Pick your situation
| Your situation | The best place | Why |
|---|---|---|
| You need the money now | A shop that pays cash | Firm price in about 5 minutes, paid on the spot |
| You have time and a recent phone | A private sale (Marketplace, Kijiji) | Often the highest asking price, if a serious buyer shows up |
| You are buying your next phone at Apple | Compare Apple credit with cash | Apple pays in credit; a shop pays money you can spend anywhere |
| You are signing a new plan | The carrier’s promo, then cash | Bill credits can be worth it, but they are tied to the plan |
| Your phone is old or broken | A shop that buys broken phones | Ads for broken phones mostly attract lowball offers |
| You are not in Montréal | A mail-in buyer that pays money | Free shipping, paid by transfer after the check |
Judge a place in two minutes
- Does it show a price before you travel? A real buyer publishes a price per model, as our sell pages do, model by model.
- Is the price firm once the phone is checked, and if you ship it, is the quoted price honoured when the condition matches what you described?
- How does it pay: cash, transfer, or a credit you can only spend there?
- Does it ask for ID and check that the phone is not stolen? The law requires it for used goods.
- What do its Google reviews say, and how many are there? SubSell has 1,700+ at 4.9/5.
- What happens to your data after the sale? Here, it is erased with professional software before any resale.
Why Montrealers choose SubSell
We are a family-run shop at 757 Rue Beaubien East, 30 seconds from Métro Beaubien, at the same address since 2017, with 50,000+ transactions behind us. You walk in without an appointment, we check your phone in front of you, tell you the price, and if it suits you, pay you cash on the spot, with a receipt. If the price does not suit you, you leave with your phone: no obligation.