If you have an old or retro games console sat in your house collecting dust, or have recently upgraded to the latest system or held held device you may want to recycle your unwanted console to get some cash for it.

There are many recycling websites in the UK that now offer great cash or voucher payments for old and even broken gaming consoles and handhelds. The most popular and highest paying recycling sites for gamers are as follows:

Gadgets 4 Everyone

Gadgets 4 Everyone is a brand new recycling site where you can sell many different electronic devices including games consoles. At present they will buy all models of PSP, XBox, PS3, Wii, DS and retro consoles including the Nintendo 64 and Gameboy. They pay cash of up to £125 which is sent via BACS, Paypal or cheque once they have received your item.

Payment: Cash

Sell your old gaming consoles or other electronic gadgets at Gadgets 4 Everyone here

O2 Recycle

O2 Recycle is one of the biggest and most popular gadget recycling sites in the UK. Both O2 and non O2 customers can sell unwanted electronic items in return for cash. As well as SAT NAVs, mobile phones, MP3 players, tablets and digital cameras they will also buy old handheld games consoles. The handheld devices they will currently buy include all Sony PSP and Nintendo DS models.

At O2 Recycle all the profits they make go to their Think Big initiative which aims to help turn around the lives of young people living in the UK. By recycling your goods here not only are you helping the environment but you will also be helping the initiative.

Payment: Cash

Recycle your unwanted electronic goods at O2 Recycle here

Trade Your Games

Tradeyourgames is a brand new unique site where you can sell used console games, Blu-Rays and console systems for either cash or to trade in and receive credit for them to buy games or Blu-Rays off their site. This is the only site in the UK that works like on the high street where you are given credit to buy video games for your unwanted ones. You can also choose to get payment in cash via cheque rather than credit.

They do not buy loads of different consoles but the list is always changing so worth a look for the latest prices, also a great site to check out if you have games to sell. They do buy accessories such as Singstar mics.

Recycle your games and consoles for cash at Trade Your Games here

Do you have an old mobile phone knocking about the house that you want to recycle and are a resident of the Republic of Ireland? If your answers are yes why not check out the prices at the following UK mobile recyclers.

The two mobile recyclers listed below allow Irish consumers to get the most money for their old mobile phones and do a little more towards helping the environment in a positive way: Read the rest of this entry »

Popular gold, silver, platinum and jewellery recycling site Post Gold for Cash, has recently announced that they have now paid out a huge £10 million to their customers since the site launched.

Not only has the site paid out millions of pounds in cash but they are also approaching their hundred thousandth customer. In order to celebrate Post Gold for Cash are offering a special £1000 prize to the person who sell their unwanted items in the hundred thousandth place. All you need to do to get involved is request a free gold selling pack from their website and send in some gold or other precious metals that you no longer want. Once it’s received you will be contacted within 24 hours with an offer, if you are the hundred thousandth customer then they will tell you over the phone and send you your extra £1000 with your money by Royal Mail Special Delivery.

As well as the £1000 that is up for grabs at the moment, Post Gold for Cash also paid out a huge £2000 to the winner of their Christmas competition. The customer that won the prize sold a ring earlier in the year and was delighted to have won £2000 so close to Christmas.

Postgoldforcash was founded by Ashley Faull and Ian Corica and managed by Ian’s son, Michael making it a great family business to deal with. The site has been buying gold and unwanted jewellery from people in the UK for many years and have become one of the most trusted online gold recycling companies with many happy customers. The team behind it have been trading in the gold and jewellery industry for over 20 years.

Anne Diamond the TV and radio presenter also works with the site to host their TV advert and their ‘how to do it’ video. In the past Anne Diamond has hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-AM and Good Morning with Anne and Nick on BBC1.

With gold prices still at an all time high and a great prize currently on offer now is a great time to dig out your unwanted jewellery, broken jewellery or other items made of precious metals and send them in for the biggest cash payments.

Request your free gold selling pack here and get cash for your gold and jewellery at Post Gold for Cash

Online CD, DVD and Game trading site Music Magpie has recently launched a new Facebook store that has promised to change Facebook forever.

The new Facebook store allows users to earn cash for their unwanted CD, DVDs and console games whilst using the social network to chat to friends, post on their walls and read their news feeds.

Just like on the Music magpie website Facebook users can use the new store to get an instant valuation for their unwanted goods by entering the barcode number. They can also get a quick valuation for numerous items by scanning it in using their webcam. All transactions can be completed in full without leaving Facebook. All the details of the transaction can later be posted with a customizable message to users walls so friends and family can sell their unwanted items too.

Users can also arrange a free courier collection or download a postage paid label from the application whilst carrying out the transaction.

Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer at Music Magpie said “These days social networks are where most people spend the majority of their time online, we’re really excited to have launched a Facebook application where users can trade in games, CDs and DVDs for cash without having to leave their online conversations.”

The company is always working on new social applications and believes that their new Facebook store and iPhone app will help people to get rid of any unwanted items from their homes that they may have knocking about after Christmas. It’s also a great way for people to earn some extra money.

As well as offering cash for unwanted CDs, DVDs and games Music Magpie have also recently announced that they will be paying M&S e-Vouchers as an alternative. The great thing about getting e-Vouchers is that they will come much faster than a cheque so can be used straight away on the M&S website in the January sales.

As well as the Facebook application the site also has an iPhone app which up to now has been downloaded over 350,000 times. The iPhone app has also been recently updated with a free leave safe service which allows users to leave their items in a safe place whilst they are out for a free collection. It’s also possible to scan in the bar-codes using the iPhone’s camera and donate the worth of old items to charities including the RSPCA and The Teenage Cancer Trust. There is also an Android app currently in production.

You can use Music Magpies new Facebook store here.

A new advert will be first screened on Boxing day this year that aims to encourage people to recycle more electrical and electronic items over the festive period instead of just putting them in the bin. Read the rest of this entry »

The snow outside most people’s homes this week means Winter and the freezing cold weather has finally come and is here to stay for a while. With the cold weather comes a massive hike in all our energy prices while we struggle to keep warm.

Rather than paying out a load of cash why not use the following tips to help you keep warm, do your bit for helping the environment and above all keep a little bit more money in your pocket over the Winter months. Read the rest of this entry »

This Christmas Santa is bringing my family 2 iPods and the latest iPhone which made me think that its that perfect time of the year again to recycle your old gadgets to make way for the brand new ones. Not only is it a great time to recycle but you can also make yourself some nice easy cash for the January sales. Read the rest of this entry »

Music Magpie the United Kingdom’s biggest site for people looking to earn cash from their old CDs, DVDs and games have recently launched new scanning software so users can turn their webcams into a bar-code scanner.

Rather than typing each barcode in manually users of Music Magpie can simply download and install the new software then use their webcams to quickly scan each item that they want to sell. Using webcams to scan items is expected to significantly speed up the process especially if users have a lot of items to sell. Read the rest of this entry »

A brand new site has recently been launched called Trade Your Games which allows users to sell their unwanted console games, consoles and Blu-Rays for cash payments. Although this has been done before on other sites including Music Magpie, the thing that makes Trade Your Games unique is that it is the only place in the UK where users can sell games for credit to buy games off the same website just like the model that is used on the high street. Read the rest of this entry »

According to popular scrap gold recycling site, Cashforgold2day in the current climate gold really is ‘worth its weight in gold’ and you are likely to get paid much more than you think when selling unwanted gold and jewellery online.

By digging out your unwanted gold and jewellery to make a little extra cash for Christmas or for the January sales, Cash for Gold 2day will pay you 30% more cash and get the money to you within 24 hours. Read the rest of this entry »