BuyMyTronics.com was an electronics resale business in
Denver, Colorado
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,
founded in 2007 as BuyMyBrokeniPod.com.
[ Its ]business model
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was to purchase used and broken cell phones, iPods, iPhones
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, game consoles
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, pdas, MP3 players
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, Apple laptops, and other electronics that have been replaced by newer models.
History
In 2007, BuyMyTronics.com was operated and founded by Brett Mosley. In his first year, he hired two employees, fixed 1,000 iPod
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s, and branched out into fixing his first dozen iPhones and game consoles. Fixed models were resold online, and other models were scrapped for their parts; Mosley stated that this was both profitable and productive toward electronic waste
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mitigation.laptop
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s, and MP3 players,
See also
* Electronic waste in the United States
Electronic waste or e-waste in the United States refers to electronic products that have reached the end of their operable lives, and the United States is beginning to address its waste problems with regulations at a state and federal level. Us ...
* Mobile phone recycling
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References
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External links
BuyMyTronics.com
2007 establishments in Colorado
2013 disestablishments in Colorado
2013 mergers and acquisitions
American companies established in 2007
American companies disestablished in 2013
Companies based in Denver
Internet properties established in 2007
Internet properties disestablished in 2013
Defunct online companies of the United States
Electronic waste in the United States
GameStop
Mobile phone recycling
Waste management companies of the United States