I've been trying to sell my iPhone 3gs black 16gb jailbroken and unlocked for $275 for the past week on craigslist. Is this too much, because I haven't gotten any offers besides those ones that say "give me your paypal and ship it to nigeria!" Do I need to lower my price?
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$275 too high for my iPhone?
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Try 350. You'll get people. Too low, and people will think something is either wrong or it was stolen.
Agreed. I'm seeing UL/JB 16gb 3G going for $300ish. Guessing the same in a GS will garner more cash...
well there will always be people that'll buy it. Depending on your city and its market, ebay may be a better route.
Do you have an ebay account? Do you have a positive feedback history on that account? If so, ebay might be your best bet.
Consider that you're reaching a much larger audience with ebay than your local CL. Plus you don't have to worry as much about getting jacked by meeting the buyer in person.
A day after the first Gizmodo leak of the iPhone 4, I sold my 32GB iPhone 3GS, not-unlockable, for $550 in 1 day after posting it on CraigsList.
A week before the 2010 keynote, I sold my 16GB iPhone 3G, unlocked and jailbroken, for $300 in 90 minutes after posting it on CraigsList.
I'm prepping another 16GB iPhone 3G for sale after I get it cleaned up.
Coincidentally, I sold my Sony PlayStation 3 80GB fat model with a handful of games for $300 after 1 day and a half of posting.
CraigsList has never failed me. All were sold locally. I suggest including pictures, be very descriptive, and include immediate contact information (I used TextFree's SMS feature so not as to throw my cell phone number unnecessarily).
There's still a market out there and it moves damn fast.
A week before the 2010 keynote, I sold my 16GB iPhone 3G, unlocked and jailbroken, for $300 in 90 minutes after posting it on CraigsList.
I'm prepping another 16GB iPhone 3G for sale after I get it cleaned up.
Coincidentally, I sold my Sony PlayStation 3 80GB fat model with a handful of games for $300 after 1 day and a half of posting.
CraigsList has never failed me. All were sold locally. I suggest including pictures, be very descriptive, and include immediate contact information (I used TextFree's SMS feature so not as to throw my cell phone number unnecessarily).
There's still a market out there and it moves damn fast.
That's the problem though I don't have an ebay account therefore have no feedback history so I doubt anyone would buy from me. Plus all the fees would probably put me out some.
Do you have a Mac? Use f0recast and see if it can be.
If it can, then use PwnageTool or blackra1n. Search for all of them on Google, they're easy to find.
That's a problem.
FWIW I don't think $275 is too much to ask for your phone. Unless the other CL listings in your area for the same phone are going for around $275 atm.
Take some good pics, provide some clear details and try to repost. You've got a good, desirable product and I think you might just need to be a little patient.
Heck, I'm selling my 16GB iPhone 3G for $300 and I'm in Dayton, OH. Depending on the area, I would think you could definitely get more than that.
Make sure you have some really good pictures from a few different angles, and your description is well-written with no grammatical or spelling errors. It sounds silly, but people skip ads with no pictures or ones that are poorly written.
Make sure you have some really good pictures from a few different angles, and your description is well-written with no grammatical or spelling errors. It sounds silly, but people skip ads with no pictures or ones that are poorly written.
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