New Cell Phones
Never wash your cell phone with your sheets. Both your sheets and your phone may come out clean, but only one will still be able to provide its intended function.
That’s exactly what I did yesterday. I was talking on the phone to my mother. When I got off the phone, I just laid the phone down. At some point in the next few minutes, it got covered by a sheet or pillow or something. Either way, it was wrapped up in the sheets that I tossed in the washing machine only a few minutes later. Twenty four hours after that, the phone still will not power up, and thus I am on a quest to find a new phone. Honestly, I was fine with the phone I had. But this whole situation has brought up a couple of questions for me…
What do I do with my water soaked a.k.a. dead phone? And would buying a refurbished device be more eco-friendly?
So, I read in a magazine not too long ago about a company, SellYourCell.com, that will buy your used (though 100% working) cell phone. SellYourCell.com is dedicated to the idea that used cell phones can have their useful lives extended with re-marketing. Re-marketing can and does result in lengthening the life of an individual phone and indirectly reduces the need for the purchase of a new phone. Extending the life of products in these ways are a recognized means of effective recycling.
Unfortunately, my phone isn’t working and therefore I can’t send it to them. My carrier is T-Mobile. To my amazement, with a little bit of digging, I was able to find that T-Mobile excepts old cell phones, working or not, any carrier, which they then donate to their T-Mobile Huddle Up program.
As far as refurbished devices, I would have to assume that they are more eco-friendly than a new phone. Should you decide to go this route, ReplaceYourCell.com, has quite a selection of unlocked, and ready to use phones.
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:32 pm
or anything really. I couldnt even get a car loan at the end up, i got there in the end though, it takes a little digging,
March 29th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
That girls crazy! That’s why I like her.
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