Two days ago, I came home from a bike ride to find that my mobile phone company had taken the liberty of sending me a free phone upgrade. Fantastic but there is still nothing wrong with my current phone, or in fact my old phone from 18 months ago, which has been sat in my desk draw all this time. Keen not let my phones go to waste, I decided to have a look on the internet and see what I could do with them.

I soon found out that, I was not alone and that it is estimated that 15 million mobile phones are discarded every year. So says Mobile Phone Buyer, a company that is happy to buy your old mobile phone from you. They either dispose of your phone environmentally or give it a new life and sell it on second hand. They may even take faulty and damaged phones. Prices vary from handset to hand set but I was surprised to see how much you could earn for cashing in your old mobile phone.

Have a look at mobilephonebuyer.net to see how much your old phone is worth.