[olug] [OT] What is a fair price for an iPhone 3GS? Or where to purchase used and working electronics?

[T. J. Brumfield]

+1 to an iPod Touch or Galaxy Player.

Because an unlocked iPhone is $600-$800, old iPhones that aren't tied to a
contract are inflated in price, when the iPod Touch equivalent is
considerably cheaper. An old 3GS will be used, and won't be in perfect
shape. You're likely going to spend $200 or more for it. Or you can get a
new iPod touch that has the iPhone 4 processor, additional RAM, will be
brand new and is the same $200 price.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Jon Larsen <jon at jonlarsen.us> wrote:

> Or maybe a Samsung Galaxy 4.0 player.....
>
> On 10/17/2011 07:59 AM, Craig Wolf wrote:
>
>> If he does not want the phone portion, get an iPod Touch.  Same thing
>> without the phone portion.
>>
>> Craig Wolf
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>>> Dan Linder  10/16/11 8:18 PM>>>
>>>>>
>>>> My dad is looking at getting an Apple iPod/iPhone use as a
>> PDA/MP3/Web-browsing, but he doesn't want the extra expense of the phone
>> service (he likes his simple Motorola flip-phone that's 5+ years old).
>>
>> In the wake of the 4S announcement, my sister and her husband are
>> upgrading
>> their iPhone (3GS-32GB IIRC).  I'm suggesting he offer to buy one from
>> them,
>> but just use the WiFi and don't activate it with AT&T.
>>
>> His question to me was "What's a fair price to offer to buy them?" and I
>> don't really know a good price.
>>
>> Gazelle.com will pay $140 each, and I see them for sale on eBay for $220
>> (I
>> don't think my sister wants to sell on eBay...).
>>
>> Maybe this is the better question - since he does't want a phone, where do
>> others on the list buy working/used electronics devices?  (I know of
>> Tech4Less.com, but that's the end of my list...)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
>>
>>
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