They are out there, those scammers. I had to finally start putting in my ads that I would not accept Paypal nor ship overseas. One person even wanted me to list my phone on his site for $20.
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sold my 3gs for $180... fair price?
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They are out there, those scammers. I had to finally start putting in my ads that I would not accept Paypal nor ship overseas. One person even wanted me to list my phone on his site for $20.
I know fishing scams, I deal on CL a lot, buddy sold his jb'd and unlocked 3gs for $325, plenty of dumb people willing to pay without knowing better lol. Same for MacBook Pros as well.
When you guys sell your old 3gs do you do just a restore via iTunes, just a restore via the phone, or do you also do a round of filling up the phone's memory with random data and then resetting again? I'm thinking that if I sold mine I wouldn't want a buyer being able to easily bring back all my data and then snoop through all the pictures I've taken or use the apps that have saved passwords.
Also, I noticed that Target offers a $115 giftcard for trading in a 32gb 3gs and Best Buy offers a $125 giftcard for it. Has anyone had a good experience using that sort of trade-in program, or would I be better off with craigslist?
Also, I noticed that Target offers a $115 giftcard for trading in a 32gb 3gs and Best Buy offers a $125 giftcard for it. Has anyone had a good experience using that sort of trade-in program, or would I be better off with craigslist?
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That's good considering I bought my iPhone 4 for 250 on contract of 1 year
That's good considering I bought my iPhone 4 for 250 on contract of 1 year
For what it's worth, OP, I sold mine in October (Maybe September?) for $280.
It was a 32gb white 3GS, bought on launch day (What was that, June 19th, 2010?).
We were literally negotiating over $5 increments. I had it listed for $300, I think (I listed high, expecting some negotiation). Other sellers were offering me $275, and since he was there in front of me, I said if you can give me $270, it's yours. He only had $20 bills, so he just gave me $10 extra.
It was a 32gb white 3GS, bought on launch day (What was that, June 19th, 2010?).
We were literally negotiating over $5 increments. I had it listed for $300, I think (I listed high, expecting some negotiation). Other sellers were offering me $275, and since he was there in front of me, I said if you can give me $270, it's yours. He only had $20 bills, so he just gave me $10 extra.
I always meet people at a Starbucks. There are so many of them around and everybody seems to know where one is. I would never meet somebody in a car or at a house. I suppose if I ever wanted to buy something big from someone that couldn't reasonably be taken to a Starbucks, I would bring an entourage with me.
And, yes OP, you got a decent price for your phone. Sure, you may have eventually found some dufus who didn't know what he was doing to pay way more, but you did fine.
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Hmm seems cheap. Here in UK they are still selling for £250+ for a used phone.
Hmm seems cheap. Here in UK they are still selling for £250+ for a used phone.