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Selling old mobiles

hollydays
hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
where is the best place to sell?

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  • mobilejunkie
    mobilejunkie Posts: 8,460 Forumite
    How long's a piece of string??
  • gjchester
    gjchester Posts: 5,741 Forumite
    hollydays wrote: »
    where is the best place to sell?

    Ebay gets best prices

    Gumtree and Loot are an option if you don't mind face to face deals.

    Phone recycle places offer less but are less hassle overall.
  • Mickyp
    Mickyp Posts: 55 Forumite
    I've sold a few old ones to the Post Office Simply Drop, been quite easy to do. They always seemed to pay more than the others such as Mazuma.
  • Malc_44
    Malc_44 Posts: 41 Forumite
    Don't go to Envirophone. They royally shafted me a few years ago. I sent a handset into them after they offered a certain amount via their website. The handset was immaculate and even had the crystal case on it. Once they had recieved it they said that there was a fault with it and offered me £15 less than we had agreed. Unfortunately by that time after all the messing about that would have ensued by them returning the phone to me (and I sure they would have returned it to me in a damaged state even though it went to them A1) I reluctantly accepted their offer. So in a word. I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.
  • dangerman7uk
    dangerman7uk Posts: 138 Forumite
    I sold a broken phone to mazuma the other month, I told them it was working mind. It this dishonest? I don't know. They tested it so it must have been fine by their standards.

    I sell loads of stuff. Ebay is risky, sometimes you lose. Most of the time I sell things like phones on Amazon because you know exactly what you're going to get and what the charges are. Ebay will guarantee a sale for you in seven days though. Which is nice. Play.com is extortion. Don't bother with them.
  • Spencer_Li
    Spencer_Li Posts: 143 Forumite
    I've always used the phone recycle places as they're hassle free.

    Most recently, I used http://www.phonerecyclebank.com/ who were excellent.
  • MissDazzle
    MissDazzle Posts: 16 Forumite
    edited 8 August 2011 at 9:56AM
    I sent 4 phones off to envirophone who offered good rates with 3 being in mint condition and 1 having a scratch, which they contacted me about by email and phone several times before I accepted the offered price.

    I thought they were extremely good and I would defiantly use them again!

    A happy customer :)
  • albionrovers
    albionrovers Posts: 2,028 Forumite
    Set up a Facebook page called eg. MyTownBuyAndSell and take it from there.
  • bobbyj_2
    bobbyj_2 Posts: 351 Forumite
    don't go near mobilephonexchange unless you want a right royal shafting.
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