MicroCenter values RTX 4090 at $700 through its trade-in program
MicroCenter is offering only $699.95 for a customer’s RTX 4090. The retailer has its own trade-in program that allows users to sell their cards back, but only if they were originally purchased at MicroCenter. One of the customers wanted to check what the trade-in evaluation is for the MSI RTX 4090 Gaming Trio model, which is an MSRP version without overclocking.
Ever since NVIDIA faced an export ban on RTX 4090 to China, the company’s flagship Ada Lovelace model has been hardly available at its MSRP of $1599. This card often pops up at NVIDIA official stores or through board partner stores, but retailers are not eager to sell these cards at MSRP.
For this reason, some retailers that also offer trade-ins for RTX 4090 will offer up to $1,500 (like Newegg), while it is relatively easy to sell the card for much more through platforms like eBay (average sell price $1,790). In this context, MicroCenter’s offer appears to be significantly below market value.
