Compare trade-in offers for my old phone
Trade-in and buyback offers in one table, with the real payout, the payment type and the terms.
- You start it: When you start it
What it does
The task
Get trade-in and buyback offers for my device in this condition: condition. Check the maker's trade-in program, at least 2 mobile carriers and 3 buyback sites, and the median sold price on eBay after fees. For each offer, give the payout, whether it is cash or credit, the condition rules, the shipping and the time to pay. Put them in a table, the highest cash payout first. Do not accept an offer or enter my personal details.
- It works in eBay, any online store and any website, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
- It runs once, when you start it.
What you give it
| Blank | What to give | Example |
|---|---|---|
| device | The brand, the model and the storage | Corvex Phone 13, 256 GB |
| condition | The screen, the body and the battery health | Small scratches on the screen, battery health 86% |
What you get back
An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.
Corvex Phone 13, 256 GB, small scratches, battery 86%
| Offer | Payout | Type | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| eBay, median sold price after fees | 312 EUR | cash | when it sells |
| Swapbox buyback | 265 EUR | cash | 3 days after their check |
| ReCell Direct | 228 EUR | cash | 5 days after their check |
| Corvex trade-in | 290 EUR | store credit | at purchase |
| Teleon carrier | 240 EUR | bill credit | over 24 months |
Note: Swapbox pays 40 EUR less for a battery under 85%. Yours is at 86%.
Run it in Cuiar
- 01
Open it
Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.
- 02
Fill in 2 blanks
Type device and condition. Tab moves to the next blank.
- 03
Run it
Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.
From the terminal
cuiar exec "Get trade-in and buyback offers for my Corvex Phone 13, 256 GB in this condition: Small scratches on the screen, battery health 86%. Check the maker's trade-in program, at least 2 mobile carriers and 3 buyback sites, and the median sold price on eBay after fees. For each offer, give the payout, whether it is cash or credit, the condition rules, the shipping and the time to pay. Put them in a table, the highest cash payout first. Do not accept an offer or enter my personal details."Run it from your AI agent
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.
1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp2. Ask your agent
Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Compare trade-in offers for my old phone" template with device = Corvex Phone 13, 256 GB; condition = Small scratches on the screen, battery health 86%.Setup for other agents: AI agents.
The tool call
{
"name": "run_task",
"arguments": {
"task": "Get trade-in and buyback offers for my Corvex Phone 13, 256 GB in this condition: Small scratches on the screen, battery health 86%. Check the maker's trade-in program, at least 2 mobile carriers and 3 buyback sites, and the median sold price on eBay after fees. For each offer, give the payout, whether it is cash or credit, the condition rules, the shipping and the time to pay. Put them in a table, the highest cash payout first. Do not accept an offer or enter my personal details."
}
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