{"id":28323,"date":"2020-03-06T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=28323"},"modified":"2021-10-08T15:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:42:25","slug":"buy-back-programs-for-iphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/06\/buy-back-programs-for-iphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy-Back Programs for iPhones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2020\/03\/03\/three-worthwhile-buy-back-programs-for-iphones\/\">Jenna Tsui<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2020\/03\/03\/three-worthwhile-buy-back-programs-for-iphones\/\"><p>Many Apple users know Cult of Mac as a tech news site, but fewer think of it as a site that will buy back Apple gear. In 2015, however, the site launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/buyback.cultofmac.com\/\">Cult of Mac Buy-Back Program<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/387866\/cult-of-mac-iphone-buyback-program\/\">claims to give people more money<\/a> for their Apple products than other, less-specific sites like Gazelle. You don&rsquo;t have to worry about Cult of Mac publisher Leander Kahney inspecting old iPhones himself; the program is white-labeled through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myphonesunlimited.com\/\">MyPhones Unlimited<\/a>, an Arkansas-based recycler.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Simply Mac is an independent Apple retailer with locations throughout the United States. Its <a href=\"https:\/\/store.simplymac.com\/pages\/trade\">Simple Trade<\/a> program is another option for those who prefer to trade in an iPhone in person but don&rsquo;t have an Apple Store near them. When taking this approach, you receive your buy-back quote after a Simply Mac representative evaluates the device in person. Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.simplymac.com\/pages\/online-order-faqs\">trade-ins are accepted only in Simply Mac stores<\/a>.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>However, not all iPhones are fed to Daisy. Apple clarified that Daisy works only with select used iPhones from the company&rsquo;s trade-in program, as well as those sourced from Best Buy&rsquo;s recycling initiative in the United States and KPN stores in the Netherlands. [&#8230;] If it seems that Apple isn&rsquo;t being entirely forthcoming, the other two companies are even less specific about what happens to old phones. Both Cult of Mac and Simply Mac sell refurbished phones when possible, but neither company says where.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The Gazelle prices are always a bit lower than I&rsquo;d like, but they make the process very easy.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/21\/almost-nothing-about-the-apple-harvests-gold-from-iphones-story-is-true\/\">Almost Nothing About the &ldquo;Apple Harvests Gold From iPhones&rdquo; Story Is True<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/18\/where-your-iphone-goes-to-die-and-be-reborn\/\">Where Your iPhone Goes to Die (and Be Reborn)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenna Tsui: Many Apple users know Cult of Mac as a tech news site, but fewer think of it as a site that will buy back Apple gear. In 2015, however, the site launched the Cult of Mac Buy-Back Program, which claims to give people more money for their Apple products than other, less-specific sites [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-03-06T20:02:04Z","apple_news_api_id":"d2b698a2-def6-4eed-b166-4376f88fa2bf","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2021-10-08T19:42:28Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A0raYot72Tu2xZkN2-I-ivw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[699,1358,85,2126,2040,509],"class_list":["post-28323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-bargain","tag-environment","tag-iphone","tag-netherlands","tag-resale","tag-shopping"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28324,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28323\/revisions\/28324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}