What does the person who exchanged the egg for the old phone do?

When people exchange eggs and baskets with old phones and appliances, it's actually a kind of "business model," not that they want to use all their own phones, which is basically a few ways they continue:

1. Resold as scrap parts (recycled)

Old phones / old electrical appliances. Even if they are broken, there are parts that can be sold, such as

Circuit board (contains precious metals such as copper, silver, gold in small quantities)

Screen, wire, battery

Merchants will gather to sell in kilos at antique shops.

2.Repair and resell (second-hand market)

If the machine is still available or repairable, he will fix it initially and sell it in the flea market or online market.

The customer group is often people who want to use cheap phones.

3. Sold to the Big Purchase Shop / Factory

Small merchants who wander exchange will collect a lot of things to sell to "Yi Pui" or recycling factories that pick up parts.

Get bigger money than retail.

4. Gain from the exchange

The chicken eggs with the basket he gave us actually cost cheaper than the old phone value he had gone to.

For example, 30 chicken eggs cost about 90-100 baht + 20-30 baht basket, including less than 150 baht.

But old phones, even broken, may sell parts for 200 to 500 baht or more.

In other words, he did not lose, but profited from collecting antiques. ✨