Monday 16 October 2017

Selling is no more a pain! #CleanUpCashOut

I still remember the time I had to sell my first phone. It was a Nokia 5233, one of the first low-cost touchscreen phones to hit the Indian market. For three years, the phone had been my most prized possession. Letting it go was definitely not an easy task - and I'm not just talking about the personal attachment I had with that phone, but also the hassles I had to encounter during the process of selling it.

Selling an old electronic device was not an easy task in those days. Four years ago, there were no dedicated websites offering cash and pickup from home; the concept of #CleanUpCashOut was a distant myth. One had to post their ad on a website and then wait for someone to respond. Often, people quote outrageously low prices for old electronic products. I remember someone who called and offered a paltry 800 rupees for the smartphone! There was no standard resale price regarding used electronics - people could quote as low as possible. Their main argument would be that technology is advancing at a breakneck speed, and a smartphone bought two years ago would not even be 10% of its original value now.

I faced a similar issue while selling my old TV as well. It was a Samsung LCD TV, in great working condition. I had managed to find a buyer within a week, but I shall never forget the day I had to actually meet the buyer and give it to him. It was a clear morning in the middle of April, and we had agreed to meet at 11 in the morning at the Mettuguda bus stop. Little did I know that the buyer would knock off one of the digits from the scheduled time and arrive exactly two hours late, at 1 PM! Standing in the sweltering heat of the Hyderabad summer for two hours was no easy job at all. When I had asked him the reason for the delay, he said and I quote, "Well, I didn't know you would actually come at 11, saab", with a sheepish grin.

My experiences, along with many others from people like me who had a lot of trouble selling their old electronic goods, all point towards a bunch of common fundamental problems that we have to face. The first one would be the difficulty in finding a seller, within a reasonable distance from our location. The second one is the job of transporting the item to a common meeting point. This is not an issue with phones or tablets, but carrying a TV on a two-wheeler can be quite cumbersome. The third one is getting a reasonable amount of money for our used items. Without a standardized system that evaluates the condition of an item and then decides the price, we are mostly left feeling that we had to sell the item for much less than what it was worth.

Well, not anymore!

Here comes https://www.cashify.in/, a brand new online that seeks to solve all these problems. It offers the facility of picking up the item directly from our doorstep. Not just that, it also offers instant cash in exchange of the item we have posted for sale, which depends on the age and condition of the item. Now, what could be a better deal than that! #CleanUpCashOut is not just a hashtag, it has the potential to revolutionize the way we sell our used gadgets!

I have a bunch of old electronics lying at home - three smartphones, an old Samsung Galaxy tablet and a Lenovo laptop. Thanks to Cashify, I have finally found the right place to get rid of them at a reasonable price. If you have any used gadgets lying at home, I highly recommend you to check out this website. Don't forget to use the coupon code CLEANCASH when you sell your items on this website - you will get an additional Rs. 250 on the sale of your gadgets.

Watch this hilarious video to understand more about Cashify: