Recycling your mobile phone? Beware the empty price ‘promise’

I'll admit it, I didn't read the small print. So I almost paid the price when a 26 offer was cut by more than two-thirds

I'm an idiot, I don't mind admitting it. In a fit of stupidity, and only seeing pounds signs, I was lured in by flashy marketing and failed to read the small print when looking to make some extra cash. I sent off an old mobile phone to a gadget recycling company without checking its credentials or terms of business - and it nearly cost me dear.

RapidRecycle.co.uk, part of Goodbye Gadgets, quoted me 26.75 for my old Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. It was in full working order with only one or two scratches and chips. There were three options when describing it: new, working and faulty. I picked working. "Super prices! We pay what we quote," the website boasts. "Don't trust other recyclers with their overinflated prices. Rapid Recycle will only give you the best!"

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