I doubt you guys have quite the amount of gadget clutter as those of use who accrue them for a living, but if you’ve even got half our volume of old cameras, phones, and devices in general laying around you may find Gazelle’s service helpful. Not everyone has a used computer recycler like RePC in the Northwest. And while GameStop might buy your DS and there’s always Craigslist, it might be nice to have a central location with competitive (and market-generated) pricing for your old gear. It’ll recycle stuff for you as well if it has no market value.
They wouldn’t buy my Trace, and they offered me $74 for my Ocean, which is probably market value although I bet I could get $100 if I tried real hard elsewhere. Selling an old MacBook looked pretty easy, though selling a Thinkpad was kind of a mess of model numbers which would be trouble for a clueless user who found it in their basement. Give it a shot and see if it’s something you’d use.
Just sold my iphone 8GB on ebay for $420. These guys would have give me $165 according to their slick pricing display. That’s a 40% mark up when they sell it on. I hate it when scammers say they’re green when all they’re after is the green in your wallet!
Use logic, obviously. But if you’re tired of eBay/Craiglist scammers, it’s an acceptable trade off
I’m glad you had a positive experience with them. Me, I had a negative experience. They broke my camcorder and then retracted their original offer. I wanted to warn people: http://www.gazellesucks.com
My $1,800 laptop with only minor scuffs, suddenly had a cracked cover once Gazelle got their hands on it, so they reduced the value. They are liars and thieves!
There’s another service coming online soon called trade2save.com. I don’t know what kind of prices they’ll give, but worth having a look when they launch.
I guess if your laptop arrived cracked it could have been done by the postal service. It’s a tough call but I don’t think they would deliberately try to scam you – but it’s a case of either you or them being responsible for damage during postage – and sadly that is the responsibility of the seller.