{"id":2681,"date":"2013-02-26T05:40:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T09:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:27:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:27:36","slug":"sell-cell-featured-in-aarp-post-on-unwanted-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/sell-cell-featured-in-aarp-post-on-unwanted-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sell Cell Featured In AARP Post on Unwanted Electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682\" alt=\"AARP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/aarp.png\" width=\"178\" height=\"68\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2682 lazyload\" alt=\"AARP\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20178%2068%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" width=\"178\" height=\"68\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/aarp.png\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Last week we managed to get some coverage on the AARP site, after we conducted a survey that showed Americans are sitting on a total of $34 billion worth of old or unused cell phones. What is more staggering is that 25 percent of that $34 billion is made up of old Apple iPhone\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1049\" alt=\"Discarded Mobiles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Discarded-Mobiles.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1049 lazyload\" alt=\"Discarded Mobiles\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20200%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Discarded-Mobiles.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">This is an extract taken from our Managing Director\u2019s comment to AARP:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\u201cSome of the phones we\u2019re harboring may be damaged beyond repair; nevertheless, they still hold value. According to the survey of 2,000 people, nearly one in five say they\u2019re just \u201ctoo lazy\u201d to sell their old devices. The survey also found that most of our unwanted electronics were less than 3 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">For the full article, please click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.aarp.org\/2013\/02\/22\/earn-extra-cash-by-selling-unwanted-electronics\/\">Earn Extra Cash, Sell Unwanted Electronics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we managed to get some coverage on the AARP site, after we conducted a survey that showed Americans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1825],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sell Cell Featured In AARP Post on Unwanted Electronics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last week we managed to get some coverage on the AARP site, after we conducted a 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