Amazon has been advertising their Kindle trade-in program again lately that includes a $20 bonus credit toward the purchase of a new Kindle.
It’s a promotion that’s been ongoing all year so it’s not anything new, but looking at some of the trade-in values some are so low it’s hardly worth the trouble of trading them in.
For instance, if your Kindle doesn’t work right or it has a cracked screen you can only get $5 for it, even if it’s the 3G Kindle Oasis without ads that sells for $379.
That brings up another interesting detail. If you paid and extra $70 for a Kindle with 3G wireless, that doesn’t add one single dollar to the trade-in value.
Another point to note is that all Kindle Paperwhites have the same trade-in value. If you buy a brand new Kindle Paperwhite 3 today its trade-in value is the exact same as a Paperwhite 1 that was released 5 years ago.
All Kindle Paperwhite models have a trade-in value of $35. Add the $20 bonus credit to that and $55 for a Paperwhite 1 seems pretty good considering new ones frequently go on sale for $99.
Some of the trade-in values make no logical sense. Like the original Kindle Touch is only worth $10 and yet the same generation non-touch model is worth twice as much.
Below is the list of current Kindle trade-in values for devices in good working condition without a cracked screen. If it has a cracked screen or other problem then it’s only worth $5, but it’s still an easy way to unload a broken Kindle to get $25 off a new one.
Kindle Trade-in Values
Kindle Keyboard (3rd Gen) – $10
Kindle Touch (4th Gen) – $10
Kindle (4th Gen) – $20
Kindle (5th Gen) – $20
Kindle (7th Gen) – $20
Kindle (8th Gen) – $20
Kindle Paperwhite (All Versions) – $35
Kindle Voyage (7th Gen) – $65
Kindle Oasis (8th Gen) – $100
NOPE… sell it on eBay. You can get around $20 or more for a Kindle Keyboard (3rd Gen)
I’ll hold on to my 2nd Gen with a good battery and 3G that still works… I just checked and downloaded an ebook to it using 3G.
Yeah but once you add shipping, eBay and PayPal fees, and the time it takes to create the listing, take pictures, package it up, print a shipping label and drop it off at the post office you’re better off just giving it away and spending that time doing something fun. 😀
Amazon trade-ins are an absolute ripof, while the process is extremely slow amd archaic all the while they are absolutely anal picky about devices. It’s Better to sell it on offer-up locally or as mentioned I’ve had good luck selling it on eBay without too much hassle. Time is gonna fly anyway might as well de-clutter and make some money doing it.
I’ve had good experiences with Amazon trade-ins in the past. One time they even upgraded the condition so I got more money than expected. It just depends on what you’re trading in and how much of a hassle you want to deal with. To me anything’s better than dealing with flakey Craigslist weirdos. I’ve had pretty good luck with eBay but selling single items under about $40 isn’t worth the time and trouble after paying for shipping and other fees.
Giving it away is also another option as you said… usually that’s what I do… never sold anything on eBay or Craigslist… bought a lot of stuff there though 😉
I was going through my library on my Oasis today and a Kindle Solstice user guide showed up in my list of books. Could this be an accidental leak of the name of a new Kindle to be released? I opened it and it says welcome to your new Kindle Placeholder. I think this might be a version of the manual before the device was named.
No, that’s nothing new. Others have noticed the reference to Solstice dating back to last year. They use placeholders and codenames and apparently forget to edit them out sometimes.
Is there a way to attach photos to the comments?
I sold mine on buybackworld.com got cash Amazon gives you a gift card
My kindle has a keyboard at the bottom, what is it’s value for selling
Considering that model is 10 years old now, not much. Maybe $30 on eBay. After paying fees and shipping it’s hardly worth the effort.