Millions of new cell phones were given as gifts this year. What will become of the old ones?
Ocala, FL (PRWEB) January 2, 2006 Cell phone sales are strong all year long, but the fourth quarter of every year brings with it a stampede of anxious cell phone buyers. In particular the time period between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are especially busy. Some estimate that the industry rings up nearly one quarter of its new cell phone sales during that time period. That’s a lot of cell phones. But what makes those numbers even more dramatic is that many of those fancy new cell phones will be replacing older model phones – phones that work fine but don’t have all the bells and whistles of the shiny new models. So what happens to all those old-model cell phones, anyway? James Mosieur, chief executive officer of RMS Communications Group Inc., hopes that thousands of them will find their way into his mailbox. RMS is one of the nation’s leading recycler and re-marketer of old cell phones. The company actually pays cash to people who sell their old phones to RMS via their websi