Wow iphones still hold their value, 5s here I come.

[spinedoc77]

I kinda lost hope when I had my 32gb iphone listed for $495 for a couple of weeks and only had one email, I was assuming I'd have to go thru Gazelle and get $300. I dropped it down to $450 last Thursday and this weekend I had 10-15 emails, I just sold it for $450 and now with so many emails I wonder if I even undersold it a bit.

Seems like it held value pretty decently, and this was AFTER the 5s/5c were introduced. Of course another theory is that a lot of people are thinking they can have almost the same exact phone without the fp sensor for $450 instead of $750.

Very interesting, I wonder why no one bit at it at all before the 5s announcement, and after the announcement when I would expect no one would be interested is when I had a ton of interest.

 

[OneMike]

Nice!

Just have to hang in there. I leanred to be very patient. Just give it some time.

 

[oaktree]

Did you sell a 5?

 

[spinedoc77]

Did you sell a 5?

Yeah, a 32gb 5.

 

[ant1298]

One of the reasons that iPhones retain there value is that Apple doesn't reduce it's price throughout the year (they even have rules on it). Whereas other phones don't have this and so as the new phone price drops the resale value of them drops too.

It has its benefits and downsides for everyone.

Anthony

 

[einmusiker]

I kinda lost hope when I had my 32gb iphone listed for $495 for a couple of weeks and only had one email, I was assuming I'd have to go thru Gazelle and get $300. I dropped it down to $450 last Thursday and this weekend I had 10-15 emails, I just sold it for $450 and now with so many emails I wonder if I even undersold it a bit.

Seems like it held value pretty decently, and this was AFTER the 5s/5c were introduced. Of course another theory is that a lot of people are thinking they can have almost the same exact phone without the fp sensor for $450 instead of $750.

Very interesting, I wonder why no one bit at it at all before the 5s announcement, and after the announcement when I would expect no one would be interested is when I had a ton of interest.

because when they found out the 5s had really nothing new to offer (fingerprint sensor, come on) they made the smart decision to save $350 rather than waste it on a gimmick

 

[jbachandouris]

I was planning on skipping the upgrade as well, but Nextworth.com offered a $451 trade in. I also have a pending offer of $440 from another source.

So basically I can make about $20 on the deal.

iPhone 5, 64GB White

 

[rockyroad55]

Listed my 5 16GB for $380. Got 10 emails and texts overnight to sell it for 330. Gazelle is offering that same price but time is money and waiting around isn't something I like to do.

 

[spinedoc77]

I was planning on skipping the upgrade as well, but Nextworth.com offered a $451 trade in. I also have a pending offer of $440 from another source.

So basically I can make about $20 on the deal.

iPhone 5, 64GB White

How did you make $20?

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because when they found out the 5s had really nothing new to offer (fingerprint sensor, come on) they made the smart decision to save $350 rather than waste it on a gimmick

Yeah that's my suspicion also. Fortunately for me the money I save on prepaid more pays for me to buy new phones every year and have cash left over.

 

[dave420]

I also got a good deal selling a phone, which sealed the deal for me to purchase a new phone. I sold an iPhone 4 on craigslist for $150 that I had purchased over three years ago. The phone had some cosmetic defects or I could have gotten more for it.

 

[The Robot Cow]

I sold my 32gb verizon ip5 for $600 on ebay a few months ago. Wish i didn't have to sell it