There’s no shortage of ways to recycle your gadgets, but if you’re looking for the comfort of having a big company behind your gadget recycling, Officeworks has announced iTradeit, a division that lets you trade your old gadgets for Officeworks gift cards.
The service works much like any other gadget buy back service – using the iTradeit database you pick out the gadget you want to trade, describe its condition and accessories and you’ll be offered a trade in value. Unlike other services though, Officeworks are only offering trade in value on gadgets that are actually working, so if you want to get rid of your old, broken Xbox you might want to try a different store.
At a quick glance, the value of gadgets might not be quite as good as some of the other options on the market – a 16GB iPhone 4 in perfect condition only nets you $444 worth of Officeworks gift card, which is far from the best deal out there.
But in terms of convenience and security, trading in old gadgets at Officeworks may be the most convenient way of recycling your old gadgets, and worth including in your comparisons when you want to clear out your old products.
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NacaYoda
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 1:49 PMThis site has been up for months.
Rossco
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 2:13 PMThis is not really recycling for electronics, this is trading electronics. What I want to see is a way I can get rid of all the old PC parts, cases and stuff I have lieing around without throwing it all the trash (ie some way to ensure that all the materials find their way into being useful again).
Alex
Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 9:59 PM+1
I have so many old PCs, monitors, etc. and I don’t want to throw them into landfill as it is not only a waste of valuable materials it is also putting many poisonous materials into the environment. Yet finding a way to recycle them seems impossible.
Penmonicus
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 3:35 PMWell I’ve never heard about it, and I’ve got an old iRiver 16GB player they’ll give me over 100 bucks for, so I’m stoked. Thanks, Giz!