Juan
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**★☆☆☆☆ — Avoid Apple trade-in. CTDI's inspection process is a mess.** I traded in an iPhone 14 Plus (quoted $210) and an iPad (quoted $85) through Apple, both shipped in Apple's own kits, both exactly as described. CTDI handles the inspections — and botched both. They cut my iPhone from $210 to **$0**, claiming the serial number didn't match and the camera wasn't functional. Except the serial number in their email was my *iPad's* serial, not my iPhone's. They crossed the two devices and blamed me for their own mix-up. On the iPad, they claimed what I shipped "didn't match what they were expecting." I replied the same day describing exactly what I sent — that was 11 days ago, and I've heard nothing since. Instead of fixing any of it, they sent a 7-day ultimatum: accept $0 or lose the trade-in. Careless work, zero accountability, and my time and money wasted over mistakes that were entirely theirs. I feel completely disrespected as a customer. I'll never trust Apple trade-in or CTDI with a device again.
