Asda (for those of you in the US, think of Walmart) has started up a trade-in service for mobile electronics. The main interesting will come from the fact that Asda is promising to beat the prices offered by Mazuma, Envirofone, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Boots. However, at times eBay may still be the most profitable way to dispose of your old phone or MP3 player.
“Research conducted for the retailer indicates that Britons could be clogging up their cupboards and drawers with gadgets worth billions of pounds. The poll suggests there could be 35m old mobile phones, 11m digital cameras, 9m PCs, 5.5m laptops, 12m outdated games consoles and more than a million redundant satnavs lying around our houses. The trade-in value of mobile phones alone is thought to be in the region of £700m.”
