How to make extra cash recycling your old electronic gadgets.

I’d be willing to bet that you have quite a few old cell phones, laptops, or other electronic devices lying around your house and simply taking up space.  If you’re like me (a pack-rat) you’ve stashed them away thinking that you might find some future use for them.  The reality, of course, is that these electronic gadgets haven’t been touched in quite some time and probably never will.  Throwing them away is a bit disconcerting as well since they’ll just take up space in ever-growing landfills.  So, what do you do?  Well, here is where a company called Gazelle enters the picture – they will purchase these used electronics from you!  Recycling may be a bit of a misnomer though.  Most of the electronic items they purchase are actually resold through various retail or auction markets.  Some are sold to large wholesalers, who of course then resell them to consumers looking for secondhand electronics.  Only when there is no resale value does Gazelle send the items to a recycling center.  In any case, what is important is that your used electronics are recycled or resold rather than remaining in your junk drawers or ending up in a landfill. Continue reading »

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