OT; Mazuma Mobile

[The Medway Handyman]

What do these people who advertise for old mobiles (and pay you for them) do with them?

Just been offered £8 for one that doesn't work & £37 for an old model.

How are they earning out of it?

[ericp]

They resell them abroad.

[John Rumm]

In lots of developing countries its quicker and easier to build out mobile infrastructure and miss out the land line stage altogether. So there is a decent market of cheap handsets.

[Bob Eager]

Worth noting that the ones who advertise most don't necessarily pay the best rates....I shopped around a bit, and the difference was a tenner (not bad for a couple of minutes work!)

[R D S]

In case anyone is interested, I used fonebank.

Twas painless, I was a little concerned that it was a rip off after glossing over the T&C's as my phone was a little battered but they send the quoted amount promptly.