Sell Apple iPhone 5 after buying 5s

[Spacial]

Keep it as a spare. You may be very glad you did.

 

[afinch1992]

Keep it as a spare. You may be very glad you did.

Wish I had the means to. Keep an old Blackberry for that purpose anyways.

Another option could be using it towards AC+ and replacement fee in the bank I guess

 

[gentlefury]

probably the route I'm going to go. According to Apple.com I would get $285 in credit for it. Another option would be Sprint stores, which offered $250. Fair price, but a $100 hit from a comparable sell on craigslist for a flawless 5 month old device with original 1 year AC left on it.


edit: it was $285 from Apple

edit 2: I guess my new question is whether they actually give you the same as what they say PowerOn will give you online. Again the device is literally flawless

iPhone 5 is going for $400-$500 on eBay.

 

[inboxer]

If you don't want to go through the hassles of using the peer to peer markets (i.e. CL, Ebay), definitely check out the "instant" tradein sites like gazelle, buybackworld and nextworth. These are reputable companies that can be trusted and they all pay fast and follow through with the quoted amount. Shop these 3 and go with the highest offer and you'll never go wrong.

 

[3lite]

For iPhones, CL is the easiest.

eBay is just as good but you will lose out on fees and shipping.

Never sell to third party retail... you will get ripped.

 

[Apfpilot]

I have my old 5 listed on CL and ebay. It was bought last night through a buy it now on ebay and of course it was a nigerian scammer. Had to hassle with ebay to get them to cancel the transaction and not charge me a FVF since the person had given them a valid US address.

 

[alent1234]

iPhone 5 is going for $400-$500 on eBay.

$40 to ship
plus money to ebay
plus paypal fees
plus the risk of loss

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Actually you can. First of all, you don't need "certified mail," that is mainly for flats (letters), you just need delivery confirmation (which is tracking & is free) and a signature for seller protection. Frankly, insurance is really a waste of money and will only help if the package is lost or damaged which is really quite rare and good luck on collecting on a claim in your lifetime. Using a flat rate padded envelope it is $5.25 shipping and $2.20 for a signature. I've been selling on eBay since 1999 and have sold well over 2000 items (many high priced) and only twice in 14 years have items been "lost" with one eventually being returned. I never take insurance, but of course that's up to the sender. Plus, if you get $400 insurance the signature is included anyway.

i have actually collected on a $1000 USPS claim 13 years ago

since you sell a lot you can take the periodic risk. with me selling one phone i don't want to risk losing all that money

 

[D3lta]

$40 to ship
plus money to ebay
plus paypal fees
plus the risk of loss

I sold my iPhone 5 for $511, it cost the BUYER $15 to have me ship it from CA to NY via USPS and it took 2 days to arrive, not $40 like you stated.

After all the fees, I deposited $510.69 to my debit account. I made a ~$40 profit on a phone I bought a year ago... I'm not complaining.

 

[darthastuart]

What I've found easiest--for me--is to use Gazelle.com and try to time my trade-in request as close to the release of the new phone as possible. I got $325 for my mint iPhone 5 and got in the door late. I probably could have gotten more if I'd registered a week or two earlier.

I realize that doesn't help you much now but I love Gazelle. It is so easy and smooth. I am probably leaving money on the table, however, so maybe next year I'll investigate eBay.

 

[afinch1992]

What I've found easiest--for me--is to use Gazelle.com and try to time my trade-in request as close to the release of the new phone as possible. I got $325 for my mint iPhone 5 and got in the door late. I probably could have gotten more if I'd registered a week or two earlier.

I realize that doesn't help you much now but I love Gazelle. It is so easy and smooth. I am probably leaving money on the table, however, so maybe next year I'll investigate eBay.

Gazelle is easy, but unfortunately I'm on Sprint, so a flawless phone only gets a $210 offer. I'm going to try the CL route more than likely once I have some time

 

[scenemissing]

I've had really good luck with Swappa. They are a formerly Android only phone selling site, but added Apple stuff last year. As far as I can tell it's some partnership between Reddit and XDA developers. You sell or buy phones from other people and the fee is fixed at $10.

http://www.swappa.com

If not them, then Craigslist would be the way to go. Gazelle and those guys seem to be offering about 100$ under market price.

 

[Ramio]

I would use craigslist. Just make sure you meet inside a Starbucks or somewhere real public(no exceptions!!!). Put good pics and you'll get more than you would anywhere else by a good chunk. As a former eBay seller, I don't advise using them because of fees and the fear of scammers and charge backs. Do you know a buyer can come back up to 45 days later after he gets it to claim something was wrong with the iphone and 99% of the time, eBay will side with the buyer. I would only use gazelle and these sites as a last resort since they pay a lot less. If I was you, I'd list in cl and if nothing happens in a week or so, go the gazelle route. Good luck.

 

[Bruins Fan]

http://173.192.77.187/showthread.php?t=972043

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1018717/

http://community.ebay.com/t5/Cell-Phones/Possible-Scam-with-iPhones/td-p/2919718

It's called a chargeback. I know a personal friend who lost money and their iPhone to a sale on eBay when buyer claimed that the phone didn't work. Money was taken from my friend's bank account immediately for the price the iPhone sold for and he never got the iPhone back. This was last year, he hasn't seen a dime of that money or his iPhone since.

I'll never sell a phone or anything expensive on eBay, I'd rather take my chances on Craigslist.

Guy I sit next to at Boston Bruins games got scammed selling Stanley Cup tix on ebay. He sold his 2 seats for about $1,000. He rec'd his PayPal payment and emailed the tickets. Apparently, someone else's PayPal account was used fraudulently to "buy" the tix. Scammer turned around and sells tickets to someone else. By the time the seller was notified of the fraudulent charge on some random persons PayPal, the game was over. Needless to say, he ate the tickets. I won't sell anything on ebay or use PayPal as a seller. More risk than I'm willing to take. I stick with CL, face to face, cash only.

 

[gentlefury]

I sold my iPhone 5 for $511, it cost the BUYER $15 to have me ship it from CA to NY via USPS and it took 2 days to arrive, not $40 like you stated.

After all the fees, I deposited $510.69 to my debit account. I made a ~$40 profit on a phone I bought a year ago... I'm not complaining.

This is reality. The buyer pays for shipping and fees.