I'm wondering if the quotes will stay the same or drop when the 5S is released. The current offers are really good compared to gazelle but who knows what will happen in a couple of weeks.
Depends on how one values there time though. Gazelle you basically put it in a box and drop off. CL you have to post a message, filter out the fakers, respond to interested parties, wait for or meet buyer, hope the buyer shows up. All that takes more than an hour cumulatively. Unless one works at the mall for $15/hr, $70 for more than a cumulative hours work isn't worth that hassle.
…..…..Customers must use the money to purchase a new on-contract phone…..
…..customers will be able to receive a credit for their returned phone that they can use toward the purchase of a new iPhone…..
Article Link: Apple Confirms iPhone Trade-In Program Launching Today at U.S. Retail Stores [Updated]
To clear the expectations here. You CAN buy an unlocked phone with the credit however it must be activated at the store. Meaning you can't just buy an unlocked phone and leave. It needs to be activated with one of the carriers even if it's unlocked.
I applaud you for having enough $ to buy all of your phones outright.. slowly in America as the business model of carriers change, this may start to make fiscal sense. Right now, with most major carriers, it is idiotic.. as you are charged the EXACT same monthly bill, whether you accepted their $450 subsidy or not. NOT taking the subsidy seems absurd, assuming you are satisfied with the service & not on the verge of canceling. In a nutshell... the answer to your question: to save a bunch of $ on the handset price.
why can't you use it to buy anything in the store?
dont tell me that you used the money for a product that is a year old when a newer better product will come out in a few days for the same price. Someone give me a shotgun.i just traded-in my iphone 4s and got $183 in return. iphone 5s isn't really a big upgrade so i decided not to wait for it and go for the iphone 5.![]()
i just traded-in my iphone 4s and got $183 in return. iphone 5s isn't really a big upgrade so i decided not to wait for it and go for the iphone 5.![]()
Depends on how one values there time though. Gazelle you basically put it in a box and drop off. CL you have to post a message, filter out the fakers, respond to interested parties, wait for or meet buyer, hope the buyer shows up. All that takes more than an hour cumulatively. Unless one works at the mall for $15/hr, $70 for more than a cumulative hours work isn't worth that hassle.
I cannot agree more with you. I can't believe it when I see people still sporting an iphone 4, paying the same monthly bill as someone with a new phone and no plans to leave their carrier. I also tell these people they could sell their phone for the same $199 a new phone will cost them or just keep it as a backup. My wife is due for an upgrade already from her iPhone 4S, the only reason we are waiting is because of the 5S to be released soon.
dont tell me that you used the money for a product that is a year old when a newer better product will come out in a few days for the same price. Someone give me a shotgun.![]()
Trade-ins are for fools.
Just buy your new phone, and sell the old one on eBay. You're guaranteed to break even, and possibly profit sightly.
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About the worst decision you could have made. Apple purposely started this program now to work the kinks out of it, and test it on the low volume of fools actually buying the iPhone 5 right now.
That's not the point. The iphone 5s doesn't need to be the best thing since apple pie. Logic 101 tells you that, because the 5s will be an upgraded model of the iphone 5 (and that's a fact, not an opinion), any person with their right mind would wait for the upgraded version instead of purchasing an iphone 5 today. What you did was like buying a brand new 2012 car when you could buy the 2013 model in a few days for the same price. Additionally, your new iphone 5 will be devaluated drastically as soon as the 5s comes out. And that's assuming you did not get in a contract with the carriers, because if you did, that would make your decision much worst. But to each their own, just saying.ok, tell me what's so good about the iphone 5s?
we'll see whose a fool on 10th of Sep.