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June 03, 2009
SpeedSell helps Apple Mac owners sell unwanted laptops

SpeedSell helps APPLE MAC OWNERS SELL unwanted laptops

Innovative website offers instant online quote to buy old MacBooks, iBooks & PowerBooks with free packaging and home/workplace collection

 

June 03, 2009 – London – SpeedSell, a new business helping consumers sell unwanted electronics, begins trading Apple Macs today.  SpeedSell is the UK’s first online ‘rag and bone’ business, offering instant online prices and free collection from home or the workplace.  Mac owners can now make money selling old items without the hassle and uncertainty of trying to use auction websites.

SpeedSell is a new concept in selling, giving sellers an instant online price for their unwanted items. Sellers find their item and answer a few questions at http://www.SpeedSell.com: a price is then instantly generated online.   SpeedSell offers free packaging and free next-working-day courier collection from homes and workplaces anywhere in the UK on all Apple Macs.  Sellers can also post items to SpeedSell from any Post Office. Items are checked at SpeedSell’s processing centre and sellers are paid within 4 days by cheque or PayPal. 

Selling with SpeedSell typically takes less than two minutes” said George Bevis, CEO of SpeedSell.  “Although most British internet users have bought using auction websites like eBay, few choose to sell there. People see selling in auctions as inconvenient and risky.  SpeedSell makes selling easy and risk-free.”

SpeedSell’s consumer research (conducted by independent agency GMI)  shows that 28% of British people say they never sell, and another 34% sell only 1-2 times per year.

SpeedSell has been trading games consoles and games for over a year to ensure a perfect customer experience for high volumes of sellers.  SpeedSell is now buying Mac laptops (MacBook, MacBook Pro, iBook, PowerBook etc), offering up to £975 for a 17” MacBook Pro or £592 for MacBook Air.  The company expects to  begin trading desktop Macs later in 2009.

At a time when British finances are stretched, Mac users will find SpeedSell a convenient way to release value from unwanted electronics.  SpeedSell expects a rush of sellers as the recession deepens, and advises customers to sell their Macs early to get the highest price.

SpeedSell uses specially developed mathematical techniques to predict the resale value of items on auction sites.  SpeedSell uses these estimates to make an instant online offer to customers to buy their items, and ultimately resells on secondary markets such as eBay.  SpeedSell uses expertise in selling to make a profit when it resells.  The “Internet Rag and Bone” business model is established in the USA but SpeedSell is the first business of its kind in Europe.  Users value the speed, convenience and low risk of selling to a professional buyer like SpeedSell.

For more information, contact:

George Bevis, Founder and CEO, SpeedSell Ltd

Email: press@speedsell.com

Telephone: +44 (0) 207 060 2134

http://www.SpeedSell.com

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