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AI NewsMarked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI

Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI

2:12 AM IST · April 25, 2026

Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI

Overpriced Mac minis areflooding eBayamid shortages of the sold-out machines, which have become a favored tool for running on-device AI models likeOpenClaw. This week,reportsindicated that the $599 M4 Mac mini base model with 16GB RAM and 256GB of storage is sold out on Apple’s retail website, with no options for delivery or in-store pickup. The shortages have sinceextended to other configurationsof the base model, regardless of the amount of memory selected. This is the first time the base model has been sold out, someoutletsnoted. Meanwhile, models with higher storage (512GB and up) are only available to ship starting in June. As a result, eBay has become a secondary market for these in-demand computers. On the site, various configurations of the M4 Mac mini are available for sale at higher prices than if buying direct from Apple, which is no longer an option. Apple’s power-efficient Mac minis have become popular devices for testing and running at-home, on-device AI models, beginning with the OpenClaw craze but now extending to OpenClaw alternatives like ZeroClaw, other AI tools from Anthropic and OpenAI,Perplexity Computer,or otherspecialized local models.Unlike some PCs, Mac minis also run quietly and tend to be more reliable for 24/7 use, compared with laptop computers. The shortage of the devices also comes alongside anindustry-wide memory crunchand plans for a Mac mini refresh, according toBloomberg. However, refreshes of product lines haven’t led to shortages before. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment. This perfect storm of supply chain stress and increased demand for AI-friendly machines has inflated the prices of used consumer electronics. As of Friday morning, M4 base models with the 16GB RAM/256GB SSD configuration were selling at markups like $715-$795 for a new, “open box” model, and as high as $979 for an “excellent” refurbished version. Some “lightly used, pre-owned” Mac minis with this configuration were selling for around $700 — more than $100 more than the price of a new base model. There was also a single listing for a $925 brand-new M4 Mac mini with the same 16GB RAM and 256GB storage; the listing warned in bright red text: “Last one.” While you still may be able to score a reasonably priced refurb if you keep a close eye out (or if you win an eBay auction where the bid has started at a lower price point), it seems that the demand for the device is going to keep prices up until Apple’s supply chain refreshes. And now that the Mac mini is unavailable, Apple has begun to see increased demand for the Mac Studio, too. That computer isalso now sold outacross several configurations. AsArs Technicapointed out, you can still get a MacBook Pro with 128GB RAM and larger SSDs within a few weeks, and even the new and popular MacBook Neo is still shipping within two to three weeks. This suggests the real issue is consumer demand for the Mac mini itself.

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