Where To Find A Verizon Wireless Reseller

Wireless phones have become more and more expensive. Manufacturing them is the biggest part of the cost, since the technology that goes into them has to be engineered to fit into the palm of your hand. Thankfully, there are lots of ways to get a $700 cellphone for pennies on the dollar, including the various resellers of cellphones. Take a Verizon wireless reseller for example. They buy and refurbish slightly older models and even barely used current models of the phones you want, then sell them to you for far less than new phone price. Here is how to find these sellers and what you should look for.

The "Certified Reseller" Label

To be a reseller of certain brands of phones, retailers have to become "certified." This ensures that you are not just buying a random phone from someone and that you have the opportunity to accept a service warranty or contract on the phone you purchase. If you do not see the label in a store window or you are in a larger discount retail store, ask the clerks about their certification before you begin perusing cellphones.

Big Retail Chains

Big retail chains are often resellers of Verizon products, as well as other phone and communications brands. The mark-up these stores place on reselling the phones is minimal, because they want your business and they want to sell their inventory of used and/or refurbished phones. (The idea is to draw you into the store to see the phones, and if they do not sell you a phone, you may still leave with things in your cart.) Just about any and every retail chain now resells products for a variety of phone brands and communications companies, making it really easy for you to find a phone wherever you shop.

The Company Stores

Verizon and other communications brands all have their own brick and mortar locations through which they sell new, used and refurbished phones. Because they do not do the kinds of mark-ups on their in-stock phones, you might want to try there first. They are a good option because they skip the "middle man" seller to sell directly to you. Of course, the drawback is that they may not have the phone you were looking for in stock and in the store when you stop in to check. However, they may be able to locate your ideal phone for the ideal price.