why does my mint Note 3 have such low trade-in value at Verizon website and other trade-in websites?

[yourphonemyphone]

why does my mint Note 3 have such low trade-in value at Verizon website and other trade-in websites?

I even asked a Verizon store employee how much trade-in I can get for a brand-new 1-day old Note 3
and it was the same as on the website.

Is there very little demand for the Note 3 as pre-owned devices?

 

[UJ95x]

why does my mint Note 3 have such low trade-in value at Verizon website and other trade-in websites?

I even asked a Verizon store employee how much trade-in I can get for a brand-new 1-day old Note 3
and it was the same as on the website.

Is there very little demand for the Note 3 as pre-owned devices?

The only phones that really have good resale value is the iPhones. You can probably get more for the Note 3 if you sell it on eBay or Swappa than if you were to trade it in

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[ShaggyKids]

Most definitely.

Deb from my Note 3

 

[dpham00]

The only phones that really have good resale value is the iPhones. You can probably get more for the Note 3 if you sell it on eBay or Swappa than if you were to trade it in

Sent from my Galaxy S4 running SlimKat 4.4.2

Yeah, if you want a phone with high trade in value, get an iPhone. Android's won't have high trade in value. Even when first released, I think the trade in value was $200

dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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[UJ95x]

Yeah, if you want a phone with high trade in value, get an iPhone. Android's won't have high trade in value. Even when first released, I think the trade in value was $200

dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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No, I'm pretty sure it's a little higher than that. Probably closer to $300 around release date. Which is still ridiculous

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[z06mike]

You do realize you're trading it in right??? Why does your car have a lower trade in value than if you sold it private party? Same concept applies here. They still have to resell it so they are not going to give you a retail value.

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[Larry Holbert]

I just sold my N2 on Swappa a few weeks ago for $340 and got the N3...best device out there IMO.

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[brucedbr]

As the others have said, you don't get much for ANY trade in. The best thing to do is sell on Ebay. I have sold several phones (not my N3) on Ebay and have always gotten top dollar.

 

[cwbcpa]

You never get as much for a trade. I bought 3 iPhones from my buddy who was upgrading his whole family. Verizon was giving him some ridiculously low amount. I matched it plus $20 and then resold the phones. I made some nice money. All because he didn't want to bother with selling them himself. If you don't want the hassle of selling then trade but know that you are not getting the true value of the phone.


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[jedi105]

Because discerning Android phone owners refuse to pay full price for a "used" phone regardless of what condition it is in. Now, as far as an iPhone is concerned, we all know that the iSheep will pay anything for the "privilege" to use last years technology.

 

[ShaggyKids]

Because discerning Android phone owners refuse to pay full price for a "used" phone regardless of what condition it is in. Now, as far as an iPhone is concerned, we all know that the iSheep will pay anything for the "privilege" to use last years technology.

LOL!

Deb from my Note 3

 

[felloffthetruck]

I'll trade you a mint 32GB Verizon S4 in black for it?

 

[bobbysnj]

Retailers like Verizon can buy it new in the box for "X" amount of $ so they are obviously going to give you much less.

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[shastrich2005]

You do realize you're trading it in right??? Why does your car have a lower trade in value than if you sold it private party? Same concept applies here. They still have to resell it so they are not going to give you a retail value.

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Yes but the trade in value is not in comparisons. You can buy an iPhone cheaper than a Note 3 but yet the the trade in on the iPhone is more. There's a big difference between having to make a resell profit and just plain ripping people off. Of course they are not going to give you retail for it but offering $60 is laughable! That'd be like your car valued at 30,000 trade in and the dealer offering you 6,000!!

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[Eddster]

It's really about the marketplace value. iPhones fetch greater perceived value than Android phones. Keep inn mind that the overwhelming majority of the marketplace does not frequent sites like this and probably doesn't get into fanboy wars. So I am not going to be ridiculous and call anyone an "iSheep" or anything of the sort. The collective Android OEMs may dominate the OS market share game, but the value proposition still belongs to Apple.