Denver Entrepreneur Buying Broken Gadgets
Like most people, Scott Konke loves his iPod, and like most teenagers, he may be a little hard on it.
“It worked for a long time. I don’t know what happened — maybe I dropped it too many times. It just kind of shut down,” Konke told CBS4.
That’s when he found buymytronics.com, a year-old Web site that offers money for used or broken electronics.
“It usually is more money to repair an electronic device than it is to actually buy a new one,” said Brett Mosley, company CEO.
Mosley got the idea for buymytronics.com after his iPod stopped working. He wanted to provide an easy convenient way to recycle small electronics. So he taught himself how to repair the gadgets and he resells them as used.
“We’re kind of filling a niche in the market. People need to get money for their broken gadgets and we’re the spot to do it at,” Mosley added.
Mosley breaks down some of the gadgets for parts. Others he fixes and sells, and the bits and pieces he can’t use he sends to an environmentally ethical recycler.
He’s planning on expanding the business to include old laptop computers, GPS devices and digital photography equipment.
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Melanie D. on May 18th, 2008 7:02 am
Finally, my defective gadgets can now be of use to someone who has the patience to study and repair electronic parts. I knew my defective laptop’s not yet a junk.
Budget Traveler on May 18th, 2008 6:56 pm
That’s a good idea to repair it,sometimes the problem is the gadgets are out of date or no spare parts available.
Angela on May 19th, 2008 5:55 pm
I am frugal, and I try to stretch my dollar as much as possibly by buying cheap when I can. I don’t mind buying items at a reduced price because they’re refurbished. So I love this idea of someone buying broken things for the purpose of rebuilding them. It’s great.
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