I've a fan of quick money over more money, especially when the trend is downward. I'd take the $450. 
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No luck selling 5 on CL... Take the next worth offer?
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I have a Sprint unlocked for international use iphone 5 16 GB (wife's) and mine 32 GB and trying to figure out the best avenue for sale. I locked in an offer for $371.75 in amazon credit for the 16GB white one on September 7th that they claim I have until Oct 15th to mail in (still no 5s in hand). Obviously cash is best and hoping for the highest amount but there is something to be said for convince and/or keeping your lightning cable and headphones.
But the catch is, you have to pre-order the Xbox or PS4 at the same time as the trade? Or can you do that at a later date?
for the 30% you have to preorder something on their eligible title list. I have both systems on preorder already so it just went on them. I had 70 left over and they put that on a gift card.
well it started as store credit.....i imagine if you preorder a game on the list or just put something on it then the rest would go on gift card....in theory.
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Website says store credit and i have the 70 bucks gift card after the first 2 trade ins. so YMMV
The international use unlock will only benefit your resale value if you sell on eBay since people here in the US can't take advantage of that. There are a lot of buyers who ship phone overseas who would pay a good amount for your international unlocked phones.
Otherwise you will have to deal with the lower resale value that comes with Sprint phones.
That GameStop deal is really attractive. I am thinking of trading in my current 16 GB iPhone 5 (has AC+ on it til Oct 2014..I am using 11 GB of space with hardly any photos or videos on it) and taking the $427 trade-in value. If I use that towards getting an Xbox One, I get an extra 30% so $555 for the $500 system (assuming leftover $55 on GS GC).
I would then buy a 32 GB 5S for the $299 and SquareTrade coverage for $89. With tax and the AT&T upgrade fee, it would cost me about $446. But I would be losing my upgrade eligibility until 2015 vs 2014.
So my decision is...
A.) Keep the 16 GB iPhone 5 for another year and hope for a much improved/larger iPhone 6. Not terrible to keep since I have AC+.
B.) Spend $446 and and trade in the 16 GB iPhone 5, but get a 32 GB iPhone 5S and an Xbox One and $55 GS GC. Would have the newer phone, warranty for 2 years, and the game system for my kids.
I would then buy a 32 GB 5S for the $299 and SquareTrade coverage for $89. With tax and the AT&T upgrade fee, it would cost me about $446. But I would be losing my upgrade eligibility until 2015 vs 2014.
So my decision is...
A.) Keep the 16 GB iPhone 5 for another year and hope for a much improved/larger iPhone 6. Not terrible to keep since I have AC+.
B.) Spend $446 and and trade in the 16 GB iPhone 5, but get a 32 GB iPhone 5S and an Xbox One and $55 GS GC. Would have the newer phone, warranty for 2 years, and the game system for my kids.
I completely agree. My wife and I sell all of our electronics to BuyBackWorld and have sold them over a dozen devices. We've recommended their services to our friends and all of them have been satisfied as well. It is so easy and doesn't take much time. They usually pay the next day after they test your items. I'd recommend the Paypal payment since it is faster and you don't have a fee taken (3% is the usual paypal fee but using BuyBackWorld I believe they absorb the fee instead). NO hassles of selling on sites like craigslist or ebay. They even buy some older phones like Motorola RAZRs and Verizon ENV phones LOL. I originally used Gazelle but switched to BuyBackWorld since they paid more and bought some devices gazelle didn't buy.
OP here. Thanks all, I sold it yesterday on CL, $500 cash
Congrats! That's good to know. I guess I'll wait until the AT&T 14 day wait period is over so I can unlock before listing on CL.
Sold 4 different iPhone 5's this launch cycle on CL. All unlocked from AT&T
White 16GB + case- $400
White 64GB + box/oem accessories- $445
White 32GB + box/oem acc except lightning cable- $425
Black 64GB- + box/all oem accessories + case $480
fwiw
White 16GB + case- $400
White 64GB + box/oem accessories- $445
White 32GB + box/oem acc except lightning cable- $425
Black 64GB- + box/all oem accessories + case $480
fwiw
Promo code for extraa 10%!!!!
Try this on next worth!! When it asks for a promo code, enter in
TODAYSIPHONE, you get an extra 10% so you'd be banking an extra $45. It worked for me and I traded in 2 iPhone 5's (1 Sprint, 1 VZW) and a VZW 3rd gen iPad and got the extra 10% on all 3
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Good job man!
Try this on next worth!! When it asks for a promo code, enter in
TODAYSIPHONE, you get an extra 10% so you'd be banking an extra $45. It worked for me and I traded in 2 iPhone 5's (1 Sprint, 1 VZW) and a VZW 3rd gen iPad and got the extra 10% on all 3
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Good job man!