How to save money buying a used or refurbished mobile phone
Not everyone can afford some of the outrageous prices charged for some of the smartphones that are on the market. If you’re someone who wants a phone that can do much more than just send texts and receive calls, but can’t afford a new one, then you may want to buy a used or refurbished mobile phone.
When you start looking for one, it’s important to understand that no matter what phone you buy, whether it’s AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, etc., this is going to be the company you need to go with. So when you get a used phone, make sure you’ve researched the phone service. Because if you buy a used phone from Verizon, you’ll have to use Verizon for your phone service.
When you are looking for your used phone, whether it is for personal use or mobile phone marketing or some other reason, you still need to be able to find a good and reliable source to get this phone. There are quite a number of sellers on the internet that sell refurbished and used phones. One in particular would be eBay and with eBay you can at least check how the seller ranks with customers before spending your money on the product.
You also want to see if, even if used, the phone will come with some kind of warranty, or a warranty, or some kind of return policy in case something goes wrong with the phone, especially right after you receive it. Most people who sell used phones give 15 to 90 days warranty on a used product. It just depends on whether the phone is actually used or has been refurbished. You’ll probably get a longer warranty on one that’s been refurbished than one you’ve just used.
Be sure to do some price comparisons before settling on a particular phone. Also pay close attention when you’re shopping, if you’re not careful you may miss out on coupon offers on some companies’ websites, so be sure to pay close attention to any promotions they may be running. If you find one of these, you could save yourself even more money. And we all want to save more money, right?
Make sure if you go on eBay and find sellers showing that they also have their own website that you go and check out the websites. You may be surprised to find that they sell many of their items much cheaper on their own website than they do on eBay. So be sure to keep your eyes open for that possibility.