Episode 111 - Selling your Tech in 2025

This week on the Solid State Podcast… Spring in the air! Okay, it’s actually 80 degrees outside already, but hey that’s life in the swamp that I call home… 

But historically, the Spring season also conjures memories of the time-honored tradition of, yep, you guessed it… Spring Cleaning… 

For some, it’s clearing out a closet of clothes you’ll never wear again, and others its about finally clearing a path wide enough in the garage for a full-sized human to actually navigate end-to-end… but for the Solid State crew, well, let’s just say things are a little more, uhh, “gadget-y”…

Yep, for every un-used sweater my wife needs to get rid of there are easily three phones, tablets, laptops, or frankly TVs I would be better served sending off to, shall we say, “future endeavors” in someone else’s service… You know, all so I can then use the money (and reclaimed space) to buy yet more phones, tablets, laptops, and frankly… TVs……

And this got us thinking, in 2025 a TV isn’t just a TV anymore, a toaster many times isn’t just a toaster and heck… a car isn’t even just a car…

Every single one of these “smart” gadgets, devices, and appliances has, by nature, our digital fingerprint inextricably linked to them… and without a healthy dose of intentionality, that fingerprint goes right out the door with it once we sell, trade-in, or dispose of it. 

As with so many things, there has to be a “right” way to go about it then, so let’s fire up those eBay accounts, clear space in the junk drawer of charging cables you know you have, and let’s see what it takes to actually sell your tech in 2025…