Did you know that Amazon will “buy” your old phones and other gadgets and pay you back in Amazon gift cards? I haven’t used their trade-in program, but a quick read of the details makes it sound pretty inviting.

Here’s how it works… You go to the Amazon Trade-in page, scroll through the list of items that you’ve already bought from them to see how much you can earn for each item. If you don’t see an item on the list that you’d like to sell, just do a search to see if they’ll buy it.

Hmmm, I’m no longer using this router… maybe it’s time to trade it in!

Amazon will send you a paid shipping label, you box up the item, ship it to them for free, wait for them to appraise it and then within 10 days, you get an Amazon gift card that you can use on anything that Amazon sells. If you change your mind after they tell you how much they will pay or if there’s a problem with the item, they will ship it back for free.

It might be a great way to unload your old phone in anticipation of buying the new Samsung Galaxy Note 8 or iPhone 8.

Amazon Trade-In offers competitive trade-in values* for the hottest devices, including:
Apple iPhone 7, Silver, 32 GB (Unlocked) up to $305
Apple iPhone 7, Black, 128 GB (Unlocked) up to $335
Apple iPhone 7 Plus, Silver, 32 GB (Unlocked) up to $335
Apple iPhone 7 Plus, Black, 128 GB (Unlocked) up to $370
Apple iPhone 6s, Silver, 32 GB (Unlocked) up to $205
Apple iPhone 6s Plus, Space Gray, 32 GB (Unlocked) up to $240
Samsung Galaxy S7, Black, 32 GB (Unlocked) up to $150
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, Black, 32 GB (Unlocked) up to $170

* Trade-in values are subject to change and vary based on model, carrier, and condition.

The Amazon Trade-in service is an easy way to get rid of stuff that you’re no longer using. There’s really no down side other than finding a box to pack the items in. Check out the details by visiting the Amazon Trade-in page.

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Get paid for your old gadgets with Amazon Trade-In originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 25, 2017 at 11:31 am.

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The third annual Prime Day is Amazon’s 30-hour mega-shopping event that starts at 9 pm EST on Monday, July 10, 2017, and runs through 2:59 am EST, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. With special deals happening as often as every 5 minutes, there are sure to be lots of great bargains that you won’t want to miss. But miss them you will if you’re not an Amazon Prime member. Click through for details on how to get a free 30-day trial and also how to get a 2-hour jump start on the Prime Day deals!

First of all, if you’re not currently a Prime member, then now is the best time to sign up for a 30-day Free Trial of Prime so you can start taking advantage of all the benefits available to Prime members which include free fast shipping on tons of products, streaming music, streaming video and most importantly, access to all of the upcoming Prime Day deals.

This year there’s a new option that allows Amazon Prime members to use their voice to shop Prime Day deals using Alexa-enabled devices. Starting at 7 PM EST, Monday, Julie 10, 2017 which is 2 hours earlier than everyone else, you can tell Alexa to order certain products without having to type or click.

Amazon is offering additional membership deals now through July 11, 2017:

• Kindle Unlimited Memberships are discounted up to 40% off: Get 25% off a 6 month Kindle Unlimited Membership, Get 33% off a 12 month Kindle Unlimited Membership, Get 40% off a 24 month Kindle Unlimited Membership.
• Prime Video – sign up for Prime Video Free Trial and get $10 credit to spend on Amazon.com just for streaming a Prime video on your TV for the first time.
• Amazon Music Unlimited: Get 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited for $0.99. (Note: this is inclusive of the 30-day free trial period).
• Audible Gold Membership: New-to-Audible Prime members can join Audible for only $8.95/mo for the first 6 months, a savings of 40% or $36.

sign up for a 30-day Free Trial of Prime and visit amazon.com/primeday.

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Amazon Prime day deals start on July 10th. Are you ready? originally appeared on on July 1, 2017 at 8:35 am.

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Three things I love – Amazon, smiling and shopping!  (:  If you love to shop and you have an account at Amazon, you can do some good while you shop by helping to support a charitable organization of your choice.  It’s absolutely free to you.  The most difficult part will be deciding which of the almost 1 million 501(c)(3) charities you’d like to support.  You just need to visit smile.amazon.com, pick a charity, and make sure you are at the AmazonSmile page each time you buy so that $0.5 of your eligible purchases goes to your charity.  You are free to switch your charity each time you purchase if you’d like so you can spread the wealth around a little bit.  Every time you log in to shop, you will see your impact on the Amazon homepage which makes you feel good about being the informed consumer that you are!  That oughta make you smile.  For more information visit AmazonSmile.  (If you’re having trouble picking a group to support, there is a cat and dog foster care network called Up-Cycled Pets you could choose which is the one I support.)

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Amazon gives the world over one million reasons to smile originally appeared on on February 27, 2017 at 6:24 am.

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