I just put my rooted and unlocked MyTouch 3G on eBay. The starting price is set at 300$ and the Buy it Now price is at 400$. Shipping is free as usual.

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I wish people could find my blog looking for useful tutorials and not Wall-E porn and other deviant miscellany.

I've seen worse.

Every year, it’s the same thing. Yahoo!, About.com and others publish the same run-of-the-mill article with money-saving tips for the new year. However, we are geeks, and they forgot we have quite a few more ways to keep our account balance in the green.

Trade phones instead of buying them

For high-tech phone lovers, dealing with 3-year contracts and upgrade policies is routine work. However, constantly getting that 80$ plan in order to score a great price on a smartphone is not a smart decision. A great and cheap way to get new phones is to buy them from cellphone forums. Howard’s Forums and XDA-Developers both have trading boards for members. It’s a great spot to find a cheaper (and sometimes almost new) phone for a good price. In my case, I traded a shitty HTC Diamond for an absolutely awesome HTC Magic and it didn’t cost me a dime.

You can always sell the phone on eBay, as long as you don’t just let it there, collecting dust.

Crack your gadgets before you list them on eBay

Before you put your phone on eBay, crack it. A jailbroken/rooted/flashed phone always bring in more dough than a stock device. I was able to get ridiculous bids on older phones flashed with the latest Windows Mobile ROM. XDA-Developers is an excellent ressource for anyone wishing to hack their HTC phones.

Pictured above: loot

Coupons exist online, too

As soon as you see a “coupon” or “voucher” field when you reach checkout, your first reflex should be to head at RetailMeNot to check if there is any coupon you could use. Dell has some pretty slick deals you can profit from simply by taking

Buy online …but you knew that

This one needs no explanation. If you don’t already know about eBay or Newegg, you shouldn’t be reading this.

Let your bank do the work

There’s a sweet thing some bank can do for you. In my case, 20$ + 5$ for every transaction I made with my debit card go in my savings account every friday. Since I can only withdraw from that saving account twice a month before being charged, it’s a great way to put some money aside without hassle.