Wed 9 Jan 2008
My grandpa sent this e-mail to me a few days ago. It looks like he got it from the PC World website.
Sell Your Old PC (or Other Devices) to Costco
You have an old PC in the closet? Here’s a way to get rid of it: Sell it to Costco.
Costco, the big-box retailer, has contracted with Greensight to recondition or recycle your old, but still working, PC. They’ll pick up the tab on shipping the PC to them and pay you for the computer. [Thanks to Brad from Atlanta for this amazingly good tip.]
It gets better: They’ll also take notebooks, MP3 players, LCD monitors, camcorders, digital cameras, game consoles, and phones.
It’s gets better yet: There’s no trade-in value, but if you have an old CRT, printer, or fax machine, Greensight will recycle it for you and pay to ship the item to them.
The catch: You get “paid” with a Costco cash card. If you’re not a Costco member, you can use the cash card towards the membership fee; members can use the card to buy merchandise.
I’m taking my wife out to lunch
The Details
Choose the device you want to trade in and answer their questions on an online form. Providing details about the device takes about five minutes. At the end of the process, Greensight will tell you how much the trade-in is worth.Of course, there’s a good chance you won’t remember the exact components or CPU speed, so the amount may change once the machine is inspected. If you’re not happy, the company will return the PC to you at no charge.
I have to tell you, you’re not going to get rich. I priced a 1.2GHz Pentium III with a 40GB drive and 1GB of RAM and picked up $18. But hey, that pays for a lunch and I didn’t have to schlep to a city-run electronics recycling center.
Greenlight promises they’ll either recondition and sell the entire PC (or just hand-picked parts), or recycle the good parts into raw material. Nothing, they say, will end up in a landfill.
You can read through their FAQ for more details.
This sounds like a great idea to me. I have tons of old computer stuff laying around. I might as well make money of off it.
Photo Credit: Cote
Popularity: 95% [?]
Related Posts:
--No related posts
January 9th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
How about security issues? Probably have to leave the hard drive in. Any suggestions?
January 9th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I suggest reformatting your computer if there is anything on it that might pose a security concern. Otherwise, you can just remove the hard drive. You’ll get less for it but you’ll still get something.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
wheres the form u fill out
April 25th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I’m a Costco member and receive their magazine and did not know about this. Wonderful info. I just donated 3 old computers to a local school as they were having an e-waste collection day. I did remove the hard drives to be sure data was safe. Don’t know what I will do with the old hard drives. Paper weights or hand weights maybe?
June 4th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I want to get sell my old Pc how does it work on here?