Do you have old electronics in the house? It can be worth a lot

Continuous technological advancement means that the telephone we have been using for two years is considered a bit old-fashioned and out of date. Despite this, some still look with sentiment at equipment from decades ago. If you have them at home, you can make a lot of money by selling them.

According to an Internet joke, someone once found a Nokia 3310 at home that still had a charged battery after 20 years. There is a certain feeling in this story for the durability of the old electronics, which should have had a much longer life than modern devices. No wonder then old phones, music players and monitors are now experiencing their rebirth. In this material, we focus on some of them.

Leciwa Nokia 3310 today it is even considered a cult phone. Since it was available to everyone, we won’t have much money for it at the moment – its prices are around 50 PLN. The situation is different in the case of the Nokia 6310, which – due to the higher price – was perceived years ago as a premium product. New Nokia 6310i models in the business phone line are available at auction sites they are sold for about 3 thousand. zloty.

Another piece of equipment that is experiencing its renaissance are CRT monitors and TVs (from Cathode Ray Tube). The old “boxes” are particularly popular with gamers, because modern LCD monitors can’t provide them with the same experience. As there are fewer and fewer CRTs on the market, their value increases.

As Karol Kołtowski wrote“CRT monitors come at a price because classic consoles like PlayStation, NES, SNES, Nintendo 64 and Commodore 64 were created with this type of screen in mind.” Currently, we can even get several hundred zlotys for them.

An equally desirable piece of equipment is the classic iPod. Until a few years ago, the latest models of this portable media player (Nano, Shuffle and Touch) were being offered on eBay for £ 500. Currently, the iPod Classic 160 GB is sold on auction sites for around PLN 400-600. U2 limited edition models are much more valuable. For a complete equipment in good condition, you can expect over 2,000. dollars.

Walkmans, or portable cassette players, debuted in 1979. Today for the older original models Sony you can get a lot of money. On auction sites, their prices range from several hundred to several thousand zlotys. On Allegro you can find, for example, the Walkman Sony Minidisc No.1, which was issued for PLN 3,999.

In the 1990s, the 8-bit Pegasus console was the beginning of a video game adventure for many Poles. The equipment first presented in 1991 was a copy of the Japanese NES console (Nintendo entertainment system). Original today Pegasus IQ–502 is offered at auctions for around PLN 400-600 (usually with a variety of games).

At a time when Pegasus was triumphant, the company’s Game Boy handheld console was also popular Nintendo. The equipment debuted in 1989. Versions such as the 1996 Game Boy Pocket or 1998 Game Boy Color. they are sold today for several hundred zlotys. On eBay you will also find an offer for a 1989 boxed Game Boy Classic with a set of games for € 499.99.