The Pennywise Family » cell phones

Recycling, saving money and raising money!

Jessica — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:44:30 +0000

I sold a used smartphone to this company a while back. I could not believe how easy it was!! They sent me the shipping carton and paid shipping and within a few days there was $53 in my pay-pal account!

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Mobile Phones

Jessica — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:47:50 +0000

I own a small business, have a husband who works strange hours, and have kids, for us, a mobile phone is a necessary evil.

We hate the mobile phone expense. But each time a car breaks down, or a kid misses a bus, we’re glad we have them.

Because of my business I often need to transfer large data files on the run, so we run data packages on the phones also.

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After all is said and done, this means our phone bill is our #3 expense, right behind our mortgage and our food. Yes, seriously.

Today I logged into BillShrink.com and told them about my phone usage (right off my last statement) and got a price quote on another plan. Since I’m on contract with my current company, I don’t have a whole lot of leverage, and laso they have excellent service, so I called my company with the new info and my old statement in hand, and asked them to help me find a plan witin their family of plans that was comperable… or I’d move to another company.

My phone bill went from $280 to $140 today. Color me a happy camper.

Saving/Creating Money While Reducing E-Waste

Jessica — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:55:00 +0000

I don’t know if you’ve seen the art exhibit about e-waste recently, but it’s shocking how many electronic gadgets we “consume” worldwide in the form of mobile phones, batteries, cameras, etc. Some of these have lived beyond their usefulness. I have on my desk, and old mobile phone/PDA and a digital camera that no longer works, and I went looking for a savvy way to recycle them.

I found Gazelle, which will PAY ME for the gadgets, and also, they’ll manage the shipping, and even send me a box. (So I do NOTHING, Literally).

Oh, and I get $53 (varies depending on the make/model of your equipment. Give it a try–the link is below.

Get Cash For Your Gadgets at gazelle.com!