[Leslie]

yeah it is: the kid we gave it too has been so good to my boy, like an older brother. And he really loves it.

We gave a few hand-me-down computers to my my son's friends over the course of jr. high and high school and I really think it made a difference in every case. Kids who might not have gone to college, did, because they had the extra boost of having a laptop for school work and research. They didn't just play games.

L

 

[libro]

I checked out the site suggested on another thread for trading in used cell phones for Amazon credit.  Has anyone done this?  Can I use the Amazon gift card for anything, including credit toward a Kindle, or is the Kindle excluded for gift card use?  What was your experience with the cell phone trade-in and gift card?  Thanks!

 

[Leslie]

I checked out the site suggested on another thread for trading in used cell phones for Amazon credit. Has anyone done this? Can I use the Amazon gift card for anything, including credit toward a Kindle, or is the Kindle excluded for gift card use? What was your experience with the cell phone trade-in and gift card? Thanks!

I did and I posted about it on another thread. Let me go find it and I'll merge it with this one. Hang on.

EDIT: Done....Libro, let me know if you have any other questions.

L

 

[oddsoxx]

Hi Gang,

Well...here's an update on the cell phone swap I did.

I found six phones in my house and checked the website to discover they were worth about $80 in Amazon gift cards. I spent an hour or so getting them ready, packed them up and sent them off...where upon they promptly got lost in the mail. We mailed them on November 22 and they never arrived at their destination. Fortunately they were insured and I can only hope the Post Office will come through with the money which I will promptly use to buy books for my Kindle.

Linda

 

[Leslie]

I checked out the site suggested on another thread for trading in used cell phones for Amazon credit. Has anyone done this? Can I use the Amazon gift card for anything, including credit toward a Kindle, or is the Kindle excluded for gift card use? What was your experience with the cell phone trade-in and gift card? Thanks!

If you have a gift certificate balance on your account at Amazon, you can use it to buy anything that Amazon sells.

L

 

[Leslie]

Hi Gang,

Well...here's an update on the cell phone swap I did.

I found six phones in my house and checked the website to discover they were worth about $80 in Amazon gift cards. I spent an hour or so getting them ready, packed them up and sent them off...where upon they promptly got lost in the mail. We mailed them on November 22 and they never arrived at their destination. Fortunately they were insured and I can only hope the Post Office will come through with the money which I will promptly use to buy books for my Kindle.

Linda

That's a shame! I just sent the box, didn't bother with the insurance and as you can see from my earlier post, it arrived just fine, was inspected, and I got my gift card money. This was a great find for me. Without it, the phones would just be sitting around the house.

L

 

[chynared21]

Hi Gang,

Well...here's an update on the cell phone swap I did.

I found six phones in my house and checked the website to discover they were worth about $80 in Amazon gift cards. I spent an hour or so getting them ready, packed them up and sent them off...where upon they promptly got lost in the mail. We mailed them on November 22 and they never arrived at their destination. Fortunately they were insured and I can only hope the Post Office will come through with the money which I will promptly use to buy books for my Kindle.

Linda

What a bummer Linda...hopefully it won't take the PO to fulfill your claim.

 

[MonaSW]

Mine is SO old - but they will plant a tree if I send it in.

 

[drenee]

Looking through old threads and found this one.  Since so many of us are getting new phones it seems appropriate.
deb

 

[Ann in Arlington]

Oh!  Thanks deb. . . . .my previous previous phone is too old to get anything. . . .but maybe my previous one isn't. . . .thanks!

 

[David McAfee]

Thanks for posting this. My old cell phone is worth almost $20. So is my wife's.

 

[drenee]

Mine was worth $28.00.  I thought that was great.
deb

 

[sebat]

I thought I would revive this thread....

I just sold my old cell phones. I checked several sites and thought this place gave the best deal... http://www.celltradein.com/index.php#
I received $72 for 2 LG Dares. One was broken and one was in almost perfect condition. I was surprised they even paid $12 for my broken one!

I filled out the info online and boxed them. They emailed me a prepaid UPS shipping label. You have your choice of paypal payment or check. I chose the paypal and received my money within 24 hours of them receiving the phones.

 

[Tripp]

This is so timely for me.  I just got a new iPhone 4 and I can get $27 for my Dare.  And we have other phones in the house.  I am going to go on a treasure hunt.  Love it. KIndleboards is the best!