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The Whiz Cells has a rating of 4.5 stars from 385 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. The Whiz Cells ranks 1st among Sell Cell Phone sites.

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Virginia
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Great Experience-Awesome Service!
March 1, 2026

Dealt with Bryan, Sales and he exceeded my expectation and had excellent customer service and got back to you really fast and assisted me with any questions I had. Only feedback is the original quote for your phones could come in lower depending on how the grade them. If you select Good, there are different price points depending on the wear of the phone. Good news is if you don't agree with their pricing, they will send the phones back for free. Lastly, once I approved the quote, which was a fair price, I was paid through Venmo immediately! Great company to deal with…. A must if you want to sell or buy cell phones!

Date of experience: February 19, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
1 day ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

North Carolina
1 review
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Excellent
February 28, 2026

The whole process was quick and easy. Printed mailing label from home. Notified about receipt and was paid.

Date of experience: February 18, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
2 days ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Minnesota
1 review
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Your services are good, but I was hoping for a bit more. I believe a higher payment would be fair.

Date of experience: February 16, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
4 days ago

Thank you for the positive review. Had your phone been the 256gb model as your order indicated rather than the 128gb model that you sent in, your payment would've been higher.

Colorado
1 review
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Great, trustworthy company👏
February 26, 2026

I was given extremely fast service for selling my cell phone. Will sell it again with this company! Better than T mobile service!

Date of experience: February 14, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
5 days ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Alabama
1 review
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EASY PEASY
February 21, 2026
Updated review

I followed the simple instructions provided by The Whiz Cells and received my check promptly. Highly recommend.

Date of experience: February 11, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
1 week ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.


Easy, peasy
February 8, 2026
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Easy, peasy

Date of experience: January 29, 2026
North Carolina
1 review
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Quick turn around
February 21, 2026

It was a easy process and the communication was effective

Date of experience: February 10, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
1 week ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Arizona
1 review
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Always a pleasure dealing with The Whiz Cells
February 20, 2026
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Great offer for my phone, no haggling about condition, fast payout

Date of experience: February 10, 2026

Reliably good
December 20, 2025
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I've never had a problem when dealing with The Whiz Cells.

Date of experience: December 10, 2025
Illinois
1 review
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The process is very straightforward on this site. Be honest about your product's condition, submit your trade-in, print label, pack your reset item securely, ship it out and wait for its assessment upon arrival for your payout. It is simple, and a great way for products to be re-homed, "gain life again" or be disposed of properly.

Date of experience: February 10, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
1 week ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

California
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Efficient
February 15, 2026

Was paid the price quoted for pixel watch 3. Not a ton of communication but that was fine. Process was smooth. Asked for Pin on watch even though I reset it. Better instructions would help with paranoia about changing all my pins and making sure device was disconnected from my account. It's possible they sent instructions and I missed it.

Date of experience: February 5, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
2 weeks ago

Thank you for the positive review. Our website & your order instructions state that all accounts must be removed & you must verify that there all PIN codes are removed from the device prior to resetting it. With a Pixel Watch that's connected to a device with a Google account on it, if you reset it you must then enter that PIN code to bypass the lock. This is a safety feature in case the device were to be lost or stolen. This is why we asked that this be done prior to sending the device in. As for communication, our website & your order instructions state that once the package is shipped we will reach out to you within 24 hours of receiving the package, which we did. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Ohio
1 review
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Awesome Service!
February 15, 2026
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I got an offer, sent the phone, and they did not try scam or undercut. I was honest with them and they were honest with me. I received the full offer. I would use this again. 100%. I had a question and contacted them and got a response fast. Thank you

Date of experience: February 5, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
2 weeks ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.


Easy to add information
February 3, 2026
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Easy to add information

Date of experience: January 23, 2026
North Carolina
1 review
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Quick and easy
February 15, 2026

So I went with Whiz Cells mainly due to customer reviews and also the different payment options. Every step was simple and payment prompt. Thanks for great service.

Date of experience: February 5, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
2 weeks ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

California
1 review
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I had an old phone laying around and sent in. I was paid quickly upon inspection

Date of experience: February 4, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
2 weeks ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

New York
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So. They give you two options on condition before offering "broken" as a third.

The correct and ethic thing this company should do is offer a "fair" option. But that would prevent them from enticing you to ship it and allow them to cut down the offer significantly.

So if your phone is in good condition but has more scratches or less than 85% battery, there is no way to inform them (by design.)

This DOES facilitate something close to bait and switch.

Sell your phone locally. They are absolutely banking on you not wanting to deal with the hassle of shipping back. I was offered $150 by a place here in Denver even with the scratches and battery. Should have taken the deal.

They took over $200+ off my offer when I know they can get excellent prices on screens and batteries. They could have come up more than $78. But we live in very greedy times

I accepted because 14 values are dropping like crazy this year, and Verizon covered my new Air anyway.

Don't waste your time. Sell it locally and get an on the spot review and offer from someone who can't hide behind distance and shipping hassle.

2 stars because at least the instant payment was legit.

And if they don't like my review? Then they need to revamp their condition options to allow for a closer accuracy your condition.

Cheers.

Date of experience: January 26, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
4 weeks ago

Hi Johnathan,

Thank you for your feedback. While we do love to see 5-star feedback from highly satisfied customers, we also appreciate constructive criticism like yours. You took the time to leave this feedback, and it is helpful. We currently have 4 conditions to choose from, m and we are considering adding another condition grade, possibly 2. We did have an option to select about the battery health, and it was not well received from referral sites like the one you came from. Because of that, we took it down. Most of the other buyback sites do not have a battery health option to select from either.

A couple of other points you made are good ones. The iPhone 14 values are dropping very quickly. Your phone is in very poor condition. It will require a lot of work and time. Both of those are costly. While I will not cover up the fact that we are a business and not a charity, we do have to be profitable, otherwise, all of us can not all make a living. Having said that, the margins are extremely small in this industry. While you see $78 as being greedy, we have many other costs. The cost of shipping to us, in some people's case we supply packaging, marketing costs, which in your case nearly doubled what we have in your phone, as you came from a referral site that charges a high commission for simply placing an order with us. Someone has to test the device, do repair work, then the cost of selling the device. When coming to our site directly, it gives us a little better flexibility with our offers.

We truly want to give a good experience. Sometimes buyers and sellers do not see eye to eye. We offer free return shipping, no hassle. Thank you for giving us a try. It may be a very remote possibility but we would look forward to serving you again in the future. You can always email us with pictures for a more precise quote. [email protected]

Kansas
1 review
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No hiccups.
February 3, 2026

I was worried about any hiccups. Luckily everything went smoothly. I would record the packaging process and the turning it in to your mail carrier staff just as proof, in the event that your package is stolen in transit. For insurance.

But if you describe your phone correctly, and it doesn't get stolen, you'll get paid exactly what was shown to you. Got a good offer for my s25 ultra, 1tb, flawless condition.

Got paid. I'll be using the whiz cells again. Hopefully next time will be just as smooth.

Date of experience: January 24, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
4 weeks ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

New Jersey
1 review
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Fast cash
January 27, 2026

I like the way Whizcells works and pay the order cash. They have paid in the same day the item delivered.

Date of experience: January 17, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
1 month ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Washington
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Not as advertised or expected
January 27, 2026

While my phones has a few light scratches, the phone price was heavily discounted from the original proposal and once the have the phones, you are basically stuck without a lot of time and headache... wont ever use this group again. Better off negotiating at a mall kiosk!

Date of experience: January 17, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
1 month ago

Hi Danny, We are sorry to see that you are unhappy. That is never our goal. I would like to point a few things out. The condition of the phone is very poor. It looks like it was dragged across concrete. A picture is here. https://app.screencast.com/4lWD2LpzcKn3B.

Also, you are not stuck once we have the device. We offer free shipping back, and you have a week to make a decision. That does not seem like a headache or being pressed for time. You can simply click decline, and the device comes back to you free of charge. We offer this to make it easy and pressure-free, as well as with no financial cost to you.

Again, we are sorry that you are unhappy. We understand that sometimes buyers and sellers see things differently. That is why we pay shipping costs to us and back to you if there is a disagreement. Thank you for giving us a try. Have a great weekend.

Texas
1 review
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Speedy and reliable
January 26, 2026

The process was very easy and quick to sell. Opted for the gift card option and they have a wide variety to pick from. Wasn't disappointed.

Date of experience: January 15, 2026
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1 month ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Alabama
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Great communicators!
January 23, 2026

They stayed in touch with me the entire time from initial quote through to the final payment.

Date of experience: January 13, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
1 month ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Minnesota
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I choose good because my phone's screen and battery were in great condition but when I got my offer they gave less than half of what they said they would pay for a good phone since it had some scratches on the side rails that would be covered up by a case anyway other than that it was in perfect condition.

Date of experience: January 13, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
1 month ago

Our guidelines of what qualifies as a "Good" condition device are very clear. While to you the scratches on the side rails (frame) are not a big deal & can be covered by a case, a customer that would purchase the device as refurbished would not think so. Because of this, the device required a new frame, which is not cheap. Photos of your device are below, showing that the device was heavily dings/scuffed/scratched.
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Texas
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Perfect Transaction
January 21, 2026

I had an excellent experience. Whiz Cells did everything they said they would. If you're not sure about the condition of your phone send them an email. They'll give you a bid based on exactly what you have.

Date of experience: January 11, 2026
Travis M. The Whiz Cells Rep
1 month ago

Thank you for the positive review. If you have any devices to sell in the future, please remember us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.