RadioShack offers gift cards for your old electronics
October 31st, 2008, 5:08 am · 9 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
If you’re about to dump your old iPod, cell phone or other electronic device anyway, you might as well get some money for it, right?
RadioShack now offers an electronics trade-in program, which swaps store gift cards for your old e-junk. A lot of this stuff we shouldn’t be dumping into the trash anyway because they are considered hazardous e-waste.
I just ran a couple things through the site. My old photo iPod which is in good condition would get me a $35 gift card. My husband’s old 14-inch iBook would get me $144.08, although if it was “cosmetically excellent,” it’d get us a $192.10 gift card. Not bad! This could come in handy for holiday gift giving.
The program accepts GPS devices, MP3 Players, wireless phones, digital camcorders, car audio head units, digital cameras, notebook computers, game consoles and video games. Not on the list: desktop computers. For those, I suggest using Toshiba’s trade-in program where you get actual CASH (read “Toshiba’s PC recycling program now accepts all e-junk“).
Just plug in your details at RadioShack’s site: RadioShack.com/tradein. If you accept the price, you print out the pre-paid shipping label, package up the gadget and send it in. The gift card is mailed to you. RadioShack says it issues the gift card 10 to 14 days after the product is received.
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Thank you. I’m going to RadioShack!
Mail it in? Why not nake it easy for the consumer and let us take it to our local RadioShack?
What you gonna do with all that junk, all that junk inside your trunk? Why sell it of course, and turn your trash into cash!
maybe the receiver that doesn’t work.
Check out http://www.ripmobile.com also – I got $50 for a 2-year old Treo a year or so back, credited to PayPal. (They give you slightly less if you choose cash over credits to spend in various places.)
Why/how is Radio Shack still in business?
I’ve recently been to RadioShack here in Dallas, and they had the Trade-In program available there. I guess it’s not nationwide at this point
Consumers can also donate their old electronics to a non-profit organization via Recycling for Charities. { http://www.recyclingforcharities.com } They can receive a tax-deduction for their donation of old cell phones, iPods, PDA’s and digital Cameras and all donations can be made online and sent in the mail.
Yeah. Good for radio shack. Maybe they can start selling their tradeins, too. They’re probably better than their house brands.