Post office phone recycling

[TW]Fox · 24 Aug 2009 at 13:19

I note the Royal Mail have launched a mobile phone recycling service through the Post Office. Oddly, they appear to be loads more than the other sites.

They've just offered me £140 for my N95 8Gb. Whats the catch?

jrodga2k5 · 24 Aug 2009 at 13:35

Link if possible mate I'd like to check it out.

[TW]Fox · 24 Aug 2009 at 13:45

http://www.simplydrop.co.uk/

Derang3d · 24 Aug 2009 at 14:24

No catch, a colleague of mine recently sent an N95 off to them. Only problem was that they took a bit longer than Mazuma mobile to send the cheque to him (they say upto 14 days).

weringo · 24 Aug 2009 at 14:31

Interesting... going to send my N82 off to them for £100, I was planning on giving it away

Psypher5 · 24 Aug 2009 at 16:28

no omnia

lol

Tunney · 24 Aug 2009 at 16:30

No catch. I got a similar amount for my old N95 8GB. Not bad for a phone that I got for "free".

Andr3w · 24 Aug 2009 at 16:54

£28.50 for my k800i...kool!

james.miller · 24 Aug 2009 at 22:04

noice!

off goes my n95 then lol. wonder what else i can pawn off lol

R.O.S.S.I · 25 Aug 2009 at 11:47

£100 for my N82. Not bad. Not bad at all.

iaind · 25 Aug 2009 at 12:03

Pah - no XDA Ignito/Touch Diamond

TheVoice · 25 Aug 2009 at 12:12

Wow, £70-odd for my Samsung Soul. Hopefully that doesn't go down too much between now and when I can upgrade in December.

loltim · 25 Aug 2009 at 12:17

Got a cheque for £40 for my nokia 6300

Don't think I paid much more than that when I bought it aaaages ago.

Caged · 25 Aug 2009 at 12:43

Just asked for an envelope for my 6300, it's not worth trying to sell the things on the bay, even if everything goes perfectly I'd probably only make a fiver extra once all the fees have been paid.

MikeHunt79 · 25 Aug 2009 at 12:45

Does the phone have to be fully working?

Morgoth · 25 Aug 2009 at 13:10

It doesn't have to work, but you get very little for a non-working phone. iPhone 3G is £140 for working and only £10 for non-working as an example.

monkey_boy · 25 Aug 2009 at 15:59

Why are recycled phones worth so much? I sent a few off about 6 months ago and got about £200. Judging by these prices, I think I could've made quite a bit more. Where is the money to be made for them though?

mrk · 25 Aug 2009 at 16:20

Wonder how much the HTC Magic will fetch in 15~ months!

PyroboyUK · 25 Aug 2009 at 19:06

£102 for my N95, that's very good. Im surprised they will give that much for it.

andrewdodd13 · 25 Aug 2009 at 20:44

£41 for my K850i, might give it to them, it's a piece of s*** anyway. Although when they say working, what do they mean by that? It will make phone calls, but the camera button is a bit dodgy at the best of times...