What to do with old phone?

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Yes. Donate it to a Battered women's Shelter.

it can be used to call 911 even without the SIM card.



"Isaac Wingfield" <isw@witzend.com> wrote in message
news:isw-67FD09.10083325062004@netnews.comcast.net...
> I just replaced my really old single-band Ericsson, and transferred the
> little card to the new one.
>
> Is there anything useful to do with the old phone? That includes
> donation, if some good use will be made of it.
>
> Isaac

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In article <4rnqd05vku4nrcn84s9ibgp1q8tb5j32bp@4ax.com>,
Jimmy <NoOneYet@Nowhere.Net> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:03:53 -0400, "Paw-Paw" <Paw-Paw@granpa.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Yes. Donate it to a Battered women's Shelter.
> >
> >it can be used to call 911 even without the SIM card.
>
> Staples collects used cell phones in a bin. I don't honestly know
> what they do with them, I assumed it was better than having them
> incinerated.

If you collect enough, there's money to be made by salvaging them for
the gold and other materials they contain. Of course, there's more money
to be made if you can get people to *give* the stuff to you.

I was hoping for something useful to do with it. The donation sounds
like a good idea.

Isaac

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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:37:05 GMT, Isaac Wingfield <isw@witzend.com>
wrote:

>If you collect enough, there's money to be made by salvaging them for
>the gold and other materials they contain. Of course, there's more money
>to be made if you can get people to *give* the stuff to you.

I used to be in a related business... you'd need a hell of a mountain
of cell phones to get enough gold to make even hauling them in a truck
worthwhile. Perhaps there's something else in there that has value.