Get Money Back for Old Cell Phones

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Apr 172012
 

When my wife went to Verizon and upgraded her phone to the iPhone 4S a few weeks ago she was wondering what she should do with her Samsung Fascinate Galaxy S phone and I told her that she probably could get some money back by visiting a cell for cash website and seeing how much she could get for it.

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She saw she could get between $50 and $76 dollars, so she printed out the free shipping label and send the phone back, it was in very good condition.   There is a good comparison of companies interested in buying the phone and some include free shipping, some don’t.  The cool thing is you are getting some cash back for recycling your phone, she naturally chose the company that offered the highest cash price.

She printed the pre-paid shipping label, send the phone in and in like 2 days she received an offer from them.  She didn’t get the full amount that the company mentioned because they claimed there was some scratches on the screen, but she did get over $60 which was about $15 less than the max value offered.

This was still better than what she could get selling it locally, she had listed the phone for $60 on Craigslist and didn’t have any takers.  This also covered about 1/5th the cost of the iPhone 4S upgrade itself so the money was applied to the Verizon account to help cover the upgrade costs.

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Bottom Line:

If you are looking to try and get some of your money back for an old phone you no longer need after you upgrade, you can consider using a place like SellCell to get some money back.  It is worth it and even some of the older pre-smart phones could get you $15 dollars or so which could help cover some expenses.

-Dragon Blogger

Get Money Back for Old Cell Phones

Justin Germino

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Working in the IT Industry for over 13 years and specializing in web based technologies. Dragon Blogger has unique insights and opinions to how the internet and web technology works. An Avid movie fan, video game fan and fan of trying anything and everything new.
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  • http://blogsnewsreviews.com/ AstroGremlin

    My old phone is worth only $2.  But thanks for the link to find out.

    • http://www.dragonblogger.com/ Dragon Blogger

       @AstroGremlin As mentioned above, I guess this is more for people who constantly upgrade (have to have newest) so their old phones still have some value, still $61 for a Samsung Galaxy not even an S2 wasn’t too bad.

  • http://bookindiatrips.com/ India trip

    Oh nice one and i am sure this option will help lot for those who don’t want to sell their cell phones to local shop keepers and no doubt in that they will give good price for your cell phone.

  • http://www.vicorp.com/ Peter Davies

    A Samsung Galaxy S phone is definitely worth quite a lot. I know a lot of people who don’t have phones that good!
     
    I hung on to my old Nokia for years and years…by the time I want to get rid of a phone it’s not really worth anything anyway!

    • http://www.dragonblogger.com/ Dragon Blogger

       @Peter Davies Yeah, I guess this is more for people who upgrade every year so the previous model is still in demand.

  • http://www.tubeblogger.net/ Tubeblogr

    I gave my old phone to my little nephew as a toy, lol.
    It was the first Motorola Droid. Not sure if it would be worth anything.

    • http://www.dragonblogger.com/ Dragon Blogger

       @Tubeblogr We gave our older son (4 year old) an old flip phone as a toy, but for really young toddlers who put things in their mouth, they can leak toxic metals and such so not a good idea.