iPhone trade-in and upgrade prices? (1 Viewer)

[DaveF]

I'm looking for info on best deals for trading in my iPhone 6s and ordering a new iPhone 8+ for Verizon use.

What's happening with deals and plans and ...?

 

[DaveF]

BestBuy: $198
Verizon: $209 / $300 new trade-in upgrade
Gazelle: $210
Apple: $215 (store gift card)
Amazon: $225
Buybackworld.com: $215 - $236
Glyde: $225

 

[DaveF]

Last trade-in I got $300 from VZW. This might prompt me to go with Apple's upgrade program if resale is plummeting to $200.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Try Buybackworld.com

Got better prices there than Gazelle on my previous Apple product sell.

 

[DaveF]

http://www.refinery29.com/2017/09/171581/iphone-trade-in-programs-apple-amazon

 

[DaveF]

VZW now showing iPhone 8 with $300 upgrade option with 24 mo payment plan.

But it may require signing up for the Unlimted data plan.

 

[DaveF]

new option added, suggested by The Wirecutter
https://glyde.com/sell

Appears to be resale service, where they take a cut off the transaction and hide seller and buyer from each other. Prices closer to going direct sale, but not as risky / scammy as eBay?

 

[KeithAP]

If you don't mind selling it yourself, don't forget swappa.com

 

[DaveF]

Glyde pricing changed. They have a not-obvious 15% sales commission on the selling price.

 

[DaveF]

I sold on Glyde. It took a week and then sold. I netted $227.35. That's not huge money, but it's better than all other options except perhaps Amazon and BuyBackWorld. Amazon is a hot mess, to my eyes, and I gave up trying to figure it out. BuyBackWorld was my fallback plan if Glyde didn't work.

I found Glyde a good enough experience. I didn't love it. There's no feedback on your sale listing until it sells. The shipping packaging is inadequate and doesn't match the instructions included: contacting support they just say their flyer is outdated and to add in your own padding to fill in the space. And then you've got three days to wait for the buyer to confirm the product is as expected before payment clears.

So it was fine. I got about $27 more than I'd get from Apple or Verizon.

 

[Johnny Angell]

I'm looking at Amazon to trade in our 6's. They want to know if it's locked or unlocked. I presume this means to phone is locked to a carrier. We got our 6's thru ATT so I presume it's locked to them. Is it a big deal to get the phones unlocked? It makes a difference in the trade-in value.

 

[DaveF]

I'm looking at Amazon to trade in our 6's. They want to know if it's locked or unlocked. I presume this means to phone is locked to a carrier. We got our 6's thru ATT so I presume it's locked to them. Is it a big deal to get the phones unlocked? It makes a difference in the trade-in value.

Choose the ATT option. If you’ve had your phone carrier unlocked, then you can select that option if it’s a better price. Verizon iPhones are all unlocked at purchase. But I’ve not seen this give a better price in the resale prices.