Selling phone - am I better off with mazuma?

hemophobic

I always thought that selling on eBay is better than selling to those phone recycling website but now I am not sure.

Mazuma will give me £90 for my iPhone 4 16GB unlocked.

Looking on ebay I see listings ending for £100-£115.
More of them around the £100 mark.

If I was unlucky and it sold for £100 I would be worse off after ebay/paypal fees.

Should I remove my listing and sell straight to mazuma?

honeybean

Sell it by cash on collection that way no fees. Have always sold my mobile phones this way am always very wary with the mobile recycling sites as they could say it is not in great condition when they receive it and you then either agree to the new price or have to try and get it back,they tend to hope people agree to the new price as they don't want the hassle.
Also if you are on Facebook they now have a lot of local selling pages for your area where you can advertise for free,have also sold lots on there too.

Mandy44

Mazuma say they'll give £90 on the website but as soon as they have it they'll find some excuse to reduce the offer and charge you £10 to have it send back if you don't accept

jon81uk

If you have a CEX store near you then you could try them. If you have most of supplied accessories (headphones, cable charger) then should get £94 https://uk.webuy.com/phones/product.php?mastersku=SAPPIPH416GB&sku=SAPPIPH416GBUNLC#.U2DDZ3eXt8E. and if you do it instore and they grade it lower than you want then you can not accept the price and walk away.

melliott1963

I'd second CEX or similar stores (Cash Converters, Cash Generators) as once you've sold it to them, you've got the cash in your hand straight away and there's no comeback at all. Any small shortfall in what you might get selling the item on Ebay is, imho, more than worth the potential hassle you could experience.

But don't just go into the first store and accept their price. If you have others nearby (which is the case around my way), check them all out. It's surprising the difference in quotes you sometimes get.

Sazzarella

O2 recycle has done really well for me and the terms are really good. They won't deduct money for minor scrapes, as long as the phone is in working order then they will give you the full cash. I sent them a Samsung Galaxy 3 that had been dropped with a big scrape down the side and still got full money. Probably because they refurb them and use them for refurb contracts. I had a look and they are offering £93 bank transfer for your phone.

Obviously_the_best

http://www.igadgetsrecycled.co.uk/apple/apple_iphone_4_16gb_unlocked_P8088.html

You'll get £95 from that lot, probably better than you'll ever do out of eBay.