Trade in your old gadgets for cash

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high. Let’s get straight to the recap. First, lost baggage rates are increasing. But we have insider tips on how to beat the odds for your next trip and find your luggage. If this happens to you, make money from your old gadgets. More and more retailers are now offering exchange programs and we have the biggest ones that will make you big bucks. And finally it’s already time to start thinking about the start of the school year in July. We have the discounts. A store has an offer you won’t want to pass up even if you’re not ready to start shopping yet. The first travel numbers are back and that also includes lost luggage. According to a *** report by the Ministry of Transport, more than 684,000 bags were mishandled in the first quarter of this year alone. Just the first trimester. How can you make sure your bag isn’t one of them? Here are a few tips. Tuck in loose straps first, they get tangled in machinery, screw everything up or get tangled with another suitcase and be sure to remove barcode stickers and tags from previous trips. I do this all the time. Everyone in my family makes fun of me. It does not matter. It matters. Peel off the barcodes. Mother travels. Travel insiders also say the best way to get your luggage back is to use better tags. Most bags are black or blue or gray. You know the market. So make sure your name and phone number are labeled on the outside of it. No matter which airline you fly with. you will also want to download this app. Okay because you can actually track your bags when they board and also when they get off the plane or track them yourself with an Apple Air tag, just throw them in your luggage, put them follow yourself. We have other tips, including how to get a refund if they lose your bag on Rawson dot com reports. Next, if your summer cleaning dug up any old electronics or they’re lying around the house, don’t throw them away. Major retailers offer you cash to redeem them. First of all, Gamestop, you can trade anything from video games to consoles to headphones. All you have to do is go to this website here Gamestop dot com slash trade check this. You can get up to $220 for *** Nintendo Switch Oleds, that’s *** a lot of money. Then take your item to the store you get cash or credit for it and if you are *** Gamestop rewards member boom extra 10% value for Walmart have trade in program too called gadget for gift cards and it’s the website here it’s walmart dot c exchange dot com. You click on the item you have, you get an estimate for example this Apple Macbook 2017, you can get up to $525 for it. All you have to do is print the shipping label, ship the item, and then you’ll receive your gift card straight to your inbox and last best buy. Come here to the website. Redeem dot best buy dot com, click on the item, answer the questions like what condition it is in, then you get the offers. Finally, it may seem *** a little too early to talk about it, but some stores are preparing for the new school year that has just been announced. Two big savings events that are bigger and will last longer than previous years. For the first time this year, the retailer is increasing its student discount from 15% to 20%. So, from now until September 3, you can save big on *** one-time purchase of Dorm Supplies for School Supplies and Teachers. You can take advantage of all other savings events. You can save 15% on school supplies from July 17 to September 10, six weeks longer than last year. For both discounts you need to be a member of the *** loyalty program through the target circle app, but it’s free, so sign up, get the discounts, that’s it for today. Back to you. We saved some money today