Amazon's Trade-In Program now includes Electronics, for gift-card credit

PC Magazine has a good description of Amazon's addition of Electronics 4 days ago to its Trade-in Program, which now allows its members to ship no-longer-wanted gadgets to Amazon in exchange for a gift card -- BUT, they don't want e-readers. :-)  Tablets are on the list though.

The actual exchanges are handled by a third-party merchant.  You can visit Amazon's overall trade-in program page to see how their program is handled.  Also, the list of products eligible for trading is on this page.   Amazon told PC Magazine that "... customers can click the feedback link in the Amazon Trade-in Store and let us know a specific product they would like to trade in."

And here's a page specifically for information on the new Electronics trade-in program.

  Amazon has a regularly updated list of products that qualify for trade-in and customers must make sure their used product exactly matches the product that Amazon is advertising can be traded-in for credit in gift-card form.

  Also, you must be sure that the item is postmarked no more than 7 days after submitting the product-info online.

  Users are asked to assess the quality of the item:  "Like New," "Good" and "Acceptable" - but 'the final decision is up to the merchant that Amazon selects.'

NO E-readers are included in product listings for trade-ins.  Tablets are though. :-) PC Magazine adds:

' Customers are free, to trade in a first-generation Apple 64 GB Wi-Fi/3G iPad (up to $417.25), Samsung Wi-Fi Galaxy Tab (up to $165.25) or HTC EVO 4G Android Phone (up to $209).  Amazon sells that version of the iPad through Pavilion Electronics for $647.99, the Tab for $349.99, and the EVO 4G via AmazonWireless.com for $119.99 (with an early termination fee of $200).

  The trade-in process allows users to print out a shipping label and ship it to Amazon for free, using a single box. The electronic gift card will be added to the user's account within two business days, Amazon said. '

At press time, PC Magazine adds,

' the "Hot GPS Trade-in of the Day" was a Garmin nuvi 370 3.5-inch Bluetooth portable GPS navigator, worth $160 in trade-in value.'

The trade-in program also includes video games, DVDs, and textbooks. '

Kindle 3's   (UK: Kindle 3's),   K3 Special, $114   DX Graphite

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The Amazon Trade-in Program - 3 stores - Update

THE AMAZON TRADE-IN PROGRAM
This includes Movies & TV, Paper Books and Textbooks, Video Games

In general, the program enables customers to send in items to a third-party merchant in exchange for an Amazon.com Gift Card.

Amazon's Trade-in Program enables you to send in items to a third party merchant in exchange for an Amazon.com Gift Card and includes DVDs, Blu-ray discs, or HDDVDs; eligible used books and college textbooks matching editions wanted and which are in good condition; and video games in good working condition.

USED BOOKS (Paper)
Plus a side note on the book highlighted in Amazon's current ad for that

I personally didn't realize Amazon has a trade-in program for used paper books.  The current Amazon used-book ad (see image at top left here) happens to show a more unusual book that I actually bought (there is no Kindle version): Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940.

  This was during the years when The Chinese Exclusion Act was in effect.

  There are side-notes explaining references made in most of the poems (translated to English), interesting historical photographs, and some memories from some who made it through and later became citizens.

  For the few who might be interested in what that era and place was like for those getting off the boats and onto the West Coast's equivalent of Ellis Island, I made a recent photo gallery (Intro here)


of a day spent visiting Angel Island's newly restored Immigration Station detention barracks, where the Chinese immigrants were, by design, held much longer (weeks or months or even two years, instead of 2 days) until they could answer questions satisfactorily or be sent home, and it was found that many of the men carved poems of dispair on the walls, which were often painted over.

  Some of the carvings (discovered one night in an inspection by Park Ranger Alexander Weiss touring the barracks with a flashlight) are now on display, with many of them reproduced and translated in this book along with history of the time, place, and of some of the people involved.  The intro to my photo-set, linked above, leads to the full photo gallery, for those interested in the exhibition of life in the barracks.

  The detention areas were restored only a couple of years ago as a historical exhibition of the immigration station, which was on, ironically, a quite beautiful island.  At least one current docent in his 80s entered the U.S. as a child during that time when relatives of many of us arrived at the Station with their parents.

The rated "Most Helpful" customer review of the book gives a good synopsis, while the first poem he cites reminds me of how many of us use our Kindles today.

BACK TO THE AMAZON TRADING PROGRAM
For more information, see the Help pages listed on Trade-in Program home page and visit the following Trade-In stores for:

  . Movies & TV
  . Textbooks and
  . Video Games.

Here's the Trade-in Program FAQ

STUDENTS AND TEXTBOOKS
I'm not sure many students and parents are aware of this program.  Amazon recently sent out an email on this that included: "Students, no matter where you bought your textbooks you can get up to 60% back when you sell them at Amazon.com's Book & Textbook Buyback Store."

IF ONLY
If only Amazon and the publishers would add a trade-in program for Kindle books...
  (Coming to my mind from a Beatles John Lennon song right now:
    You can say, I'm a dreamer... but I'm not the only one...)

(Thanks to Stuart for the correction.)


On-topic note about the Kindle
In the meantime, you might enjoy the latest online newspaper column of the "No Kindle for me!" type.  Laura Moyer rightly worries about the effect of the Kindle on brick and morter bookstores.


Kindle 3's   (UK: Kindle 3's),   DX Graphite

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UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or highest-rated ones
    Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.