Money For Your Old Mobile
It's estimated there is almost 100 Million old Mobile Phones knocking around peoples houses in the UK alone. Over 15 million Mobiles are Upgraded each year but only 3 Million are re-used or recycled. Thats over £1 Billion worth of Mobile Phones sat in drawers collecting dust. Rather than keeping a drawer full of Mobiles collecting dust, dig them all out and not only could you earn some extra money but you could also help save the Environment at the same time! Some Mobile Phone Batteries contain Cadmium that can pollute water, Mobile Phones also contain Lead and Beryllium both of which if not disposed of correctly can be harmful to the Environment.
There are now specialist web based companies who will take your old phone off you and pay you cash. You can currently earn between £20 - £150 from these companies depending on which handset you send in and what kind of condition it is in. Before sending your phone to these companies you must ensure that it is in a decent working order, have nothing more than slight damage caused by normal wear and tear, have the original battery and charger (May be worth buying a new battery so you get a higher price!) if possible and will switch on. Some companies will even purchase faulty handsets although you would usually only get 10% - 50% of the working price. Phones do need to be fairly modern, they don't want any house bricks from the 1980's! 3G phones are not widely accepted either as there isn't a massive market for them at this point in time.
So once you've dug through your drawers and have a whole pile to trade in for lots of money contact the Mobile Phone specialists we have listed below. Its worth getting a quote off both as one may offer you more money depending on the model of your phone.
| Mobile Phone Exchange - Cash in 7 Days for an old mobile | £ £ £ £ £ |
| Catering for mobile phone users' growing demand for environmentally friendly disposal, Mobile Phone Xchange is a UK service that gives you money in return for sending in your old mobile phone. There are three options available to send in your old mobile for recycling. You can post the phone yourself to a Freepost address, you can request a free pre-paid envelope or if you already have the pre-paid envelope you can use this ensuring the tear-off slip with reference number and name is completed. The reference number is given after the checkout process. |
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| Envirofone - Recycle your Mobile for Money | £ £ £ £ £ |
| Launched in March 2006 Envirofone is the UK's top Mobile Phone Recycling Site. In the last year alone they have paid out over £1.5 million to users who have sold their phone to them. To use Envirofone you simply lookup your Mobile Phone on the list, find out how much it is worth and then trade it in. Once the trade is finalised Envirofone will send you a freepost envelope and Welcome pack. Once your phone is received it will be fully tested as long as it is as described and meets their terms and conditions you will be paid in Cash within 7 days. Envirofone will currently pay you up £150 cash for selling your old Mobile to them. |  |
| Mazuma Mobile - Money for your old Mobile Phone | £ £ £ £ £ |
| Mazuma is another of the UK's leading Companies that pay you cash for selling your old Mobile Phone. According to the dictionary Mazuma means Money or Cash so Mazuma Mobile is literally Money for your Mobile! You can find out instantly how much your Mobile is worth via the Mazuma site, next you place an order and you will be sent a freepost envelope within 24 hours. Once your Mobile is received by Mazuma it will be checked to ensure it meets their simple terms and conditions, your cheque will then be sent to you within 7 days. Mazuma currently accepts both working and non working Mobile Phones and will pay up to £150 each. |  |
| MoPay - Mobile Recycling for Cash | £ £ £ £ £ |
| Mopay was launched in 2005 and was the first mobile phone recycling service of its kind. Mopay recycles one of the largest numbers of mobile handsets with over 1900 different models. The easy to use website allows you to quickly choose the phone make and model. Then select if it is working or not and the basket will say how much cash you can make. Alternatively you can get more money by opting to get Marks & Spencer vouchers instead of cash. This can boost the value of your phone by a few pounds. But if you want straight up money for your mobile the basket will show you exactly how much you will get. Mopay also gives you the ethical option to donate a percentage of your total cash to a charity. |  |
| Fonebank - Fast and Efficient Mobile Recycling | £ £ £ £ £ |
| Fonebank provides you with an easy, quick and reliable process for selling your mobile phone for money. Fonebank currently recycle or reuse over 70,000 mobile phones a month which are sent in from all across Europe. They will pay you up to £165 per mobile phone and payment is sent to you within 5 days via cheque. You are instantly given a quote for your old mobile on the Fonebank site whether it is working or not, next you must package in your own envelope, (Fonebank don't send you an envelope so you can get your money quicker) next send in your old mobile using either the freepost address provided or recorded delivery, once its received it will be quickly checked over and a cheque will be sent out to you! By sending your old handset to Fonebank you will be helping to prevent pollution of the planet by discarding your mobile phone correctly and also earning yourself some easy extra cash. |  |
Before you send your Mobile do ensure that you remove any sensitive or personal data and disable any PIN or Security codes. Next fully charge the handset and remove the SIM card, contact one of the Companies listed below, they will quote a Price if you accept the Price they will send you out a Jiffy bag so you can return the handset back to them Freepost. We would recommend either getting Proof of Postage if you are sending it Freepost or if its a high value Phone sending it Recorded Delivery as the Companies will not accept liability if your Phone gets lost in the post. Once the Company receives it if its not quite as described, they will either reject it (only 20% are rejected) and send it back to you free of charge or contact you to offer you a reduced price. If all goes well and the Mobile is accepted they will send you the cash via Cheque or you can opt to get a further 15% on top of the price and have Argos Vouchers instead. The Companies will then send your handset abroad where it will be sold on either in the Far East, South America or Africa. If its faulty it could be split up and sold on for parts or disposed of correctly.