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Sprint is really pushing the green approach. Its Buyback program that gives credit to customers with old phones has been extended to three phones per account. Sprint hopes to increase the rate of mobile phone recycling by offering more incentive for customers. That will probably work.
For those who are in the dark as to what the Sprint Buyback program is, here is a quick summary from the press release earlier today, “Sprint’s expanded Buyback program, intended to boost U.S. wireless recycling rates, now offers an instant point-of-sale credit to current and new Sprint customers who turn in up to three eligible wireless devices, per active line of service.” So if you’re one of the old iPhone users, and for some reason switched to Sprint for the Palm Pre– then you could get up to $137 for a 16GB iPhone 3G.
The credits apply to phone or accessory purchases only. So theoretically, if your old phone is in good enough condition, depending on the model, you could swap it out for a new one. Only phones that a customer can prove were used on their current or past account are eligible for credit, so don’t think you can run out, steal three high end smartphones and cash in. With about 900 different phones that are eligible for some credit, great to small, the appeal is definitely there, just maybe not enough to hop over to Sprint.
[ Sprint via Phonescoop ]
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Blake Stimac
Blake was born in Beaumont, Texas, about 100 miles away from Houston. Even as a youngster, technology came to him very naturally, tinkering with anything he could. His passion of technology grew with mobile phones when he dreamed that the capabilities of phones would eventually make one's life much easier. Since then it's been his mission to advocate the push of mobile technology to anyone who will listen.
