Selling your cell phone

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

My Tracfone got upgraded. They don't want the old one back.

I thought I seen something about a place that will buy your old phone?

Anybody know of such a place ?

thanks !

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

I have never done it but there is Gazelle an online thing and probably some others. They all offer quotes first.

also a kiosk https://www.ecoatm.com/

is it worth saving in case you loose your phone? I saved my iPhone and it turned out my daughter actually needed it

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

@SharkE wrote:
My Tracfone got upgraded. They don't want the old one back.

I thought I seen something about a place that will buy your old phone?

Anybody know of such a place ?

thanks !

This video has some nice ideas about recycling a cell phone.

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-sell-or-recycle-your-phone-for-cash/

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

Tracfone is going to deactivate it as soon as I get the replacement.

They force your hand when they deem you need an upgrade. They give you a week to accept or decline the upgrade. We're older folks and would have kept the phone till we died since we never use it anyway and have over 3500 minutes on it.

When I called in they said "do you wish to accept the free upgrade"? I said "don't have much choice I'll lose all the minutes I've paid for plus the phone". she says "no, not minutes , just we will deactivate the phone on the 16th". I didn't argue the point, but, what good is 3500 minutes unless you buy a new phone ? LOL We're taking the free upgrade and keeping our phone number, plus, all the minutes we've paid for.

might as well get few bucks out of the oldy. LOL

Thanks !

ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

Amazon has a buyback program. Gazelle is the other option I looked into. Neither gave me as much as selling back to my provider, but I had an iPhone and AT&T.

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RainyDayGal · ‎03-09-2010

There are places you can also donate your phone, like the USO for the troops to be able to call home.

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
Amazon has a buyback program. Gazelle is the other option I looked into. Neither gave me as much as selling back to my provider, but I had an iPhone and AT&T.

Gazelle will only accept phones from certain providers. I usually keep an old phone in case of a loss or damage. I want to LOL. Verizon will not give you much on an older Samsung phone.

Nightowlz · ‎03-11-2010

@SharkE wrote:
Tracfone is going to deactivate it as soon as I get the replacement.
They force your hand when they deem you need an upgrade. They give you a week to accept or decline the upgrade. We're older folks and would have kept the phone till we died since we never use it anyway and have over 3500 minutes on it.

When I called in they said "do you wish to accept the free upgrade"? I said "don't have much choice I'll lose all the minutes I've paid for plus the phone". she says "no, not minutes , just we will deactivate the phone on the 16th". I didn't argue the point, but, what good is 3500 minutes unless you buy a new phone ? LOL We're taking the free upgrade and keeping our phone number, plus, all the minutes we've paid for.

might as well get few bucks out of the oldy. LOL
Thanks !

Why would Tracfone deactivate your phone? Is the phone so old they need you to upgrade? If Tracfone does not want the phone back it's not worth anything. I would donate or recycle it. What model # phone did you have & what model/brand was it replaced with? Nothing wrong with Tracfone doing that at no charge but you should have the choice to keep using the phone you have. It's just a hassle having to figure the new one out.

RainyDayGal · ‎03-09-2010

@SharkE wrote:
Tracfone is going to deactivate it as soon as I get the replacement.
They force your hand when they deem you need an upgrade. They give you a week to accept or decline the upgrade. We're older folks and would have kept the phone till we died since we never use it anyway and have over 3500 minutes on it.

When I called in they said "do you wish to accept the free upgrade"? I said "don't have much choice I'll lose all the minutes I've paid for plus the phone". she says "no, not minutes , just we will deactivate the phone on the 16th". I didn't argue the point, but, what good is 3500 minutes unless you buy a new phone ? LOL We're taking the free upgrade and keeping our phone number, plus, all the minutes we've paid for.

might as well get few bucks out of the oldy. LOL
Thanks !

RainyDayGal · ‎03-09-2010

@RedConvertibleGirl wrote:
@SharkE wrote:
Tracfone is going to deactivate it as soon as I get the replacement.
They force your hand when they deem you need an upgrade. They give you a week to accept or decline the upgrade. We're older folks and would have kept the phone till we died since we never use it anyway and have over 3500 minutes on it.

When I called in they said "do you wish to accept the free upgrade"? I said "don't have much choice I'll lose all the minutes I've paid for plus the phone". she says "no, not minutes , just we will deactivate the phone on the 16th". I didn't argue the point, but, what good is 3500 minutes unless you buy a new phone ? LOL We're taking the free upgrade and keeping our phone number, plus, all the minutes we've paid for.

might as well get few bucks out of the oldy. LOL
Thanks !

This doesn't make any sense. I get offers for an upgrade phone all the time, but I never take them because I don't want a new phone. My phone (through Verizon, previously AT&T) was never deactivated. Are you positive they would deactivate the phone if you don't get a new one?