the voucher hard to refuse.
What affects your offer.
Battery life, which is the whole product
A set of AirPods that lasts forty minutes is a fundamentally different product to one that lasts five hours. There is no way to check this in software, so give us an honest estimate of how long a full charge actually lasts you.
Completeness
Two buds plus the matching case is worth considerably more than the sum of the parts sold separately, because it is a sellable product rather than a spare. Have a proper look for the missing one before deciding it is gone.
AirPods Max are a different market
They hold value like a premium headphone rather than like an earbud, which is to say much better. The ear cushions are replaceable and worn ones are not a serious deduction.
Whether they are genuine
Counterfeit AirPods are widespread and often convincing. We test on arrival, and a fake has no value to us at all. If you bought them somewhere unusual, it is worth knowing before you send them rather than after.
We still buy it with these.
Choose the closest condition in the calculator and mention anything that is wrong. Your offer already takes it into account.
- Battery lasting under an hour on a full charge
- One earbud dead, quiet, or crackling
- Case not charging or not holding charge
- Noise cancellation or transparency not working
- Ear tips or cushions perished or missing
- Water damage from a wash cycle, which we see constantly
- Missing earbud, or case only
Three ways to take the money.
Cash
Instant offer
Assessed within 1-3 working days of arriving, paid within 5 working days of your offer being confirmed.
+12%
Trade-in voucher
Take it as credit on EpicDeals.co.za instead and we add 12%. Useful if the plan was always to upgrade.
+10%
Consignment
We list it, we sell it, you get 10% more than the instant offer. Most sell within 13 days.
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