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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.
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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.
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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...
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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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For less then $400?
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IB4TL weeee
No such phone exists.
try on ebay, or make a request on the market here on XDA. theres a active market thread for people selling phones.
kyhassen said:
try on ebay, or make a request on the market here on XDA. theres a active market thread for people selling phones.
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Craigslist is awesome. Just make sure u check the esn. There have been a couple people get burned already on bad a bad esn.
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musclehead84 said:
Craigslist is awesome. Just make sure u check the esn. There have been a couple people get burned already on bad a bad esn.
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thats why i didn't recommend craigslist.
I got mine brand new from Craigslist for $350 a few weeks ago I love it. I might be selling my Evo 3D.
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where do you live?
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kyhassen said:
thats why i didn't recommend craigslist.
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Craigslist is fine as long as you know what you are doing. I sell all my phones on Craigslist. I always meet the buyer at a Sprint store and let the store check the ESN while we are there before the sale. The buyer can not get burned this way....
If the seller is not willing to do this for you, I would stay away.....
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Craigslist is fine as long as you know what you are doing. I sell all my phones on Craigslist. I always meet the buyer at a Sprint store and let the store check the ESN while we are there before the sale. The buyer can not get burned this way....
If the seller is not willing to do this for you, I would stay away.....
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Exactly. I sell my phones on craiglists as well. I met at the Sprint store as well.
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There is a place for this - it's called The Marketplace.
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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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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dw3bb10 said:
Any chance we would get Galaxy S III's in replacement from Asurion since they can no longer distribute the device? I thought of this and wanted to get everyones take on it. Because if so, im reporting my E4GT STOLEN and calling Asurion once or if that happens Lol
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They would probably send you a Gnex or something of the same level of the E4GT.
That being said, What you are talking about is fraud and could get you in a heap of trouble.
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They would probably send you a Gnex or something of the same level of the E4GT.
That being said, What you are talking about is fraud and could get you in a heap of trouble.
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Gnex isnt bad haha
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I must agree it can get you into some deep doo doo. But im curious about the replacement thing also. Most likey a photon or a gnex
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A photon will be a huge downgrade. Probably a Gnex, I will check since will be going to tech center because of Phantom menu pop ups its getting annoying.
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I think it won't happen unless Samsung loses the appeal also
dw3bb10 said:
Any chance we would get Galaxy S III's in replacement from Asurion since they can no longer distribute the device? I thought of this and wanted to get everyones take on it. Because if so, im reporting my E4GT STOLEN and calling Asurion once or if that happens Lol
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That wouldn't be the case. It would ban new sales. Asurions devices are "already sold."
They'll still be required to sell or replace with w.e stock of E4GT they have left. And I bet there are a bunch of E4GT refurbs in stock to get rid of before they can replace your phone with another phone.
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They would probably send you a Gnex or something of the same level of the E4GT.
That being said, What you are talking about is fraud and could get you in a heap of trouble.
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Uhh..gnex was banned a while ago but the van was lifted until outcome of this trial. Wouldn't be getting one of those.
Well i can said this
On my case my sisters is on my account and her phone took a accident (photon) ,i call for the replacement phone and they send the same phone but was bad the mic don't function and decide to call again for the replacement and the photon was placed on BO( back order) and the photon of the same equivalent was the Evo 3D .
By the time the appeals over, we will all have new phones I'm sure..
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JediNinjafication said:
Uhh..gnex was banned a while ago but the van was lifted until outcome of this trial. Wouldn't be getting one of those.
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Uhhh...The injunction was lifted when Google pushed the necessary changes to universal search actually, which was the only reason there was one in the first place.... so the nexus is in the clear
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I don't know what changes those would be because nothings changed on mine.
I came from a Photon. Went into Sprint threw my bricked Photon on the counter and said I wanted a phone I can develope without a nazi locked bootloader and the girl came back with E4GT. Best trade I coulda done Free too no assurance bs.
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JediNinjafication said:
I don't know what changes those would be because nothings changed on mine.
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Google pushed a new quick search apk that disabled local results, Google it...
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locoboi187 said:
They'll still be required to sell or replace with w.e stock of E4GT they have left. And I bet there are a bunch of E4GT refurbs in stock to get rid of before they can replace your phone with another phone.
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Ahh, but that's the beauty of Boost and other MVNOs - they can shift the ESNs to their pools and dump the stock VERY quickly if they wanted to. And with NV continuing to roll out to major cities - we're supposedly up in November - I wouldn't be surprised.
OTOH perhaps this will motivate my MVNO to get the S3. But have to wait until June anyhow for the renewal discount.
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I think it won't happen unless Samsung loses the appeal also
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The judge who will decide, Lucy Koh, is the one who issued a preliminary injunction that halted sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
rantoca said:
On my case my sisters is on my account and her phone took a accident (photon) ,i call for the replacement phone and they send the same phone but was bad the mic don't function and decide to call again for the replacement and the photon was placed on BO( back order) and the photon of the same equivalent was the Evo 3D .
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thats not true. the photon equivalent is the epic touch. i went through 2 photons and asked for a different phone. they gave me an epic touch.
It is impossible to say what they will send you. It seems to be either a lateral move (similar range phone) or an upgrade. I have gotten 2 replacements from asurion in the past 2 years. I had an EVO 4g. I dropped it and the screen broke, they replaced it with an EVO 3d. The EVO 3D recently broke in my pocket (I have no idea how, I must have crushed it leaning over something) and they sent me the E4GT. The 3D is a generation newer than the EVO 4g, so that is an upgrade, and the SGS2 E4GT is similar spec'd to the E3D, so that seems lateral. That said, if I could choose any the E4GT seems to be the best of the bunch. My upgrade is in October but I think I will keep this for now!
I would guess they would have to send you another phone with wimax to match the e4gt. Whatever has a matching price on their website.