I bought a Iphone 4, gave my 3GS to the girlfriend and planned to sell my 3g. After looking around I found casforiphones.com and they looked reasonable enough, at the time I did't want to deal with ebay. Today, more than a month after I initiated the transaction (it took a couple of weeks to get the shipping package and almost 2 weeks for them to receive and rate my phone). I got a quote for the price of $53.00. Their original "guarantee" for my phone was $110.00. For the record my phone was less than 6 months old, had the original (unused) headphones and power cord in the original box, and the phone itself had been in a full body invisasheild since it was new. Cashforiphones claimed that there were scratches on the phone and they could not honor the original "guarantee". So they offered me less than half? I called and they offered me more, but at this point the original offer was the lowest number that I wanted to accept, so I told them to ship it back. I guess we will see if they actually follow through. I guess my biggest beef with them is that they wasted so much of my time, I could have easilly sold my phone in another way by this point. Frogy
LOL, wait...you don't trust eBay, but you went ahead and sent it off to a place called "CashforIphones" without actually getting money for it first? And now you wonder why they gave you less than their quote? I would be happy they even sent you money in the first place.
sorry but I am afraid that reading owns you, I didn't say that I did not trust Ebay, I said that I didn't want to deal with them. paying fees to list sell and then collect money, this seemed like it would amount to the same result. it would be one thing for them to offer less, but less than half seems like a bad place to start negotiation. Frogy
My bad. It wasn't mistrust. It was just bad math. After a quick perusal of eBay, I see that iPhone 3G units are going for around 150 dollars. Subtract a buy it now cost of 25 cents, and an 8% fee on the first 50 dollars, plus 5% on the remaining 100 dollars, and you are paying about 10 bucks to sell it. So, 140 dollars net to you. Vs. 110 dollars minus ireallyamalegitimatebusinesslol.com's 55 dollar deduction for surface scratches, which nets you about 55 bucks. I see why you went that route now.
Just kidding, no I don't. If you do manage to get them to send it back to you, I'd go straight to craigslist and on our FS forum and try again for free. Just try not to send it to someone without getting payment first.
OR! just keep the f'er as a spare ipod/wifi device. You don't NEED phone service to make use of the thing.
I have an iPhone 4 and I would not recommend it, I am on handset number 2, the first one had problems with the proximity sensor and I was able to Face dial, Face hold, and Face switch to speaker. Now that's face time! I don't see the reception problems that others are reporting, at least not more than I had with my 3GS. I'm really waiting for the iPad with a face camera. I may still return my 4.
