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Selling old mobile phones
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byjimini
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Hi everyone,
Just wanted to alert you all to Carphone Warehouse's trade scheme.
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/trade-in
I had a Samsung Galaxy S3 that I wasn't getting on with, so I bought a new iPhone instead and then looked around to sell the Samsung.
eBay and Paypal have their obvious pitfalls, Amazon loves to side with the buyer if they want to return an item (so you've then got to find the cash to refund them) and CEX weren't happy about taking a contract phone, so wanted to see all the paperwork, and then offered a paltry £230. That's for a phone they'd sell on at £470.
Obviously if it's an older phone it's worth much less, so the above shouldn't be a problem. But if you've an expensive phone you want to get cash for, I went with CW. They only want the phone and the battery, no charger or box required.
I sent the phone by Special Delivery on Tuesday for £6, Thursday they emailed to say they'd received, yesterday that they'd approved, and today I received a cheque for £305.05!
Well worth the small amount of effort if you don't like CEX and don't want to be scammed on the internet. :beer: Of course, some of their values may be slightly lower for older models, but I liked the relative ease of the transaction.
Just wanted to alert you all to Carphone Warehouse's trade scheme.
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/trade-in
I had a Samsung Galaxy S3 that I wasn't getting on with, so I bought a new iPhone instead and then looked around to sell the Samsung.
eBay and Paypal have their obvious pitfalls, Amazon loves to side with the buyer if they want to return an item (so you've then got to find the cash to refund them) and CEX weren't happy about taking a contract phone, so wanted to see all the paperwork, and then offered a paltry £230. That's for a phone they'd sell on at £470.
Obviously if it's an older phone it's worth much less, so the above shouldn't be a problem. But if you've an expensive phone you want to get cash for, I went with CW. They only want the phone and the battery, no charger or box required.
I sent the phone by Special Delivery on Tuesday for £6, Thursday they emailed to say they'd received, yesterday that they'd approved, and today I received a cheque for £305.05!
Well worth the small amount of effort if you don't like CEX and don't want to be scammed on the internet. :beer: Of course, some of their values may be slightly lower for older models, but I liked the relative ease of the transaction.
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