I
paid
a
lot
of
money
for
the
privilege
of
getting
an
Apple
Vision
Pro
brand-new
in
February.
All-in,
with
optical
inserts
and
taxes,
I
financed
a
little
over
$3,900
for
the
256GB
version
of
the
headset.
A
day
or
so
ago,
I
made
a
mistake
that
I’m
sure
many
early
adopters
are
familiar
with:
I
looked
up
how
much
it’s
been
selling
for
on
eBay.
On
Wednesday,
a
1TB
Vision
Pro,
complete
with
all
the
included
gear,
Apple’s
fluffy
$200
travel
case,
$500
AppleCare
Plus,
and
claimed
to
have
been
“worn
maybe
about
an
hour”
sold
for
$3,200
after
21
bids.
The
listed
shipping
estimate
was
$20.30.
Brand
new,
that
combination
is
$5,007.03
on
Apple’s
site
for
me.
Another
eBay
listing,
this
one
with
my
headset’s
configuration
(but
sans
optical
inserts)
went
for
just
$2,600
—
again
with
most,
if
not
all,
of
the
included
accessories.
Several
other
256GB
and
512GB
models
sold
for
around
that
amount
this
week.
The
story
is
no
different
over
on
Swappa,
a
popular
reselling
site
among
Apple
users:
Look
at
those
deep
discounts.Screenshot:
Wes
Davis
/
The
Verge
This,
of
course,
is
how
the
story
goes
for
early
adopters,
especially
when
you’re
buying
very
expensive
tech
before
the
mainstream
catches
on.
Apple’s
pricing
doesn’t
help
matters,
especially
when
the
next
closest
competing
headset
—
the
Meta
Quest
3
—
is
just
$500.
It’s
a
bummer
even
if
they’re
ultimately
not
all
that
comparable,
at
least
in
terms
of
their
targeted
audiences
and
goals
for
their
platforms.
But
it
still
stings,
doesn’t
it?
Knowing
I
could
have
saved
several
hundred
dollars
and
gotten
the
highest
storage
configuration,
AppleCare
Plus,
and
a
storage
case
is
particularly
painful.
I
like
the
Vision
Pro
plenty
—
maybe
more
than
any
other
writer
at
The
Verge
—
but
if
I
hadn’t
missed
the
return
window,
I
would
send
mine
right
back
to
Apple
in
a
heartbeat
just
so
I
could
get
one
of
these
deals.
Thankfully,
when
I’m
wearing
the
headset,
nobody
can
see
my
tears.
A
picture
of
a
fool.Image:
Wes
Davis
/
The
Verge
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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