I have just found the price of a phone that I have had in a cupboard for the last two years. The handset itself must have been purchased way back in 2004 and even though the prices were not exactly going to buy much, there was a notional value to the telephone.
And all of those years ago when I purchased that mobile, I did then ‘trade in’ my existing old mobile by selling it on Ebay. I was surprised then how much people were willing to pay for what was a 5-year old and tremendously out of date handset. A bidding war broke out in the last hours and made it a very worth while sale.
But on more modern handsets the components can be worth quite a lot. It is a pity to just throw them away and it is this value that makes charities and other organisations want to collect them for recycling for you.
But what if you ask yourself the question where can you find someone to buy my phone so that you keep the money? Well, there are many websites willing and able to help you with that and able to do this for you. There are also comparison services that will trawl many of the different recyclers and tell you what the best price is for many handsets.
And you might be shocked in the answers! Looking through one list of prices, all of the top 8 iphone handsets were showing recycling prices of in excess of £200, with the top two having prices of over £300. If you are upgrading from one of these handsets, there is a healthy return in recycling the phone instead of leaving it in a cupboad or throwing it away with the rest of the household rubbish.
Even having a malfunctioning handset does not mean that these amounts are not available to you. Some recyclers will still accept broken handsets and can pay up to 90% of the working price, depending on how much is broken in your phone. So even if your phone is broken, it can still be worth asking one or two websites for a quote and seeing what they will offer you. Even if it only covers a few drinks or a box of chocolates, it is worth while getting the cash instead of throwing it away!
With the number of mobile handsets across the country, and the frequency that some people upgrade them with, if we do not recycle mobiles properly there is going to be an old mobile mountain somewhere before long. See it as your duty to recycle your mobile and earn yourself a bit of extra cash. It is easy to do and does not cost you anything. Best of all, if you provide bank details most recyclers will pay the money straight into your account!
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