To my fellow online sellers, (Part 1)

Here’s something for you…

There have been a lot of wide spreading reports right now which you may have seen on the internet about bogus sites and fake buyers. As online sellers, we must try and share our experiences to help those who would like to sell their valued devices online.

Online selling is a convenient source of income for those who want to stay home while earning money from old, used and even broken devices. This can be through the use of auction sites and refurbishment sites. The use of auction sites like EBay and Craigslist is actually common for those who still have a lot of time on their hands.

However, if an online seller has limited time to check the site on a regular basis, it is a lot better for him or her to sell his goods to a refurbishment site like cashforiphones.com or cashforlaptops.com.

Here’s the thing though, there was a reported case of “scam issues” associated with one of these sites. Let’s take the case of cashforiphones.com.

Just recently, I saw a thread inquiring if cashforiphones.com is a scam. As an avid online seller myself, I tried to uncover the truth behind this problem. So I read the user generated comments to know more about it.

In the earlier responses, I read that some people think that cashforiphones.com is a scam because the site refused to pay them the quoted amount that was originally offered for their devices.

These customers decided to get their handsets back instead of selling it to the site as they thought it was a better choice. Boy, they were frantic and disgruntled.

I read more of the comments and found out that there were plenty of responses saying that the site is legit as far as their experience with the service is concerned. They said that they did not have any price negotiations.

They stated that they received the same quoted price and there were no adjustments made available. So with two contradicting claims about the site, I decided to visit the site and examine their online process myself.

Right on the webpage, I read the “How It Works” section of the site to see if their operation has acceptable terms for the seller. Judging from their process, nothing seems to be wrong. Here’s their process:

Step 1: Getting a Quote

To get a quote, an online seller must provide the device’s brand and model. Since the site only buys iPhone and iPod Touch iterations, the seller has zero probability of getting the brand and model wrong.

Once the model is chosen, the seller will then provide an easy and quick assessment of the device by checking if the devic

1. Turns on and works fine
2. Has missing or bad battery
3. Has cracked or defective scre
4. Doesn’t Power on.

After this step, the quoted price will be offered to the seller in which he or she is free to accept or refuse. On that same page, the seller can click “Continue” so that he or she will be directed to the next step which is the filling out of the shipping request.

(Turn to Part 2)