Secret to a Cheap Cell Phone Contract – The Result

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

This article is part 5 of 5 in our "Selling your Contract Phone on eBay" series. We have discussed how to find the right contract phone for sale on eBay and unlocking your cell phone. Now we do some math to see how much more money this leaves in your back pocket. This really is the secret to a cheap cell phone contract.

If you sell your contract phone on eBay and receive $300 for it and your contract is $30 a month over a year you will pay $360 for your contract (providing you don’t go over your message and call allowances). This means that your cell phone contract has only cost you $60 for the year (approx £40). In some cases you can actually make money on your phone contract if the cell phone market happens to be right at the time. Either way that is one cheap cell phone contract!

You can just simply use your old phone or purchase a cheaper model rather than using the new cell phone. The brand new flashy contract phones often do more than you will actually ever use them for. You can do this every year and receive a significantly discounted cheap cell phone contract.

Read this article for some tips on watching out for fraud when selling your phone to get a cheap cell phone contract (it's in the last paragraph about sellers).