Don't throw away that old cell phone!!!
By cwgrlsarefun
@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
United States
January 28, 2007 11:10pm CST
It could be worth some extra money for you. My husband and I and our oldest son all got new cell phones for Christmas and since I did not want to just throw them out I started looking online for an answer to getting rid of these phones. I found a site that you can go to and see if your old phone is worth anything, if it is you sign up and they will send you a box to send your phone back to them in. They keep in touch with you every step of the way. They emailed me when they got my phone and then after they tested it as it does have to work for them to pay you for it. I got another email when they sent my check. It is not much money but every little bit helps and I was just going to throw it away anyhow. I have a referral code but don't know if it will work without the box that they sent to me, if you would like you could try it anyways. Here is the information to find out how to get rid of those old phones.
www.CellForCash.net
My referral code is 236390 If this code does not work for you that is ok or if you prefer not to use it that is fine also. You can also email them if you have any questions at customerservice@cellforcash.com or you can call them at 1-800-503-8026
I hope that somebody finds this as usefull as I did. I hate the thought of all these phones just being thrown out and not disposed of properly.
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12 responses
@valerieanne (811)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Thank you so much! I have a ton of sell phones - about 5 - that I wanted to sell after donating some to goodwill. So this site helps greatly.
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@valerieanne (811)
• United States
29 Jan 07
That's for sure. Now I'm just waiting for my box to arrive :) Thanks again. I've also bookmarked the site (using your code) so other people in my family can use it as I know they have phones they don't use as well.
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@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
29 Jan 07
I am glad that I could be of some help to you, this is much better than throwing them out that is for sure.
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@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
31 Jan 07
Thank you very much and when you get your boxes you should also get your own code which will help you also. They will also send you an extra box that you can give to a friend too.
@jimmyht509 (158)
• Haiti
2 Feb 07
this one is good. Thank you i really appreciate it and i will try.
Good
@pebbles_cubbie (3789)
• United States
1 Feb 07
this has been helpful to me. i have a cell phone that is old and i've had it for a year and 1/2 just lying in the box. so i'll check it out and see if it's worth anything. thanks for sharing this information. also do you have to have the charger for them to pay you? i don't have a charger for it. i don't know what happened to it exactly but it's not here.
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@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
2 Feb 07
No actually they prefer that you do not send anything but the phone.
@horsesrule (1957)
• United States
30 Jan 07
It's odd but I just never thought of finding something to do with our old cell phones besides the trash or the toy box for the kids or even just donating them to the Goodwill or some other thrift store. Now I think its odd that it never occurred to me. I really must start thinking of recycling more. Thank you for the info.
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@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
31 Jan 07
Yes it is so much better to recycle it then to throw it out.
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
30 Jan 07
I will keep this in mind. We have been donating them to WAIC. they give them out to abused women to use.
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@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
31 Jan 07
Those are both great places to use also. I have a couple that my company would not buy so I will check these out also.
@firoafame (359)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
1 Feb 07
hey thanks. how much did you get paid. what phone did you give ?
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@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
2 Feb 07
I sold my nokia and got $18 for that one I have not gotten paid for the other one yet but did get the email that they sent the check.
@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
29 Jan 07
LOL, I did that with my older ones and then decided that I would search to see if I could find some way of getting rid of them.
@cplpacesgirl (754)
• United States
29 Jan 07
what a great idea!! Thank you so much for the tip!
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@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Your welcome, I know that a lot of people feel like I do and don't like to throw them out.
@hitzphillygirl (1235)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Awesome. I'm going to check that out. I have a couple cell phones that I can't use. Thanks for the link.
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@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
31 Jan 07
Not a problem at all, I was hoping that others could use it also.
@suchasucker (206)
• United States
29 Jan 07
That site looks really helpful. Although my particular cell phone has no wholesale value anymore, I did find out that they also have a recycling program. Which I may just have to take them up on that offer.
I used your referral code. Not sure if you get anything for it, but I figured I would since you were kind enough to inform us about it.
Thanks a lot. :]
@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
29 Jan 07
I will say thank you for using my referral code as I also don't know if it will do anything for me but I have also used there recycling program. The second poster on here had another great idea you may go back up and take a look at that one too.
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Yours is an awesome idea for the old cell phones. I didn't even know places would do that. Here's another one: go to www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com What they do is take old cell phones, working or not, and they recycle them. They then take the money and buy phone cards for the soldiers that are overseas, or just away from home on duty. That way they can keep in touch with their families. If anyone has a Liberty Income Tax Service nearby, take your phones to them and they will give you $20.00 off on your income tax return (ok...shameless plug since that's the company I work for. LOL) Hope you don't mind the extra info cw. I think we both have pretty darned good ideas. ;)
@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
29 Jan 07
I really like yours too. I don't like throwing them away thank you so much for this site. I still have one that was to old for my company to buy so I will see if your site would like to take my last one. Thank you for adding this here.
