It's Like Finding Cash in the Attic

If you dig around at home in the wardrobe, look in that old chest of drawers in the spare room, or dig around in the garage you're bound to find at least one old mobile phone which has been discarded by you or the family. If you can find any (and you're not alone) it is like finding cash in the attic, because you can now get paid cash for having them recycled.

How Can I Profit from My Old Smartphone or Mobile Phone Handset?

Now consumers can sell Blackberry Bold 9900 or other handsets which are no longer required and get cash back for the trouble. With millions of new handsets coming onto the market every year, there is a rapidly increasing number of handsets that are redundant. They are made redundant, not because they are out of date, rather because they have fallen out of fashion and many of us need to have the latest must-have gadget in our hands.

Now, for every mobile phone handset or Smartphone which is surplus to requirements, your old gadget can become someone else's new 'gadgetry' thing. If your old phone that you no longer need is in good working order, it will, after a service and a little TLC, become someone else's treasured new plaything. If the phone has seen better days, component parts such as keypads, screens, microphones, and speakers as well as circuit boards and batteries can be recycled as spare parts for other damaged or unworkable phones.

If the old, redundant handset you have is completely battered and beyond repair, you will still get paid for it. Old electronic equipment which has to be disposed of nowadays is broken down to component parts, and as much as 95 percent of every piece of electronic equipment can be reclaimed.

Electronic equipment such as phones, gaming handsets, TV sets, and radios, to mention just a few examples of electronic equipment, all contain toxic elements as part of the manufacturing process. Arsenic, lead, cadmium, bromine, and mercury are required for them to work effectively and efficiently. Additionally, there are trace amounts of gold, silver, platinum, and other precious metals.

How Much Will I Get Paid?

How much you'll potentially get paid is a difficult question to answer without all the details on hand. As a general rule of thumb, the younger and more recent the handset, the better the sate of repair, and if it is in working condition, the more it is worth to the recycling company. But don't fret if your handset is beyond repair or battered about; you'll still get a few bob for it, and it won't cost you a penny to send it away because it will be collected by courier from an address of your choice at their expense.

All you do is make the arrangements, and once it is in their hands you'll get nice cash deposit in the bank. From as little as a few quid to a three-digit figure, you really should take advantage of finding 'cash in the attic'.

Graham Green is a freelance writer and gadget groupie and has recently been investigating how consumers can sell Blackberry Bold 9900 handsets and others to make a little money on redundant technology.