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Best way to sell old laptop and other electornic items
Hannimal
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I have two old laptops (probably could get £100 each) I do not use, an old phone (iphone 7 that works well, no dents etc but battery is old) and some smaller bits of electronic items (some specialist) that I would like to get rid of. Some of the lower value items I've given away for free on Marketplace but I am wary of selling the others. What is the easiest way to do this in terms of both time commitment, effort and expected income. I would be fairly happy to take them to a cash converters or simialr but I have no idea how much less I could get for them there compared to other sites / ways of selling.
How would you sell these?
How would you sell these?
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I would use eBay0
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I take mine to Cex.
Might not get as much money but zero hassles with buyers, posting, potential returns etc.
Absolutely worth it.2 -
It depends what make your laptops are. Music Magpie buy old Apple equipment and they also pay postage for you to send things to them. And will also send them back if you're not happy with the prices they suggest.
Also if you google 'how much can I get for my old laptop' - lots of suggestions pop up -
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+can+i+get+for+my+old+laptop&rlz=1C1NCHA_enGB649GB765&oq=how+much+can+i+get+for+my+old+laptop&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l5j0i390l3.8183j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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I have been recycling my laptops via eBay for about 10 years (both buying and selling). Haven't sold any laptops recently, though, and after some recent experience would look elsewhere. It's way too easy to cause damage to a laptop (e.g. spilling a glass of coffee/water on the keyboard) and claim that it has arrived broken afterwards.
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