Previously Owned Electronics: How to make sure this doesn’t happen to you.
Today I came across a story about used cell phones that I thought was interesting.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=10041189
“A Provo man got a little more than he paid for when he visited a thrift store. He bought a used cell phone, plugged it in and found a blow-you-away list of phone numbers for famous athletes and entertainment stars.
Turns out this cell phone once belonged to a Utahn who has made a fortune in sports business: Dave Checketts. He’s a former Jazz general manager and the man responsible for bringing a Major League Soccer team to Salt Lake.
The contacts included Patrick Ewing, Alan Houston, Wayne Gretzky, Bud Selig, David Stern, Marv Albert, Tom Brokaw and Jerry Colangelo, to name a few.”
This man bought a previously owned phone, and the previous owner hadn’t wiped the phone of all personal information. In this case, the info included contact information that could damage his career. Imagine someone phone pranking Tom Brokaw using your phone.
The world of previously owned electronics is on the cusp of huge growth. We’re growing rapidly, and as more people realize they can sell their older phones to a Cell Again franchisee and buy a quality previously owned phone at a good price, you’ll see it grow even more quickly. At Cell Again we have a process to make sure that all previously owned phones are wiped clean. This helps protect the customers we buy from and the ones we sell to.
