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Best place to sell old phone?
dave81uk
13-04-2011
I have an old iPhone 3G, Cex offers £150, I see prices eBay prices from £120 - £150, i'd probably get £120 as I am a newbie then there is the hassle of the Paypal hold etc, any other recommendations? And can you actually trust these sites that buy your mobiles?
TheBigM
13-04-2011
If CEX is offering prices at the top end of the eBay prices you see (unlikely) then go for CEX! Generally eBay gets the highest prices - higher than the likes of mazuma etc.
dave81uk
13-04-2011
Originally Posted by TheBigM:
“If CEX is offering prices at the top end of the eBay prices you see (unlikely) then go for CEX! Generally eBay gets the highest prices - higher than the likes of mazuma etc.”

My iPhone is unlocked, alot of these sites don't care and are offering £80 or so, CEX are offering almost double that for an unlocked grade B, sounds to good to be true, might take it into a store tomorrow
Jimmy_McNulty
15-04-2011
these sites are rip off merchants.

If you don't want hassle you probably want a quick fix but if you change your mind i would look to sell it on ebay etc for a more reasonable price.
purplegoldfish
16-04-2011
RPC Recycle offered me almost £30 more than any other 'buy your mobile site', was easy enough too. It took 5 days from ordering the jiffy bag to having the money in the bank. You'd probably get more for your phone if you sold privatly, AdTrader and Gumtree are a good place to try, no fees either!
davethorp
16-04-2011
CEX generally do offer good prices for phones (but then resell them for rip off prices). I recently sold a blackberry curve privately and only got a few quid more, after factoring in P&P, than CEX would have paid me for it

Just watch out as CEX will downgrade the class of the phone from A to B or so on for pretty much anything. They also wouldn't take a iPhone from us a few months back as the dock cable's insulating plastic was coming away from the plug a bit (still worked fine mind)
dave81uk
16-04-2011
Originally Posted by davethorp:
“CEX generally do offer good prices for phones (but then resell them for rip off prices). I recently sold a blackberry curve privately and only got a few quid more, after factoring in P&P, than CEX would have paid me for it

Just watch out as CEX will downgrade the class of the phone from A to B or so on for pretty much anything. They also wouldn't take a iPhone from us a few months back as the dock cable's insulating plastic was coming away from the plug a bit (still worked fine mind)”

Yes I had noticed they do seem to resell them at rip of prices, by the time I take eBay fees into account which would be around £20 at least CEX works out the best.
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