Digital
literacy is often seen in the limited sense of an individual’s
ability to use and benefit from modern electronic gadgets today.
However, there is also a need for people to know the true worth of
the vast array of gadgets which are at offer. This is especially true
for many of us who are used to selling our old wares to the local
scraps buyer or the kabadiwala. In this age of smart gadgets where
our mobile phones are lighter than our wrist watches and our laptops
weigh less than our shoes, the weighing scale of the kabadiwala will
yield us naught nought. You surely do not want to part with your
three year old Rs. 20,000 mobile phone for Rs. 300. Bargaining with
them for a better price would seem useless today given the
difficulty, if not for an impossibility, for any individual to judge
the right price of the array of electronic gadgets available to us
today with newer editions being released every other week.
Personally,
I have a had a great fascination for every new release of mobile
phone and laptop since my first purchase during college in 2004. With
every technological innovation, I would be urged to revise model and
edition of the mobile phone and laptop that I possessed. I have ever
frequently changed my phone since the days of the first Nokia speaker
phone to my Galaxy S6 and Dell Latitude-X300 to my Macbook Air. I
have since changed six phones and 3 laptops, but have always felt
burdened with the need to sell my previous possessions. I hate
bargaining and get annoyed when people underestimate prices based
simply on how old they are. Imagine my horror in 2011 when a
neighbour argued with me on why my perfectly functional neatly kept
Iphone3G was to cost no more than Rs. 3000. This hassle has
often led me to resort to waiting for a better price and thus
hoarding. Online portals offer chances to put one’s product
for sale but the hassle of having to bargain a right price still
remains. My mother had in this frustration once sold off our
first Dell laptop to the scrap dealer without my knowledge while I
was back in hostel. Eventually, even I ended up selling them for
cheaper prices with a heavy heart, just to avoid watching them rust
and rot in disuse.
We
need a buyer who is proficient enough to understand the inherent
worth of our gadgets based on the features and values they continue
to offer. This is especially true in the case of our mobile phones
and laptops which we tend to change more frequently than the rest.
This festive month seems offering a perfect time to make use of it. So why make haste and let your devices to rot. It’s time to make the most of #cleanupcashout before beginning your purchases this Diwali.
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