Thursday, November 10, 2011

Cashforiphones.com Scammers or Not?

Recently, there has been a growing concern for the website Cashforiphones.com. A lot of users ask, “Do you think cashforiphones.com is a scam?” Of course not. It’s a completely legitimate business and I’m proud to say that I am one satisfied customer.

Before I dealt with cashforiphones.com, I had an iPhone3nd generation (16 GB) in my possession for more than a year. I’d taken good care of it, and I knew that new iPhones had already been out, such as the iPhone 4S. How much I had missed! When I decided that it was time to let go of my old iPhone, I went looking for websites that specifically catered to buying used mobile phones. And so I came across cashforiphones.com. Not only did they focus on buying used mobile phones, they focused on the iPhone itself!

So I visited their website and saw that the quoting process was simple, but I wasn’t too keen in immediately giving my money away to them. Like others, I pondered for a time if the website was a scam. I did my homework, and I found that there were unsatisfied customers. Though this may look bad for the company, every business has unsatisfied customers, right?

But I noticed that cashforiphone.com was a certified website. Seals such as VeriSign and TRUSTe were on their homepage. Upon seeing those names, I knew that if I transacted with them, my time and effort would not be in vain. That’s because I knew that those seals certified cashforiphones.com as an authentic business. I have transacted with some online business sites before, and I have seen that they have the same seals there. Knowing that cashforiphones.com also has them put my mind at ease.

Then came the business part. Transacting with them was very easy. First I selected the model and specified the damages I had with my phone. The phone was working fine but it had scratches at the back, so I knew I wasn’t going to get a high price. They offered me 150 dollars for the phone. I was surprised at the price they gave me! It was more than I expected. So I gladly accepted the offer and I filled out a shipping form.

The next step was shipping the phone. I didn’t have to pay any shipping fees. Plus, they mailed the box I was going to use for free! That’s right. Everything was provided for me. So after waiting a few days, the box arrived and I sent it back to them. All I had to do then was to wait for my money to arrive.

After several days, I received an email indicating that they were only going to offer me $110 for my iPhone. While that surprised me, they reasoned that the scratches lowered the value of my phone. In hindsight, they were right, since my phone did have plenty of scratches. So all I had to do was wait for my money to arrive.

After three days of waiting, my money had arrived! It was that quick. The rumors that cashforiphones.com is a scam website isn’t true. I received a check and I was happy with the way things went. Now I can use my savings, along with the money I got from cashforiphones.com to buy a new iPhone 4S! So to the people who said cashforiphones.com is a scam, they need to go and release their negative energy somewhere else.