We’ve previously looked at how to turn your old mobile phones into a bit of cash by comparing the top 5 phone recycling sites, but now there’s another way to turn your old tech into something useful- a night out on the town.
Ticketmaster are offering the opportunity for you to trade in mobile phones or iPods in exchange for tickets to live events throughout the year.
Not only do you get credit towards seeing U2 or the Wembley Cup, but there’s the added bonus of a feel-good factor as your old bit of plastic will be recycled and £1 will be donated to charity. Virtue indeed!
To see what you can get for that old Sony Ericsson lying around in your underwear drawer, you just need to visit the Ticketmaster Mobile site to value your handset or iPod and request a freepost envelope to ship your device off in exchange for a Ticketmaster Gift Card.
In the interest of making sure you get a good deal, we went through the Ticketmaster site to take a look at how the offer compares to other mobile phone recycling sites.
Again comparing the low-end Nokia 6310i and the smartphone Samsung Omnia as we did in a previous post, we were a bit surprised at the Ticketmaster market value.
Trading in a Samsung Omnia would get you £87 towards the Backstreet Boys at the O2, which is definitely decent. It is, however, a bit less than with what you would get for the handset from at least four other mobile recycling companies.
If you tried to cash in your ye olde Nokia brick though for tickets to the hottest gig in town, the 6310i would get you absolutely nothing.
The moral of the story (again) is that it pays to look around at different sites before making the final decision on where to magnanimously donate your old handset for rewards. Ultimately there’s no hard and fast rule for which company will value your old mobile most favourably.
It’s nice to see Ticketmaster offer a cash alternative, and this new recycling scheme gives you the perfect excuse to check out TNA Wrestling while upgrading your old brick at the same time.
More info: Ticketmaster Mobile