YOU HAVE YOUR SAY
EVERY week, Money Mail receives hundreds of your letters and emails about our stories. Here are some from our article explaining how you could earn hundreds by recycling your old electrical items:
THERE should be a law which forces you to hand over your old smartphone when you upgrade, so that precious metals can be recovered. If we truly care about the planet, we cannot continue to exploit it every time we want the latest ‘must-have’ item.
M. N., Gosport, Hants. I’M JUST not comfortable handing over old phones and computers to a company. I’d worry about leaving personal information on them, and what could happen if it fell into the wrong hands. We keep all of our devices that no longer work.
E. R., Berkshire. THERE is money to be made from old electrical items. I sold my son’s six-year-old games console for £200 yesterday. I couldn’t believe that I got such a good price for it. I thought it was fit for the scrap heap.
S. P., by email. I SELL my old things on an online auction site, including phones, headphones, DVDs and CDs. It’s a great way to recycle, and you can use the cash you make to buy new things.
R. S., London. I WOULD never sell an old laptop again. I did it once, and while I thought I had wiped it clean, a hacker targeted me soon after. Someone bought £2,000 worth of goods on my eBay account. Fortunately, I managed to get my money back.
B. N., Sandbach, Cheshire. BEFORE you sell an old phone to a company, check reviews on a site such as Trustpilot. Some firms may draw you in with a high estimate price, before offering just a fraction of this sum once they have your phone. ÷ WE LOVE hearing from our loyal readers, so ask that during this challenging time you write to us by email where possible, as we will not pick up letters sent to our postal address as regularly as usual. You can write to: asktony@ dailymail.co.uk or, if you prefer, Ask Tony, Money Mail, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT — please include your daytime phone number, postal address and a separate note addressed to the offending organisation giving them permission to talk to Tony Hazell. We regret we cannot reply to individual letters. Please do not send original documents as we cannot take responsibility for them. No legal responsibility can be accepted by the Daily Mail for answers given.