Sell Old Mobile Phone
This sort of company specializes. They are usually web based, and they will give you cash fast for your old cell phone. First, you will visit a website. Then you will enter the model and find out how much they will pay you for it. If you accept their price, they will send a jiffy bag to you. You can just put the phone in the jiffy bag and mail it for free. Even better, they’ll give you much more than the “trade-in” amount that you get when handing your phone into a high profile seller.
What kind of phones are they looking for?
Unfortunately, scrounging an old phone out of your chest of drawers may not guarantee you a good price on the sale! Your phone must work well, be free of damage (slight cosmetic damage is OK) have the original battery (and preferably charger) and be capable of being turned on.
Not all companies pay well for all phones. If your phone is 3G, there isn’t much of a market for it. If it is rare or old, you may need to hunt around to find a place to sell it. In instances in which a phone just has a few minor problems, it’s a good idea to determine how much it would be worth with no problems at all. Sometimes you just need to replace the battery, so you might want to do that to increase the sale value.
How do they work?
After they quote you a price, if you accept it, they will send you a jiffy bag. You can just pop your phone into it and drop it in the mail. However, they are not responsible for failure to deliver, so you should think about sending your phone by “Recorded Signed For Delivery” if it is valuable. This will insure the item for as much as £36; however, it only costs about 72p more than your regular postage rate.
Prepare your phone by charging it, switching it off, removing the Sim card and removing security codes or PIN codes that might interfere with testing. You can accomplish this by selecting “Reset Factory Settings” on the menu of your phone. A small percentage of phones (approximately 20%) are rejected. Generally, if they find the phone isn’t really all they’d hoped, they will contact you and offer you a lower price. You can either accept this price or have them send your phone back at their expense.
Where will these used phones go?
After the phones have been tested and found to be in decent condition, they are shipped overseas and sold. One example of this is that Envirofone sells its phones to South America, Africa, the Far East, and the Middle East. Remember that if you have a high value phone, the company will probably turn right around and list it on eBay. They will get a good price for it. So obviously, if you want to get the best price for your high-value phone, you should list it on eBay.
Top Companies For Purchasing Phones:
Today many companies will purchase your old phone. Sometimes, one company will go by several names and have a number of online sites. You could exchange your phone for Boots or Nectar Points; however, the value will be less.
Try as many as three companies – they only require about a minute each.
To illustrate the point… For example, in one instance, two companies said a phone had no value, yet a third company paid £20 for it. In another instance, the prices offered for the same phone ranged from £25 to £75. Don’t quit before investigating thoroughly.
The very top payers seem to be Mazuma and Mopay. What they will pay will be determined by your phone model. Mazuma pays well for high spec phones; however, Mopay is a better established company. If you ask for a Marks & Spencers voucher, you can get your payment faster and at a slightly higher rate from Mopay.
Envirofone is a good company. They have lots of good feedback stating that their service is easy to use, fast and reliable. Their prices are not the highest; however, the lack of hassle may be worth the difference. Simply input the details of the phone and get an instant price. You can choose payment by cash or check, or you can get about fifteen percent more value if you choose Argos points. It will also give £1 to charitable causes for each phone.
Here are a few more good options. Clearly, the more investigation you do, the better off you will be. Here are some of the other major phone buy-back companies: Banana Green, MobilePhoneExchange, MobilePhoneBuyer, Mobile2Cash.
