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10-24-2013, 02:25 PM
With hot new phones and tablets hitting the market at a breakneck pace, frequent upgrading can become a cost-prohibitive endeavor. Today, Walmart is taking some of the sting out of that process by adding tablet computers to its in-store trade-in program.
Walmart recently began accepting smartphones for trade-ins (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048492/wal-mart-escalates-cell-phone-war-with-smartphone-trade-in-program.html), so this news makes for a natural extension of the earlier program at the world’s largest retailer. It was launched reportedly in response to consumer requests (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2426218,00.asp) after the smartphone trade-in program experienced considerable success. At present, tablet trade-ins will be accepted at more than 3,600 Walmart and Sam’s Club locations around the United States.
As with a phone, the value of a used tablet depends heavily on its condition. Devices which power on and which are completely intact, with no cracks, missing parts, non-functional keys, and no liquid damage, are considered by Walmart to be in “working” condition. If any of the above conditions is true – or the unit can’t be operated due to a lost security code – it is considered “not working” by the company.
That classification can make the difference between a sizeable trade-in value and relatively nothing. For example, consider a 32GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1” powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon (http://www.pcworld.com/partner/qualcomm/home/) S4 processor: in “working” condition this device will net you $80 as a Walmart trade-in. In “not working” condition, the same tablet will get you a mere 10 bucks. You can check the value of any tablet you’d like to trade in online at Walmart’s trade-in website (http://walmart.cexchange.com/online/home/index.rails).
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Walmart recently began accepting smartphones for trade-ins (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048492/wal-mart-escalates-cell-phone-war-with-smartphone-trade-in-program.html), so this news makes for a natural extension of the earlier program at the world’s largest retailer. It was launched reportedly in response to consumer requests (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2426218,00.asp) after the smartphone trade-in program experienced considerable success. At present, tablet trade-ins will be accepted at more than 3,600 Walmart and Sam’s Club locations around the United States.
As with a phone, the value of a used tablet depends heavily on its condition. Devices which power on and which are completely intact, with no cracks, missing parts, non-functional keys, and no liquid damage, are considered by Walmart to be in “working” condition. If any of the above conditions is true – or the unit can’t be operated due to a lost security code – it is considered “not working” by the company.
That classification can make the difference between a sizeable trade-in value and relatively nothing. For example, consider a 32GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1” powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon (http://www.pcworld.com/partner/qualcomm/home/) S4 processor: in “working” condition this device will net you $80 as a Walmart trade-in. In “not working” condition, the same tablet will get you a mere 10 bucks. You can check the value of any tablet you’d like to trade in online at Walmart’s trade-in website (http://walmart.cexchange.com/online/home/index.rails).
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