Wholesale MacBook Air & Pro Pallet (15 Pieces)

It’s an Apple-only load: about 15 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops with Intel processors and storage from 256GB to 1TB. $1,300 for the pallet works out to $86.67 a laptop before freight. Condition is Mixed, and there’s no item list.

Computer refurbishers and used-Mac sellers who buy MacBook pallets are the buyers who can do something with this lot, because every machine needs checking before it’s listed.

It’s lot DPL-26, out of our Dalton, GA warehouse, and the Apple-only option among our MacBook pallets and laptop lots.

Storage, screens and processors

The listing names MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models with 256GB, 512GB or 1TB storage, Retina displays, Touch Bar on some models, and Intel processors; it gives no Air-to-Pro split, no model years and no RAM figures. Chargers are possible, not promised. Model specs are at Apple’s site.

Mixed condition on 15 MacBooks

These MacBooks are sold in Mixed condition, and the lot is unmanifested; there is no item-by-item list. Mixed: a combination of customer returns, shelf pulls and overstock, with no guarantee that any one item is in a particular condition. Overstock means never sold, still in its packaging. Shelf pulls sat on a store shelf and came off unsold, with packaging that can be worn or carry clearance stickers. Customer returns were returned by shoppers and can be new in an opened box, used, missing parts or not working.

If you can’t clear an activation lock through proper channels, test batteries and replace chargers, skip this lot; those are the jobs a Mixed MacBook lot can hand you.

Freight and receiving

Book a liftgate ($65, or $160 for residential with a liftgate) unless you have a dock or a forklift, because the driver can’t unload the pallet otherwise. Standard freight takes 3 to 7 business days, from $25 in the Southeast to $85 on the West Coast; express takes 1 to 2 business days, $50 to $110.

$86.67 a MacBook, before the extras

$1,300 divided by 15 is $86.67 per laptop before freight; that leaves out shipping, liftgate fees, chargers you may need to buy, battery work and any machine that won’t boot. On a Mixed lot, budget for a few machines that need parts.

On how to buy a pallet of returns: any lot here goes through the same checkout, with freight shown before you pay, and on this Mixed lot some of the MacBooks can be returns.

Where we stand on sourcing

Everything ships FOB Dalton, GA, at a flat freight rate by state shown at checkout. We don’t open pallets or truckloads to pull out the better items; what comes from the retailer is what goes on your truck. Unmanifested lots like this one cost less than manifested ones.

Terms once you’ve paid

Everything is sold as-is, with one exception: we refund the damaged share if 30 percent or more of the pallet arrives broken, crushed, cracked, wet or unusable. On an unmanifested mixed lot like this one, a laptop that won’t power on doesn’t count as damage. Note damage on the driver’s receipt before signing and email pictures and the delivery receipt to [email protected] within 48 hours; freight isn’t refunded. See our FAQ for the details. Any lot can also be returned within 7 days of delivery or pickup for a 10 percent restocking fee: unopened for any reason, with you paying the return freight, or opened if it isn’t what you ordered, with us paying the return freight.

For $100 less, the 24-piece laptop pallet at $1,200 gives you 9 more machines from Dell, HP, Lenovo and ASUS; both sit on our electronics pallets page.