"Service Return, a company that manages door-to-door service and return processes, with over 150,000 service slips and over 50,000 return slips in its 8 years of activity, announces the launch of BuyBack.ro, a platform that purchases mobile phones worn out. The company estimates that approx. 10,000 phones will reach the BuyBack.ro program in the first year of operation of the service, and next year their number will triple", the company announced. According to BuyBack.ro, the average duration of use of a mobile phone on the local market is for a maximum of 2 years. After this period of time, about half of the Romanians choose to give the phone to another person in the family, 35% of them choose to sell it, and 15% store it in a drawer. Among the top reasons why Romanians change their mobile phone are: a more advantageous offer made by mobile phone operators for a new device, the appearance on the market of a new model or its high level of wear. The recently launched BuyBack.ro service supports users who want to sell their phone through a professional, simple and fast process. Thus, they can enter www.buyback.ro, evaluate according to several criteria the current condition of the phone they want to sell and instantly receive an estimated price offer from BuyBack.ro. If they agree with the estimate, they fill out an application and the phone is picked up by the courier free of charge. Arriving at the BuyBack.ro headquarters, the phone is evaluated with a software without being disassembled, and the user will receive the final price offer in a maximum of 24 hours. Finally, if the offer is accepted, BuyBack sends the money to the user's bank or Revolut account, and they will receive it in just 1 day. Also, for the first request completed with the refusal of the offer, the diagnosis and round-trip transport of the phone are free. BuyBack.ro accepts used mobile phones from nine of the most popular brands, in various models released in the last 3-5 years. Through the network of partner services, the company repairs phones that can be recovered and puts them back on sale with the help of retail partners. BuyBack.ro representatives say that they also receive older phones for collection, regardless of brand or age, which are taken over by Ecotic's partners for recycling. Currently, the percentage of recycled phones is 10% of the total number of phones collected, and the company estimates an increase in the percentage in the near future. From the data provided by the company, until now, the average price paid to customers who used the BuyBack.ro service is 150 euros. "BuyBack.ro is a very useful service, which covers the need to sell used mobile phones through a professional process. Thus, the sales experience is completely changed compared to the one currently offered by classifieds sites. Our users can quickly sell their mobile phone that they no longer use, benefiting from an accurate price estimate, but also payment in a very short time, just one day. Moreover, the collection and evaluation of the phone is free, implying no cost on his part. Through a very simple process, they offer the chance for their phone to be properly recycled or reused by someone else, contributing to a circular economy. In the future, we plan to extend the service to other categories of products such as tablets, laptops or gaming consoles", said Alin Bozga, BuyBack.ro Manager.
