How can I sell my phone?

Greenlizard0

Greenlizard0

Greenlizard0

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I'm pretty sick of eBay for selling items.

Not only out of all my accounts across different websites is it the only one that has somehow been broken into on more than one occasion,* but the fees are getting extortionate. Add the fact that for mobile phones you have to use Paypal, the buyer will no doubt want to use it, and the loss of even more through their own fees means in total I'm looking to sell my C902 phone through other means.

The trouble is, I have good feedback on there, which I won't have on another website but I'm willing to see what my options are.

(*, I have written out a description this evening about selling the phone, however while putting it together I noticed that several options were selected that I never choose (?), and that a foreign/strange email address was entered on the Paypal bit. I have written off an email to eBay. Unsurprisingly, I haven't listed the handset (yet?)).
 
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Have a look at Mazuma Mobile. I've used them twice. You simply choose the phone off their list, add the IMEI and then press sell. They then send you a prepaid envelope to send it to them and receive a cheque after they've received it - simple :)
 
I've had a look at those sites, and envirofone, but you're looking at well below £100. I'd get more on eBay. After all the fees are taken into consideration, I'm looking at 15% in total, not 3%.
 
Greenlizard0 said:
I've had a look at those sites, and envirofone, but you're looking at well below £100. I'd get more on eBay. After all the fees are taken into consideration, I'm looking at 15% in total, not 3%.
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How do you work that out?

List a phone for £29.99, pay 50p
Sell it for £100, pay £3.67

Remaining = £95.83

Paypal fees = £3.46

Profit = £92.37, 7.63% fees altogether assuming they use paypal.

For more expensive items the % is much less, for cheaper items the absolute amount is tiny.
 
sbi5ar said:
thats what i thought when i looked for mine..... but is it too good to be true ???
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I may flog it to them as it is upgrade time. It is starting to get on my **** and the GPS camera take too long to get going.

I normally flog my old handset on the bay and get a normally good price for it, but this is a shed load easier :-)
 
Must admit I lol'd at the £55 Mazuma offered me for my Nokia E71 :)

and even harder at the £120 fonebank offering for my HTC Touch HD :D
 
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I used Mazuma the other week for my C902 and was impressed with the service. Sent them the phone for free using their pre-paid postage and then I got a cheque the following week. Very easy. Would recommend them!
 
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