Will they really pay me this much for my used iPhone?

[Mac4PhD]

I just got this email from 1daysale.com offering me a check for $250 for my 1st generation iPhone. Seems too good to be true. Is it?

"FREE iPhone 3G Upgrade! Send Us Your USED 4GB 8GB or 16GB iPhone for $150 $250 or $350 Cash Back! We Will Also Cover The Express Shipping Both Ways!"

 

[Next Tuesday]

I just got this email from 1daysale.com offering me a check for $250 for my 1st generation iPhone. Seems too good to be true. Is it?

"FREE iPhone 3G Upgrade! Send Us Your USED 4GB 8GB or 16GB iPhone for $150 $250 or $350 Cash Back! We Will Also Cover The Express Shipping Both Ways!"

You can sell it for way more on ebay or craigslist.

 

[Shoesy]

I got £100 for mine on ebay and it had a cracked screen.

 

[rotobadger]

I got $300 for my 4GB on Ebay. And I think I let it go too cheap.

 

[Mac4PhD]

I know it is a bad deal but...

I know it seems that I could get an extra hundred bucks or so by putting it on Ebay but I was wondering if anyone has any experience selling their phones to 1daysale.com? I am going on a week long trip and it seems less difficult to send it off the day I leave than to go through the mess of ebay, hacking my old iphone and dealing with a buyer.

 

[nparmelee]

I sold an 8GB on eBay for $400 and a 16GB for $550.

 

[taylorwilsdon]

I just got this email from 1daysale.com offering me a check for $250 for my 1st generation iPhone. Seems too good to be true. Is it?

"FREE iPhone 3G Upgrade! Send Us Your USED 4GB 8GB or 16GB iPhone for $150 $250 or $350 Cash Back! We Will Also Cover The Express Shipping Both Ways!"

Are you kidding? I got $400 for my old used 8gb 1st gen iPhone on craigslist. I wouldn't take $250 unless that came with a free 3G.

Also, 1daysale .com is not a real company... its a deactivated affiliate website. Maybe you mean 1 sale a day? (totally different site).

 

[Next Tuesday]

I know it seems that I could get an extra hundred bucks or so by putting it on Ebay but I was wondering if anyone has any experience selling their phones to 1daysale.com? I am going on a week long trip and it seems less difficult to send it off the day I leave than to go through the mess of ebay, hacking my old iphone and dealing with a buyer.

I tell u what, sell me yours for 250. Ill resell it on ebay for 450.

 

[Mac4PhD]

oops

yes. I did mean 1 sale a day not 1 day sale. so 1saleaday.com

 

[Diode]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_0_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5B108 Safari/525.20)

people are buying them for parts.

 

[taylorwilsdon]

I'll give you $250 for it, no hassles, no need to unlock or anything.

 

[Next Tuesday]

I'll give you $250 for it, no hassles, no need to unlock or anything.

I asked first! lol

 

[nimda0]

I sold my friends ORIGINAL iphone, 8gb, with the original box / manuals/ headphones / charger and dock. It sold for $390.00 on ebay. No, it was not unlocked. We sold it about 2 weeks ago.

 

[iCantwait]

i sold my 8gb unlocked for $690

 

[EmptyG]

For the people who have already sold their 2Gs on eBay...

I have one day left for mine up on eBay. Is there anything I need to know about pitfalls to avoid? I do have the receipt (which one person asked for), wiped it fully, unlocked and jailbroke it on v2.0 software. I should be good to go, yes? I don't need to call Apple and tell them I am selling it to transfer the warranty or anything? Sorry, first time selling something like this on eBay. I've sold tons of other stuff, but this is unique

Thanks!

 

[nparmelee]

Emptyg, also pull your old SIM out. Make sure you package it well, have some insurance with whoever you ship with and require a signature on delivery.

 

[paulrr]

I got $400 for mine on craigslist the day the 3G came out

 

[aphexii]

For the people who have already sold their 2Gs on eBay...

I have one day left for mine up on eBay. Is there anything I need to know about pitfalls to avoid? I do have the receipt (which one person asked for), wiped it fully, unlocked and jailbroke it on v2.0 software. I should be good to go, yes? I don't need to call Apple and tell them I am selling it to transfer the warranty or anything? Sorry, first time selling something like this on eBay. I've sold tons of other stuff, but this is unique

Thanks!

As you've sold on eBay before, I'm sure you already know, but it never hurts to have a reminder.

ONLY ship to the shipping address listed on the paypal payment confirmation, and since the item is valued over $250, make sure to require a signature on delivery. Paypal used to require a Confirmed shipping address, but recently relaxed the requirement to any shipping address, as long as its listed with the account.

 

[EmptyG]

Emptyg, also pull your old SIM out. Make sure you package it well, have some insurance with whoever you ship with and require a signature on delivery.

Good tips - yeah I did pull the SIM out, right after I jailbroke it

As you've sold on eBay before, I'm sure you already know, but it never hurts to have a reminder.

ONLY ship to the shipping address listed on the paypal payment confirmation, and since the item is valued over $250, make sure to require a signature on delivery. Paypal used to require a Confirmed shipping address, but recently relaxed the requirement to any shipping address, as long as its listed with the account.

Agreed - I only use paypal (eBay doesn't give you a choice when selling your iPhone anyways), and ONLY ship to their verified address. It's likely this will be going overseas, so that should be interesting since I have never shipped overseas before.

Thanks for the tips!