Originally Posted by st0ned

I used to mess around with eBay a bit like 5 years ago, then got tired of dealing with the shipping. When I was managing a Verizon store customers would leave their old cellphones when doing upgrades, since Verizon doesn't give discounts on a phone if you are under contract, people would buy them up like hotcakes on eBay. I was making $100-$300 per USED phone.