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[Q] How much is the original Epic 4G really worth?

My apologies I don't know whether to put this here or in Q&A.
I went to Sprint, RadioShack, Best Buy, and the spot on the XDA website and got several drastically different trade-in values for my phone. The range has been from $50 to $80 (over $115 on a best buy giftcard). I then see people here and on google+ selling it for $100 to $250 for thiers.
My original plan is to wait for someone to miss the physical keyboard enough to trade their Epic Touch for my Epic. But I doubt that so how much is this phone really worth? Sprint still sells it over $500 and I know I can't ask the $499 for it ($300 probably still be to high) so what is reasonable (and most profitable) asking price (or price range)? OR is there a way to get more for trade-in?
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no one here is going to really get 200-250.
you can find very good condition epics on craigslist for 125 all day with all accesories. i just bought a "bricked" epic yesterday to play with for 51.80 on ebay. im sure ill get it running in a matter of minutes of getting it.
these people asking 225, but then claim we are all a freindly super happy community should sell them on here for a more appropriate price to thier geek buddies.

I see. Well I guess criagslist is my best bet. I'll have to wait until November when I'll have extra money.
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I would think the retail price of the Epic will plummet soon after the release of the Touch so it may be harder to get anything over $100 selling a used one. I know there have been recent instances of people getting $200 for Epics (usually unlocked ones), but most sales are in the $125 range as austin420 said. I'm probably going to ditch mine once I upgrade next month, so we'll see what the market dictates then.

You're probably right. Also anyone know how much the Epic Touch is with the one year $75 upgrade (cause clearly $199 is more than just $150 off)?
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I sold mine for $215 but it was new (backup phone). My current Epic is in near mint condition and I'd be thrilled if I got $150 for it once the replacement drops.

austin420 said:
no one here is going to really get 200-250.
you can find very good condition epics on craigslist for 125 all day with all accesories. i just bought a "bricked" epic yesterday to play with for 51.80 on ebay. im sure ill get it running in a matter of minutes of getting it.
these people asking 225, but then claim we are all a freindly super happy community should sell them on here for a more appropriate price to thier geek buddies.
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I would personally pay a little more for a phone from here than I would from craigslist. I just feel like I can trust you guys a little more and I think take the same care with your phones that I take with mines.
Nothing would be worse than the get a perfectly working phone on craigslist at the time and then have it stop working a week later due to water damage. Sure, I can happen anywhere. I'm just a little more trusting about you forum strangers.

I went to my local sprint store today and they said they will give 125 for my epic if I was to preorder the e4gt.
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Got $140 for mine on ebay.
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nismology said:
Got $140 for mine on ebay.
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Minus about 14 to ebay, 8 to paypal and about 10 to ship it?
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austin420 said:
Minus about 14 to ebay, 8 to paypal and about 10 to ship it?
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3% to PayPal and 9% of grand total to ebay IIRC and shipping was not included. Anything more than what gazelle or buymytronics was offering was gravy to me honestly. I didn't want to deal with craigslist either for some reason... :shrug:
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Ok let's try this, how much would YOU be willing to pay for:
-Used, fully functioning Samsung Epic 4G runing Android 2.2 an has never been rooted.
-Orignal Box and Manual
-Original USB charger
-2GB AND 256MB MicroSD cards and adapters and small protective case for them
Or would you be willing to trade a Samsung Epic Touch (even if was just the phone with no charger or microSD) for the above? (Really wants this phone x.x) Though I don't expect any one to want to trade at least not for another couple of months.
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You might get $120 for it but people are gonna be disappointed with no 16gb sd card since that's what it shipped with.
You might find someone willing to trade for the epic touch if you throw in $150+ with your phone.
I think your best bet is to order the epic touch when you find a deal, wirefly had it for $130 pre-order a couple weeks ago, then sell your epic4g to recover most of the cost.
Edit 2: I have seen some epics trade for nexus s 4g's so that might be something to look at as well.
The thing you have to think about when trading/selling phones: are you selling a phone and an upgrade credit, are you buying a phone and an upgrade credit? That's why newer phones sell for so much more because it cost someone their upgrade credit to get it.

Ok thanks
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R3537L1F3 said:
Ok let's try this, how much would YOU be willing to pay for:
-Used, fully functioning Samsung Epic 4G runing Android 2.2 an has never been rooted.
-Orignal Box and Manual
-Original USB charger
-2GB AND 256MB MicroSD cards and adapters and small protective case for them
Or would you be willing to trade a Samsung Epic Touch (even if was just the phone with no charger or microSD) for the above? (Really wants this phone x.x) Though I don't expect any one to want to trade at least not for another couple of months.
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Id pay 130 lol no lie
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Anyone wanna sell me their epic for 130, mine got jacked
I gots no insurance
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Damn i would have sold you mine but i promised to give it to my sis
Try craigslist i here phones are going on sale there like crazy for et4g
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gtuansdiamm said:
Damn i would have sold you mine but i promised to give it to my sis
Try craigslist i here phones are going on sale there like crazy for et4g
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Thanks anyway bro, I wish I could use craigslist but people on mine actually think they can get a couple hundred bucks for a bad esn phone smh...
Sent from my spare Droid since my epic got jacked. PM me if you want to sell yours.

Find some one near you and do the trade at a sprint store
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Ok I know how epic the E4GT is but would it be possible to trade this phone for the Nexus S (having no upgrade I can't cover the cost of a new phone out of contract)?
And you guys are so helpful ad looks like $130-$170 is all I get for this phone. Best Buy gives $107 gift card or $76
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[Q] Sprint Stores

I really wish the sprint stores would carry the spare battery for the new epic touch. I was told that once I get it they will credit my account for the battery. I called about 6-7 stores and none of them have it. Anyone know when they may get it?

mynewepic10 said:
I really wish the sprint stores would carry the spare battery for the new epic touch. I was told that once I get it they will credit my account for the battery. I called about 6-7 stores and none of them have it. Anyone know when they may get it?
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Wrong forum. This is the Original Epic 4G. You can get it on Amazon or Ebay.

He's asking cause he's getting one for his og epic
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Oh, I saw he said Sprint would pay for it so figured it was a replacement.
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kennyglass123 said:
Wrong forum. This is the Original Epic 4G. You can get it on Amazon or Ebay.
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No point in doing that if sprint is going to pay for the battery with a credit on my account. Might as well make sure I get the real deal.

Got screwed...So I got 2 blacklisted phones...what should I do?

Will they work on any other carrier if I unlock them?

lol how did you manage that?

G1_enthusiast said:
lol how did you manage that?
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So will they work on another carrier?

Yes, they will. Att
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Karakoram2 said:
Yes, they will. Att
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Thanks alot man....

sounds like a stolen device...admin should lock these cause its seem very fishy...
just saying, i hate thieves and i'm sure most of us here would be too if your phone got stolen

G1_enthusiast said:
sounds like a stolen device...admin should lock these cause its seem very fishy...
just saying, i hate thieves and i'm sure most of us here would be too if your phone got stolen
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Hello I got tricked into buy New phones.. I am not the thief here. I lost alot of money.
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Make sure you flash a skyrocket radio.
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pachi72 said:
Hello I got tricked into buy New phones.. I am not the thief here. I lost alot of money.
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I don't think he was referring to you... I think he was trying to say that Admin should make a sticky that people should really check the phone's imei at tmobile store to see if they're blacklisted.

pachi72 said:
Hello I got tricked into buy New phones.. I am not the thief here. I lost alot of money.
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its not new if its "blacklisted" its call buying it used, you would not have this problem if you bought it new.
either way eventually tmobile gonna track you down. keep us updated if it work

i also was scamed i bought a amaze from Clist called Tmobile with imei # and thy said it was good.i used the phone for 3 weeks, then i droped it broke the screen and call insurance to get it replaced thy said the phone was reported lost and will not replace the phone. the insurance company had the phone black listed but tmobile did not.
so now im stuck with a amaze with cracked screen that still works on tmobile but is black listed with insurance.
moral of the story is you have to call tmobile and asurion with the imei # before you buy a phone from someone other then Tmobile

Return it and get your money back. You have been scammed.
It seems that this kind of thing is happening more often since T-mobile started blacklisting phones that are reported list or stolen. Also they are blacklisting phones that have been purchased on a payment plan and the owner terminated the contract and never paid for the phone or the ETF.
Good luck
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I personally stopped trading/selling phones on cl because there are just too many kids and immature people to deal with. plus now with all this there is no guarantee that you are getting a quality product. Just contact the person and demand your money back. Tell them you'll take them to small claims court. You have evidence from Tmobile and Ashton that the phones were reported lost/stolen. And you were not aware of that at the point of sale.
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One way to protect yourself is checking the database at http://www.checkmend.com/us
Ask the seller the phone IMEI before buying. If the phone is not legit you will never hear from the seller.

Which phones are these ???
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Sucks that it's pretty much not remotely safe to buy phones from craigslist anymore. I have been doing it for years and always got the latest and greatest cause some idiot had not idea how much their phone was really worth. But with all this blacklisting now at tmobile, i think i am done with that practice .

Sell them to me ???
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I thoug you guys were smart enough!!
All of you ... All you gotta do its say your phone drop at the peer near the beach or a lake or sumething similar,, and insurance dosnt even care they will send you a new phone ohh also tell them you need accesories cause your dog bit them all haha i have done this **** so many times trust me you just got to call them or visit their website its faster phoneclaim.com, and you will have a new phone.. If you are a little ***** dont try this at home please hahahahaha

why lie? Asurion can see what you own, and what you've been using. You saying these things encourages others to continue this fraud business. You should be banned for saying something like that.
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All of you ... All you gotta do its say your phone drop at the peer near the beach or a lake or sumething similar,, and insurance dosnt even care they will send you a new phone ohh also tell them you need accesories cause your dog bit them all haha i have done this **** so many times trust me you just got to call them or visit their website its faster phoneclaim.com, and you will have a new phone.. If you are a little ***** dont try this at home please hahahahaha
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chib1panda said:
why lie? Asurion can see what you own, and what you've been using. You saying these things encourages others to continue this fraud business. You should be banned for saying something like that.
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im sharing my info , thats all , you should be banned for been dumb , and no they dont know what you are using, if im writin this its ebecause i know, and obviosly u dont. You just talk bro i suggest you save your words if you havent done this in the past, when you actually do it yourself n find out how does it work, then you can talk

New Sprint Buy Out Plan

I just got off the phone with a rep dealing with bla bla bla on my phone then i started a convo about the SG3. I told him i am no where near due for a upgrade but i would love to get the phone he stated that sprint has a new buy out program. just to sum it up, sprint would buy my phone back from me ET4G ( in perfect condition)for 300 bucks for right now he said value might drop alil when SG3 release but it should be close to that. I think sprint is pretty cool for sprint to buy back my close to what i want ( unless someone on CL would pay more ) to help me get a new phone without upgrading. hope this helps anyone

Late by 6 months or so.
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ubigred said:
Late by 6 months or so.
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really i thought sprints only plan was to buy your way out of the contract. smh my mom always did say i was special

On sprint's website the buy out value for our phone is 105$...
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https://secure.sprintbuyback.com/cns/node/5

oscarthegrouch said:
https://secure.sprintbuyback.com/cns/node/5
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The bb bold with no camera is 10 bucks more.....

locoboi187 said:
On sprint's website the buy out value for our phone is 105$...
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No way I would let sprint have this phone for only that amount. What a rip off
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AJC9000 said:
The bb bold with no camera is 10 bucks more.....
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Lol wow smh
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Sprint has had Buyback for years now, they just recently started pushing it harder.
I can safely say that the buyback value on the E4GT is not $300, it's $105 like a previous poster said.

You can trade it in at THE SHACK and get $300: http://radioshack.cexchange.com/online/home/index.rails

There may be a deal for it, close to $300, when the sg3 drops.. I remember when the evo3d came out, they had a deal where they bought back your original evo for $150, which was a pretty good for that old of a phone.

Nice that radio shack trade in the e4gt is 300 I will take that offer n pay retail price for the sg3 when it comes out
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qubanaso said:
Nice that radio shack trade in the e4gt is 300 I will take that offer n pay retail price for the sg3 when it comes out
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I wouldn't count on getting anything close to that once the sg3 is out, or even the evo lte for that matter. Once this phone is not top of the line that price will plummet.

Gordon Ramsay said:
I wouldn't count on getting anything close to that once the sg3 is out, or even the evo lte for that matter. Once this phone is not top of the line that price will plummet.
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The price is already plummeting because of how slow and behind the times sprint is. I'm soon to sell my e4gt and swap to a gsm model and it looks like the gsm versions go for about 100 more. Kind of sad.

oscarthegrouch said:
https://secure.sprintbuyback.com/cns/node/5
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That's not the program they're talking about. That is the buyback value for recycling the old device. Not the amount to pay to get out of a contract.
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Rocket scientist

Sprint and asurion must be having a bad day. sprint store manager told me to report phone as lost since they didnt have another gs3 in stock.
stupid me bricked it flashing all nilly willy.
with the help-of a fellow xda member unbricked called to cancel asurion claim, they said its too late we are sending you another phone.
so im paying $150.00 for another gs3
and this one is still activated seems silly ,they cant even change the claim to found or whatever and since it was reported lost i actually cant return it , The system wont allow me too.
so ill have 2 sgs3 hmm this is stupid something tells me these phones dont cost as much as claimed.

Make a big enough stink about it and they'll take it back I'm sure.
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Asurion has yet to send me my replacement due to a backorder supposedly. I just pray it isn't a refurb.
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Sounds good to me as long and the original esn is good... Should be able to sell the new one for much more than $150
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irock1985 said:
Sounds good to me as long and the original esn is good... Should be able to sell the new one for much more than $150
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Since they may not change it to found it may have a bad esn once the replacement ships, but even then it could still be sold for more than $150 easily.
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irock1985 said:
Sounds good to me as long and the original esn is good... Should be able to sell the new one for much more than $150
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I bet they make sure the esn is no good.
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irock1985 said:
Sounds good to me as long and the original esn is good... Should be able to sell the new one for much more than $150
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ESN will be marked bad since it is reported stolen.
You'll likely get a new one since the phone is so new.
Under the new insurance I think you can only replace your phone 2x per year (or I think 3x per 2 years).
You could donate/sell it to a dev.

reported lost
jnadke said:
ESN will be marked bad since it is reported stolen.
You'll likely get a new one since the phone is so new.
Under the new insurance I think you can only replace your phone 2x per year (or I think 3x per 2 years).
You could donate/sell it to a dev.
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and i actually tried to do the right thing,but corporate red tape intervened

But what im saying is that it is currently working right? So how could it be bad esn and activated... Thats why I said sell the new one not the old one. Just speculating but if you keep yoir current one activated with no problems down the line seems like you would be good to go
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That's why it says $150 Non-Refundable deductible. Doesn't matter what the reason.