Where to sell used electronics in Miami

Six ways to turn an old phone, laptop or console into money in this city — what each one actually pays, how long it really takes, and when you should pick someone other than us.

Written by Buyback Point, 1879 W Flagler St · Updated October 2026

Facebook Marketplace

This is where most people start, and on paper it pays the most: there's no middleman, so the full retail-ish price is yours.

Then reality shows up. You post an iPhone and within an hour you have thirty messages that all say "is this still available?" You reply to every one. Half never answer again. Someone agrees to meet at six, then goes quiet. Someone else shows up at seven, spends half an hour testing every button and camera lens in a parking lot, and then tries to talk you down $150 because they "found one cheaper." Often they don't show up at all.

Add it up and the "best price" cost you a week of messages and three wasted evenings. Plenty of people decide the extra $80 wasn't worth it. There's a safety side too: you're arranging to meet a stranger from the internet while holding something worth a thousand dollars.

OfferUp and Craigslist

Same model as Marketplace with a smaller audience in South Florida, so the same problems with fewer buyers: lowball offers within minutes, no-shows, and haggling at the meeting point. OfferUp's shipping option helps for small items, but you're waiting on a buyer, then on delivery, then on the money.

Carrier trade-in (T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon)

Easy, and sometimes the biggest number you'll see — but read what the number is. Carrier trade-ins are usually bill credit spread over 24 or 36 months, not cash, and they're tied to you staying on that plan and often to buying a new phone on a contract. Leave early and the remaining credit disappears.

Their condition rules are also strict and graded after you've already handed the phone over. If what you want is money in your pocket today, or your phone isn't the latest flagship, a carrier is rarely the best choice.

Mail-in buyback websites

Gazelle, ItsWorthMore, Sell Shark, Buyback Boss and others. You get a quote online, post the device with a prepaid label, they inspect it, and they pay — typically a week to two weeks from start to finish.

It's a decent system and we use the same model for people outside Miami. The downsides: you're without the device and without the money while it's in transit, revised offers are common, and if you disagree you're shipping it back and starting over. If you're local, there's no reason to post something across the country that you could sell in person in ten minutes.

Pawn shops

Fast, and they'll take almost anything. But a pawn shop's business is lending against collateral, not reselling electronics, so they price for the worst case and expect to haggle. Offers on phones and laptops are usually well below what a specialist pays. Fine in an emergency, expensive the rest of the time.

A local electronics buyback store

This is what we do, so treat this section with the skepticism it deserves — but here's the honest case for it.

You get a price online before leaving the house. You walk in, we check the device while you wait, and you leave with the money. No strangers, no messages, no haggling, no shipping, no waiting on a credit that shows up on a phone bill two years from now. It's a registered business with an address on Flagler, so if something goes wrong there's someone to come back to.

The trade-off is that a shop has to make a margin, so you won't get the full Marketplace price. What you're buying with that difference is your afternoon back.

Side by side

So which should you pick?

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