Companies Launch Gadget Buyback Services

January 17, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer Companies Launch Gadget Buyback Services (AP)

Sony Rollys, egg-shaped MP3 players, dance to the music at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

(AP) -- We think a lot about getting new gadgets, but not so much about getting rid of old ones. The result: old cell phones, defunct laser printers and Pentium III computers gathering dust.

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