By Alex Doust
We've all seen the adverts, The annoying Umpa Loompa phones, the chavvy guys with phones to sell, but you've just bought a new phone, and you want to get rid of your old one, or you've got a few lying around and wouldn't mind making a few quid. Here’s the best way how to.
Don’t bother searching EnviroPhone, Mazooma, PhoneBank etc. You’ll search two or three and get tired, and how can you be sure that O2 or EE won’t give you more for it? There’s always somewhere you forget to check, you need to compare them all, and this is how you do it.
We've all seen the adverts, The annoying Umpa Loompa phones, the chavvy guys with phones to sell, but you've just bought a new phone, and you want to get rid of your old one, or you've got a few lying around and wouldn't mind making a few quid. Here’s the best way how to.
Don’t bother searching EnviroPhone, Mazooma, PhoneBank etc. You’ll search two or three and get tired, and how can you be sure that O2 or EE won’t give you more for it? There’s always somewhere you forget to check, you need to compare them all, and this is how you do it.
Introducing http://www.sellmymobile.com/ The comparison site for prices of your mobiles, and it couldn't be simpler to use. Simply search the make and model of your phone, when you find it they will show you the prices all the leading phone recyclers will pay for your mobile, in various conditions.
EnviroPhone offered me £10.10 for my Samsung Galaxy Y (I was new to smartphones and I wanted a cheap one to experiment with! Stop judging!)
EnviroPhone offered me £10.10 for my Samsung Galaxy Y (I was new to smartphones and I wanted a cheap one to experiment with! Stop judging!)
Using this site, you can easily see that I can get more than double that.
£28 is the best offer, with Free Packing and payment within 3 days of receipt of the phone. Where you see a red cross, these companies do not offer a Free Post service, meaning you have to spend a few quid sending the phone off, only worth it if the price is a lot higher there than anywhere else.
Do remember though, these prices fluctuate daily, what's worth £50 today could be worth £45 tomorrow, then £48 the day after. If you spot a good price, do a little research to see if it's worth that anywhere else, if not then jump on it and enjoy that extra profit!
So how does this work? Typically the comparison sites get a small percentage of the profits when you sell your phone by clicking their link, this means the sites are motivated to provide you with the best possible prices so as you make sure you click their link and they make some money in return. Quick Rundown, you sell your phone to a company, they test it and decide if it can be re sold as a functioning phone, or recycled, if it’s recycled the phone is scrapped and various chemical processes are performed upon it to recover the traces of Gold, Silver, Platinum and other precious metals in the microcircuits. This is only worth doing if you do a lot of microchips at the same time, as the amounts in a single phone are incredibly tiny and the process is complicated and expensive. For any of you who were thinking about cracking it open and trying to get these metals yourself, it’s not worth it. When the phone is re sold or the raw materials have been extracted and sold SellMyMobile will receive a small commission, that’s their motive, yours is that you want to get as much as you can!
Now then, get selling your old phones, and remember, Laptops can be sold as well if you've got any of them kicking about, but remember to format the hard drive (Erase all your data) first! Let us know if you make any more money through this site, we love feedback and success stories!
Until next time!
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£28 is the best offer, with Free Packing and payment within 3 days of receipt of the phone. Where you see a red cross, these companies do not offer a Free Post service, meaning you have to spend a few quid sending the phone off, only worth it if the price is a lot higher there than anywhere else.
Do remember though, these prices fluctuate daily, what's worth £50 today could be worth £45 tomorrow, then £48 the day after. If you spot a good price, do a little research to see if it's worth that anywhere else, if not then jump on it and enjoy that extra profit!
So how does this work? Typically the comparison sites get a small percentage of the profits when you sell your phone by clicking their link, this means the sites are motivated to provide you with the best possible prices so as you make sure you click their link and they make some money in return. Quick Rundown, you sell your phone to a company, they test it and decide if it can be re sold as a functioning phone, or recycled, if it’s recycled the phone is scrapped and various chemical processes are performed upon it to recover the traces of Gold, Silver, Platinum and other precious metals in the microcircuits. This is only worth doing if you do a lot of microchips at the same time, as the amounts in a single phone are incredibly tiny and the process is complicated and expensive. For any of you who were thinking about cracking it open and trying to get these metals yourself, it’s not worth it. When the phone is re sold or the raw materials have been extracted and sold SellMyMobile will receive a small commission, that’s their motive, yours is that you want to get as much as you can!
Now then, get selling your old phones, and remember, Laptops can be sold as well if you've got any of them kicking about, but remember to format the hard drive (Erase all your data) first! Let us know if you make any more money through this site, we love feedback and success stories!
Until next time!
Keep Saving!