We have taken the decision today to remove Skyphones from Sell My Old Mobile Phone.
Skyphones were offering very good prices for old phones (and had 25% of the top prices for mobile phones) but we were receiving too many complaints about their service, complaints like:
I've tried to contact the company via emails and phone, but no one has responded. I would avoid them, maybe they are in trouble.
Terrible company - they do not pay. Highly suspicious. Avoid at all costs.
I am contacting you regarding Skyphones Ltd, a company listed on your website. I sent my Nokia N86 MP to Skyphones on 04/01/11 by recorded delivery. I have received emails since confirming the phone has been received, it has past its testing stage and the payment is being processed. I have received no further communication despite emailing and calling almost every day. I have not received my payment. I am waiting until the end of the month to hear from Skyphones. If they do not contact me I am going to contact Trading Standards and report the phone as stolen to the police. As I was worried about the lack of communicatin, I Googled the company and found countless forums citing the same difficulties and poor customer service. Some people are still waiting for their payments. I personally feel you should remove this company from your website. Skyphones Ltd are untrustworthy and potentially illegal.
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Skyphones is a scam. I sent my phone to them 3 months ago and have had no response from them after they told me the phone was worth less than I was first told. I have tried to phone them, e-mail, and have sent a recorded delivery letter but they have not responded to any form of contact. I have filed a complaint with the police to have a record of this and spoken to Trading Standards who have told me the company has most likely folded and moved on and there is nothing I am able to do about it. See this link for more info. http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/11/25/skyphones-org-customers-not-being-paid-losing-phones
You can get almost as good a price from other mobile phone recyclers, please feel free to comment below.
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Recycle your Phone and You Could win an iPad!
Friday, 25 February 2011
Fancy recycling your phone and getting an iPad as well as the cash?
For the month March Mobilecashmonster.com is giving one lucky customer the chance to win an iPad. Every customer recycling a phone at Mobile Cash Monster during March will be entered into a prize draw for an iPad and the winner will be informed on or after 10 April 2011.
Why use Mobile Cash Monster?
• Good prices – they perform pretty well on the site, and have 8% of the best prices (see their details page)
• No hassle – they don’t make revisions for cosmetic damage and if you don’t like the valuation you get your mobile back for free.
• Friendly customer service – you can get in touch by phone or email seven days a week.
For the month March Mobilecashmonster.com is giving one lucky customer the chance to win an iPad. Every customer recycling a phone at Mobile Cash Monster during March will be entered into a prize draw for an iPad and the winner will be informed on or after 10 April 2011.
Why use Mobile Cash Monster?
• Good prices – they perform pretty well on the site, and have 8% of the best prices (see their details page)
• No hassle – they don’t make revisions for cosmetic damage and if you don’t like the valuation you get your mobile back for free.
• Friendly customer service – you can get in touch by phone or email seven days a week.
Mobile Phone Recycling Stats
It's over a year and a half since Robin Goad at Hitwise published the report showing that Mobile Phone Recycling searches had trebled in the twelve months prior to May 2009. I would predict that the trend has continued. Although Sell My Old Mobile Phone has only been live for four months, each month we're seeing more and more traffic come to the site. Time for another report, Robin?
See the original Hitwise report here: http://weblogs.hitwise.com/robin-goad/2009/05/mobile_phone_recycling_searches_treble.html
See the original Hitwise report here: http://weblogs.hitwise.com/robin-goad/2009/05/mobile_phone_recycling_searches_treble.html
One of Web User's 252 Must Visit Web Sites
In today's Web User Magazine there's a great writeup of Sell My Old Mobile Phone, where we are listed as one of the "252 must visit web sites".
In the gadget recycling section, we're awarded the web user Bronze award, with five stars given to us for ease of use and presentation. We lost out on a silver award to Sell My Mobile, but it sounds like it was a close run thing. The review says "It was a close contest between silver and bronze, www.sellmyoldmobilephone.co.uk actually equalled our Gold award winner on the price of all our old handsets. The main thing that marked it down was that it doesn't compare the prices of other gadgets".
The site given the Gold award was Compare and Recycle, which compares mobile phone sales prices, along with digital cameras, sat navs, ipods and more.
We're thrilled to be rated so highly in such a broad category, particularly as we only launched at the end of last year. The review went on so say "Our favourite feature is the price history, which shows how offers from each recycling company for the mobile in question have risen or fallen over the last three months. We also liked the site's editorial content which includes a regularly updated blog (- too kind!) and articles that stress the benefits on phone recycling."
In the gadget recycling section, we're awarded the web user Bronze award, with five stars given to us for ease of use and presentation. We lost out on a silver award to Sell My Mobile, but it sounds like it was a close run thing. The review says "It was a close contest between silver and bronze, www.sellmyoldmobilephone.co.uk actually equalled our Gold award winner on the price of all our old handsets. The main thing that marked it down was that it doesn't compare the prices of other gadgets".
The site given the Gold award was Compare and Recycle, which compares mobile phone sales prices, along with digital cameras, sat navs, ipods and more.
We're thrilled to be rated so highly in such a broad category, particularly as we only launched at the end of last year. The review went on so say "Our favourite feature is the price history, which shows how offers from each recycling company for the mobile in question have risen or fallen over the last three months. We also liked the site's editorial content which includes a regularly updated blog (- too kind!) and articles that stress the benefits on phone recycling."
Don't make Valentine's Day Rubbish
Monday, 14 February 2011
If you get a new phone remember to recycle your old phone.
On Valentine's Day women will be looking for a great gift for the man in their lives. It also means that guys will be searching for that one Valentine's Day present that will make his lady smile. There are many different kinds of great gifts that someone can purchase for Valentine's Day. Electronic gadgets are one of them. Especially mobile phones.
It's hard to resist buying the newest and latest version of your favorite mobile phone brand, isn't it? No sooner do we get attached to our moble phone, than a new upgrade becomes available. With Valentine"s Day coming up, many people will be buying their sweethearts upgraded mobile phones. Buying someone a mobile phone with all the features they love in a color that suits their personality is a nice way to show how much you care about them.
As people purchase new upgraded mobile phones, the old ones can end up sitting in a dresser drawer collecting dust. There are millions of unused mobile phones in the world that can suit a better purpose if the owners took the time to have them recycled.
Recycling old, unused electronics has many benefits. The best benefit is to the environment. Old mobiles should never end up in a landfill where they have a negative impact on the environment. Neither do they do much good sitting at home in a drawer. The best thing to do with an old, unwanted mobile phone is to have it recycled.
Electronic gadget recycling is good for the environment and for your wallet. Your old phone is actually worth money. Why not take the profits of turning your old mobile in for cash and putting some of that down towards the Valentine's Day gift for your sweetheart? There is no reason why Valentine's Day or any other holiday should stop you from being as thrifty and smart as possible.
There are many different companies that offer small electronics recycling. You can find a good listing here that will let you pick the recycling company that offers you the best deal for your unwanted mobile phone. The convenience of being able to compare prices in one place will save you time hunting around on the Internet.
Don't make Valentine's Day rubbish - if you get a new phone remember to recycle your old phone too. You will be doing the environment a favor and can earn money at the same time.
On Valentine's Day women will be looking for a great gift for the man in their lives. It also means that guys will be searching for that one Valentine's Day present that will make his lady smile. There are many different kinds of great gifts that someone can purchase for Valentine's Day. Electronic gadgets are one of them. Especially mobile phones.
It's hard to resist buying the newest and latest version of your favorite mobile phone brand, isn't it? No sooner do we get attached to our moble phone, than a new upgrade becomes available. With Valentine"s Day coming up, many people will be buying their sweethearts upgraded mobile phones. Buying someone a mobile phone with all the features they love in a color that suits their personality is a nice way to show how much you care about them.
As people purchase new upgraded mobile phones, the old ones can end up sitting in a dresser drawer collecting dust. There are millions of unused mobile phones in the world that can suit a better purpose if the owners took the time to have them recycled.
Recycling old, unused electronics has many benefits. The best benefit is to the environment. Old mobiles should never end up in a landfill where they have a negative impact on the environment. Neither do they do much good sitting at home in a drawer. The best thing to do with an old, unwanted mobile phone is to have it recycled.
Electronic gadget recycling is good for the environment and for your wallet. Your old phone is actually worth money. Why not take the profits of turning your old mobile in for cash and putting some of that down towards the Valentine's Day gift for your sweetheart? There is no reason why Valentine's Day or any other holiday should stop you from being as thrifty and smart as possible.
There are many different companies that offer small electronics recycling. You can find a good listing here that will let you pick the recycling company that offers you the best deal for your unwanted mobile phone. The convenience of being able to compare prices in one place will save you time hunting around on the Internet.
Don't make Valentine's Day rubbish - if you get a new phone remember to recycle your old phone too. You will be doing the environment a favor and can earn money at the same time.
Can you buy an app for someone's Valentines Day Present?
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, and couples everywhere are racing to find the perfect gifts for one another. The trouble is it can be difficult to find a great gift for the guy or girl who seems to have everything. One gift is likely to surprise a significant other, and that is the gift of a mobile phone app. Mobile phone apps are one of the most creative gifts a person can give another for Valentine's Day.
Anyone loves a great mobile phone app as a gift. First off, a mobile phone app shows that a person truly put thought into the gift. For the girl who loves shopping, an app that finds the best sales by comparing prices of products at various stores may be the perfect gift. If a guy loves running, then an app that tracks the distance he runs or calories burned may be the perfect option. Both of these gifts show that a significant other took the time to think about what the other would enjoy.
Another reason to consider buying a mobile phone app for another person as a Valentine's Day gift is that an app can be quite inexpensive. For the couple that is trying to be frugal, there are apps out there that are very inexpensive. This can be the perfect way to celebrate a holiday without investing a lot of money. However, there are some mobile phone apps that are considerably more expensive if a person does want to splurge on a significant other. There are definitely ways to show that one spent a good deal of money on certain mobile phone apps.
There are plenty of cute ways to give the gift of a mobile phone app to another person. One may simply decide to write the name of an app in a romantic card, or one may decide to truly make a bang with his or her gift. A great idea is to also purchase the cell phone one's significant other truly wants and to add the app onto the phone. This sort of gift will be one that is treasured by a significant other for years, since it is so practical and still fun. One simply needs to consider which mobile phones have caught the eye of a significant other, and then purchase the one he or she thinks the other person would like best.
If a person truly wants to go all out for Valentine's Day, then a great idea is to put a bunch of apps on a new phone for another person. This is the gift that keeps on giving and will be so useful for the other person throughout the rest of the year.
Anyone loves a great mobile phone app as a gift. First off, a mobile phone app shows that a person truly put thought into the gift. For the girl who loves shopping, an app that finds the best sales by comparing prices of products at various stores may be the perfect gift. If a guy loves running, then an app that tracks the distance he runs or calories burned may be the perfect option. Both of these gifts show that a significant other took the time to think about what the other would enjoy.
Another reason to consider buying a mobile phone app for another person as a Valentine's Day gift is that an app can be quite inexpensive. For the couple that is trying to be frugal, there are apps out there that are very inexpensive. This can be the perfect way to celebrate a holiday without investing a lot of money. However, there are some mobile phone apps that are considerably more expensive if a person does want to splurge on a significant other. There are definitely ways to show that one spent a good deal of money on certain mobile phone apps.
There are plenty of cute ways to give the gift of a mobile phone app to another person. One may simply decide to write the name of an app in a romantic card, or one may decide to truly make a bang with his or her gift. A great idea is to also purchase the cell phone one's significant other truly wants and to add the app onto the phone. This sort of gift will be one that is treasured by a significant other for years, since it is so practical and still fun. One simply needs to consider which mobile phones have caught the eye of a significant other, and then purchase the one he or she thinks the other person would like best.
If a person truly wants to go all out for Valentine's Day, then a great idea is to put a bunch of apps on a new phone for another person. This is the gift that keeps on giving and will be so useful for the other person throughout the rest of the year.
Treat Yourself to A New Phone This Valentine's Day
Most people keep their mobile phones close to their vest and even closer to their hearts. It's hard for many of us to even think of what life would be like without our mobile phones.
But for those people who are unsatisfied with their current mobile phone, then getting a new mobile might just be what they need. And why not do it on Valentine's Day? You can upgrade your old one to a new look, or get a model with better features quickly and easily.
But what to do with the old mobile phone? Mobile phone recycling sites pay you cash for old phones.
Recycling your old phone is so easy. Check online to see how much your old phone is worth and do the environment, as well as your wallet, a favour.
But for those people who are unsatisfied with their current mobile phone, then getting a new mobile might just be what they need. And why not do it on Valentine's Day? You can upgrade your old one to a new look, or get a model with better features quickly and easily.
But what to do with the old mobile phone? Mobile phone recycling sites pay you cash for old phones.
Recycling your old phone is so easy. Check online to see how much your old phone is worth and do the environment, as well as your wallet, a favour.
Crazy for Recyclers - Fone Craze now added
Thursday, 3 February 2011
It's true, we're crazy for recycling and made for trying to make you money, and today another mobile phone recycler has gone live on the Sell My Old Mobile Phone site: Fone Craze.
That brings the total number of recyclers on the site to 26, and with more in the pipeline we're aiming to become the most comprehensive mobile phone recycling site in the UK.
That brings the total number of recyclers on the site to 26, and with more in the pipeline we're aiming to become the most comprehensive mobile phone recycling site in the UK.
Shortlisted for North East Business Award
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
We are so chuffed today - Sell My Old Mobile Phone has been shortlisted for the Internet and ICT award in the North East Business awards.
From the NE Business Awards web site, this award is To recognise companies and other organisations that have used web technology, including ICT, e-commerce and e-business, to enhance their business.
The judging criteria is
We're passionate about technology and the environment, so to be recognised for this award is a real achievement. We hope it will help us to raise the profile of mobile phone recycling, locally as well as nationally.
The awards ceremony is on 17th March 2011 at the Hilton in Gateshead (we can see if from the office window!) so fingers crossed for then!
From the NE Business Awards web site, this award is To recognise companies and other organisations that have used web technology, including ICT, e-commerce and e-business, to enhance their business.
The judging criteria is
- Excellence of website design, in terms of visual appearance, navigability and interactivity.
- A demonstrable impact of the use of web technology on the business, internally and externally.
- The innovative use of Internet technology to improve business performance or boost competitiveness within an existing business, or to start a new enterprise.
We're passionate about technology and the environment, so to be recognised for this award is a real achievement. We hope it will help us to raise the profile of mobile phone recycling, locally as well as nationally.
The awards ceremony is on 17th March 2011 at the Hilton in Gateshead (we can see if from the office window!) so fingers crossed for then!
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