Sell My Phone in Crewe
Crewe has a handful of trade-in counters in the Market Shopping Centre and along Victoria Street, but comparing them takes a morning. One WhatsApp message gets you a PhonesForCash guide valuation to measure them against — and we'll match or beat a current CeX cash price on a like-for-like device.
We'll Match or Beat CeX
Got a current CeX cash price for the same device? We'll match or beat it on a like-for-like basis.*
*Like-for-like means the same device model, storage capacity and equivalent condition or grade. The CeX cash price must be current and verifiable, and refers to the CeX cash value rather than the higher voucher or exchange value. Final valuation is subject to inspection of the device. Terms apply.
PhonesForCash is not affiliated with, endorsed by or partnered with CeX. CeX is named only as an identifiable competitor for the purpose of the comparison. Read the full CeX price match terms.
Get Your ValuationHow Crewe customers sell with us: There is no PhonesForCash counter in Crewe. Selling here is by tracked post after a guide valuation, with the confirmed offer given once the device has been tested and IMEI-checked.
St Helens is about 45 minutes from Crewe via the M6, and Crewe's rail links make onward travel easy — but for a single handset, posting is quicker than either.
Selling from Crewe works entirely by post: message the model, storage, condition and photos, get a guide valuation back, then send the device on a tracked, insured service using the instructions we give you. Nothing is posted until you've seen a figure and agreed to go ahead, and if the confirmed offer after inspection isn't what you want, the device comes straight back to you.
Crewe's transport-hub workforce means a lot of ruggedised and work-issued handsets come through from here. If a phone has been enrolled in a company mobile device management profile, it needs releasing by the employer before it can be resold — we can't remove those, and we don't buy devices that still carry them.
Phones we buy from Crewe
- Apple iPhone
- Samsung Galaxy
- Google Pixel
- OnePlus
- Motorola
- Xiaomi
- Huawei
- Sony Xperia
- Other smartphones
- New & sealed phones
- Unwanted upgrades
- Broken or damaged (where viable)
How the process works
- 1Tell us the model, storage and condition.
- 2Send photos of the device — front, back, screen on, settings panel for battery health if iPhone.
- 3We reply with an initial guide estimate based on what you've shown us.
- 4Bring the phone to St Helens, or arrange a posted send-in if a visit isn't practical.
- 5We test, IMEI-check and inspect — the confirmed offer is shared with you.
- 6Payment is made by cash or bank transfer once you accept the confirmed offer.
What affects your valuation
- Exact model and storage capacity
- Cosmetic and screen condition
- Battery health (iPhone) or panel wear (Samsung)
- Network and activation lock status
- IMEI status — blacklisted phones cannot be bought
- Whether the box and accessories are included
- Current second-hand demand for that model