# Computer "trade-in" deals - any experience?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-trade-in-deals-any-experience/451189>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 30, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-trade-in-deals-any-experience/451189 "2008-05-30T20:37:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-trade-in-deals-any-experience/451189/1 "2008-05-30T20:37:02Z")

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Gateway has a program (and I’m sure others do, too) where you can trade in your old computer equipment. Basically, you sell it to a recycler (they use DealTree) and it looks like you get credit with Gateway.

I ran my dead-display laptop through their estimator and it looks like I could get back some $200 on it, which might make it worth considering buying a new laptop.

Has anyone here used this service? Does it work well, or are there gotchas I should be aware of?

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-trade-in-deals-any-experience/451189/2 "2008-06-02T18:08:45Z")

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Bump.