Sell your old gadgets for as much as possible as seen on The Gadget Show

Mar 24

Sell your old gadgets for as much as possible as seen on The Gadget Show

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In this week’s Gadget Show challenge Jon and Suzi tried to sell some old gadgets for as much money as possible. Apparently there is 23 billion pounds worth of unused tech sitting unused in UK homes hat can be boxed up and sold for cash. But how do you go about selling gadgets you don’t use anymore?

Online is certainly one method of selling your old gadgets, and the biggest online auction site enabling you to do this is of course eBay. Ebay has over 14 million users in the UK alone, which means a quarter of the population could be potential buyers. 10 million items are up for sale on eBay at any one time. Tips for selling things on eBay are: make sure your photos are sharp and uncluttered, make your description as detailed as possible and sell at the right time – you want your auction to end on either Thursday lunchtime or Sunday afternoon, because statistically that’s when you’re most likely to sell for the best price. Gadget Show presenter Suzi Perry managed to get good returns from eBay for her Pentax Optio W60 camera, Sony Camcorder and Sony Cybershot.

If you don’t want the hassle of the auction, taking photos of your stuff and packaging and posting it once sold, you could use an eBay broker. There are many eBay broker shops in the UK. You simply take your stuff to them, then they will sell it for you and take around 20% commission on the sale. There is virtually no work involved for you, meaning that eBay brokers may be a good option if you’re short of time. eBay brokers also tend to get high prices for your old gadgets.

CQ out, cqout.com is the second largest online auction site in the UK. Launched in 1999 it has no initial listing fees and lower commission charges than eBay. However CQout’s payment system means that they keep hold of the money, only releasing it to you once the buyer has received their goods. Click here to visit CQ Out

Cash Converters is another offline method of selling your old gadgets. You can take your stuff to a Cash Converters store and depending on the quality of the items and their own stock of them, Cash Converters will offer you money for them. Click here to visit Cash Converters

Apparently searches for second-hand items has gone up by 22%, not surprising given the recession we are in. This has given a huge boost to classified websites like Gumtree and Preloved. These are websites where you list what you’re selling for sale locally. Gadget Show presenter Suzi sold a 10 year old Apple laptop on there.

If you’re looking to sell old mobile phones there are quite a few websites offering this service. Fonebank, Gazelle, Buy My Tronics and envirophone were among the ones mentioned on The Gadget Show.

CeX was another offline option – they have stores across the UK and they will subject your old gadgets to a series of rigorous tests, buying them for cash if they pass. You can visit the CeX website here.