Flipswap: Send in your old phone for $$$, plant a tree and donate to charity
- June 28th, 2008
- 8 Comments
Sending in your old phone or iPod for money isn’t anything new, but I recently found Flipswap and they’re a little bit different than other services out there. For one thing, everything is free and they even pay for your shipping costs. I’m not sure how their algorithm works, but they claim to give the highest trade-in value for your phone. Simply input your info, answer a few questions about the device and the phone’s IMEI and they’ll give you an estimate of your device and send the check right out. First gen iPhones are currently fetching around $190.
They’re even green! If a device that’s been flipswapped is on its last legs then it will be recycled properly with nothing going to waste. After reading a few interesting articles like the one in GQ, I’m pretty sure this whole green movement is a bit of a sham, but you can’t blame companies like Flipswap for trying. Every little bit helps. Not to bust on Flipswap for doing a good thing, but they have pledged to plant a tree for every device that is recycled through the reLeaf program.
They even donate devices to charity.
Big ups to Flipswap.
Darnell Clayton (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Ingenius! They take your old iPhone, pay you $190, and then sell it to China (which is not getting the new one, although Japan is) for $300! (at least that’s my theory anyways).
Better idea? Sell your old iPhone to a T-Mobile customer (who will be unable to get the new 3G phone in the US) and use the money to buy a new phone. Sounds like a plan if you ask me!
Marcelo (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Hey! China Mobile is going to sell the iPhone 3G. Don´t know when, but soon I guess.
Ruben Zevallos Jr. (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Very nice service… the big issue to me, is that I live in Brazil… but very good idea.
Nat (Who am I?)
2 months ago
It’s similar to concept and project like swaptree.com and i think it will work attracting other country that want to have the latest gadgets from USA or vice versa.
Nat
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Joe W. (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Simply Sellular will give you more money and better customer support than Flipswap. They’ve got free shipping as well.
http://www.simplysellular.com/
John Waydy (Who am I?)
1 month ago
I doubt China wants these. They already have fabulously more interesting knock-offs for sale at reasonable prices. Maybe ex-pats in China who don’t want to pay import prices and don’t know enough Chinese to wade through the black market will want them.
Thos Niles (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Hi - Thos from Second Rotation here.
We were excited to read this post. It’s great to see the light shine on this growing industry.
Right now a mere 12% of electronic waste actually gets recycled and we’re proud to be a part of making it easy and rewarding for folks to recycle responsibly.
Second Rotation (http://www.secondrotation.com/) is a one-stop shop. It’s the fast, safe, practical way for people to recycle and get cash for all of their used consumer electronics – not just cell phones.
One point though — we’re actually offering more for an 8GB iPhone. Right now Second Rotation is offering $200 for a phone in ‘excellent’ condition (up to $235 for a 16GB and $165 for a 4GB.)
Lacy (Who am I?)
1 month ago
This is a great service! It’s always great to see a company giving back to the community and helping the environment. Credo Mobile is also something to check into. They are a cell phone service provider who donates 1% of your monthly charges to progressive nonprofit groups. They’ll even pay your termination fee at your current cell phone provider to get you to switch over.