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@snowjewelz: pretty strict I think. I've had friends who were better off selling online. My friend that got 200$ had her phone in a life proof case and her phone was in mint condition

@snowjewelz: you should try gazelle!

@snowjewelz: we traded in a iphone 4s and it had a slight chip but no cracks on the screen and all ports worked. They gave me $200 for the phone but in an e gift card. Ugh like I'm not going to loose the email in the shuffle

@snowjewelz: i think you can bring it to the VZ store and they can tell if you if you can get the max value. If you dont i have seen people sell it on Ebay and people have paid more than 200 for a used phone.

I know this is an old thread, but I stopped into a local sprint store to see what I could get. My iphone 5 is physically in pretty good condition, there is one very minor little ding near the top corner - and that was enough for them to take it from the max $200 trade-in to $86... but honestly, my phone being two years old and having a crappy battery - I think it's more than what I'd get for it online.

But yes, I'd say they're pretty strict about the condition. Never hurts to bring it in and just check.

I thought they were strict too...when I mailed in my phone for the trade-in it was estimated that I would only get $75 back (back of phone was cracked but otherwise perfectly functioning...4s). And that $75 included some special doubling value promo they were running. Well to my surprise I just got an email with a $200 Verizon gift card! Whaaaaaat? I've never heard of anyone getting MORE money back than what was quoted to them....

I just got $200 for mine. Mine was physically in good shape (no cracks) but had some scratches. I was a little worried because I had been having some trouble getting it to work (it would sometimes freeze and act weird or just shut down out of the blue) but I guess it was good enough for the full promo value.

They were pretty strict. The salesguy checked it over pretty thoroughly. Mine was in very good condition though - kept in a case from the very beginning, very few Knicks or scratches - and I got the full 200$.