Selling Unwanted Upgrades

kezmacs

Hi!

I just wondered if people had any easy ways to get rid of unwanted upgrades. I've got a stack phones from my business upgrade which we no longer need. All unopened and in sealed boxes. I've tried listing one of them on eBay twice, and both time I was hit by fraudulent buyers. Are there any other ways I can sell them and avoid the fraud?

Thanks,
Kerry

hardtimes

kezmacs wrote: »

Hi!

I just wondered if people had any easy ways to get rid of unwanted upgrades. I've got a stack phones from my business upgrade which we no longer need. All unopened and in sealed boxes. I've tried listing one of them on eBay twice, and both time I was hit by fraudulent buyers. Are there any other ways I can sell them and avoid the fraud?

Thanks,
Kerry

There is a lot of pitfalls in buying a new phone from someone as I found out myself. I bought a brand new sealed phone from an individual and after a week the phone stopped working as the phone is now on a blacklist having been reported stolen. This is a common scam at the moment. Good luck with selling but I have learnt my lesson.

baby_frogmella

kezmacs wrote: »

Hi!

I just wondered if people had any easy ways to get rid of unwanted upgrades. I've got a stack phones from my business upgrade which we no longer need. All unopened and in sealed boxes. I've tried listing one of them on eBay twice, and both time I was hit by fraudulent buyers. Are there any other ways I can sell them and avoid the fraud?

Thanks,
Kerry

I'd highly recommend avforums classifieds. Sold & bought a number of high value phones on there a few times and never had any problems. You are less likely to get scammed on there than the likes of fleabay. Its also free!

19lottie82

Gumtree. You get cash and don't have to post the phones, but be prepared for loads of chancers offering you 50% of the asking price (in cash! lol)

mambo69

CEX is also an option

shopaholicz

what about selling to Mazuma or such website? or your local free ads paper?

macman

In what way were the buyers fraudulent on eBay? You send the phone by RD only when you are paid, and you log the IMEI number and let them know that you have logged it. Where's the risk as a seller?

redux

In future get SIM only contracts, several quid a month cheaper.

virgo17

19lottie82 wrote: »

Gumtree. You get cash and don't have to post the phones, but be prepared for loads of chancers offering you 50% of the asking price (in cash! lol)

Also if you use Gumtree, put in the add that you will accept calls but not texts. Experience has taught me that many people seem to make a hobby of bugging phone sellers with stupid offers or swaps by text that they do not do when speaking person to person.

The majority are just time wasters just getting some sick kicks with inclusive texts.

Just my experience.

thefirs

virgo17 wrote: »

Also if you use Gumtree, put in the add that you will accept calls but not texts. Experience has taught me that many people seem to make a hobby of bugging phone sellers with stupid offers or swaps by text that they do not do when speaking person to person.

The majority are just time wasters just getting some sick kicks with inclusive texts.

Just my experience.

When placing a small ad like this, set up a virtual landline number on Sipgate. When the item is gone you can just abandon it, and a landline is far less likely to be sent a text.