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Game over? Many unused electrical and electronic products are hot property on the second hand market.
In these uncertain times, we could all do with a little extra cash.
Game over? Many unused electrical and electronic products are hot property on the second hand market.
There are an estimated 31 million laptops sitting unused in UK homes – the chances are you have one tucked away somewhere.
Millions of us have at least two old phones tucked away in a drawer. Check out our guide to deleting your data and you’ll be good to go.
How to delete your dataTV presenter Kate Thornton consults personal money expert Paul Lewis and is amazed to learn the second hand value of the electricals she has stashed away at home.
Are you ready to turn your electricals into cash?
With a little preparation you could be quids in
Separate your unwanted electricals into 3 piles: sell, donate, or recycle. It makes the rest so much easier.
Before bagging up your old items to donate, sell, or recycle make sure you remove batteries, bulbs and memory cards, and delete data from smart devices and IT. See our guide.
Prepare your items for recyclingCheck out peer-to-peer market places – where you get to keep most of the sale price. Or, if you’re replacing a product, some retailers buy back your old one.
The BBC’s personal money guru, Paul Lewis, with advice on turning your old electricals into cash – or donating them so that someone else can make use of them. He’s also got some great tips on how to cope financially during these tough economic times.
Read Paul’s advice on selling old electricalsCan’t sell, repair or donate it?