Verizon Wireless Wants Your Old Gear
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Don't know what to do with your old smartphone now that you've upgraded to a slick device sporting a Snapdragon processor? You could toss it in the garbage, though that won't earn you any brownie points with Mother Nature. Or you could take advantage of Verizon Wireless' new Trade-In Program.
"By using the Verizon Wireless Trade-In Program, you are disposing of your device in a simple, safe, and easy way! Look no further to trade in your used device...we accept all devices, regardless of wireless carrier or model," Verizon says.
Verizon Wireless set up a site where you can appraise your device, and if it has any value, you'll receive a gift card by mail. If it isn't worth anything, you can still send it to the company for recycling.
More info and free appraisals here.
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October 01, 2010 at 12:11pm
I'd be more than happy to, provided that Verizon provides a price commensurate with the costs of early terminations. After I purchased my last phone from them, one month before the end of my contract, they loosened the dogs of early termination on me to the point that I returned the new phone to wait out the extra month.
It used to be companies wanted you to drop a hundred on the new phone and they would waive early charges. It may not be PC in a Green world, but dammit, I would sooner throw my old phones into a landfill than bargain with Verizon again.
Keith E. Whisman
October 01, 2010 at 10:26am
They'll have to pry my old cell phones from my little kids cold dead hands first. Really, my kids sneak off with my old cell phones like Gollum and his ring. Even though I have the battery and the phone has no service, my kids still manage to make lengthy calls to who ever.
In fact my 1 year old boy can turn any item into a cell phone, He is amazing, he can have a conversation with the TV remote placed against his ear.
codepath
October 01, 2010 at 9:21am
you could donate it to a charity like:
http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/ (refurbs and send to troops)
http://pwcl.org/donate/donate-used-cell-phones/ (gives to victims of domestic violence)
http://www.southernct.edu/womenscenter/cellphonedonation/ (gives to victims of domestic violence)codepath
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