Now that TeleRead has left the warm embrace of NAPCO’s Publishing Group and has made its way across the office and into the Consumer Technology Publishing Group, I would be remiss not to share with you the consumer electronics trade-in program sponsored by Technology Tell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The program is just about as simple as possible: Let us know which device you’re interested in selling, and we’ll offer you a price. Our trade-in categories include iPhones, iPads, iPods, phones, both DSLR and point-and-shoot cameras, laptops, tablets and e-readers, and even video games, game consoles and (get this) calculators!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Need more specifics? Click here to get a price quote for the item you’re interested in selling, and then hover your mouse over the How It Works link to find the program’s Frequently Asked Questions page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 COMMENTS

  1. Thanks for the comment, Juli, we appreciate that. The trade-in program does seem to work really well with devices that are still relatively in-demand (and in decent condition).

    But just to be clear, you’re probably not going to be offered a whole lot for an old, out-of-date device that no one wants. I was offered one penny for my super-old BlackBerry, for instance. Seriously. (Naturally, I didn’t sell. So if anyone wants to offer me, say … a nickel, let’s talk biz.)

  2. The only devices I have right now that I’d consider getting rid of are a Nook Tablet and an old Kindle 2. $60 for the Nook Tab (they don’t differentiate between models) and $25 for the Kindle 2 just aren’t enticing enough to get rid of them this way.

    What I do instead, and usually recommend to my friends who are upgrading is hang onto the devices so I can easily loan books to people (kind of like loaning a physical hard copy out).

  3. They quoted me between $100 and 150 for my 3g iPad 1st gen 16GB, depending on what they may consider scratches, as it had three spots on the back where the brushed aluminum was shiny from the case it had been in.
    I sold it on Amazon Marketplace for $220. My sister sold hers on Ebay for $250. Even with Amazon’s/Ebay’s cut for these transactions, we still made considerably more than what tt offers.

    I never trust this kind of services. Why would they give you the device’s worth, if they need to make a profit as well? The difference between what they give you, and what consumers consider the actual worth of the device, makes up their profit.

  4. Hmmm…

    For my nearly pristine iPad 2 (32GB wifi 3G) this gave me a quote of $285. If I go to Apple’s recycle program page I get a quote of $325 (though you don’t actually get cash but an Apple store gift card so it’s not quite equivalent unless you want to use it to buy some apple things.)

    I actually prefer to hand off (aka recycle) old equipment to family members.

  5. Xendula – I wonder if the prices offered for various devices go up and down based on the number of a particular device they have in their inventory? I used to sell used CDs way back in the day, for instance. But even I came into a shop with a relatively popular and well-selling CD, if that store already had, say, 10 copies in stock, they would either offer me a really low price for it, or they just wouldn’t buy it at all.

    I’m just guessing, but I wonder if you’d be offered more (or less) if you checked in with the same service again in a week, or a month, or whatever.

  6. Jack and Andy, I was thinking of sneding my old iPad off to an uncle overseas, but decided to get him a Nexus 7 for that money. That way he would have a current device instead of a 2 year old one. It’s all the same, someone reused mine, and my uncle gets something new.

    Or so I thought. Then I found out that you can no long ship anything with a lithium battery overseas through USPS. I’ll have to take one with me next time I fly to Europe.

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