An Entrepreneur Builds a Business Selling Old Phones
Eager collectors and big buyers like Hollywood keep Oldphoneworks.com ringing up sales
By Bonnie Miller Rubin
When Don Woodbury opened a cellphone store in 2001, he included a few old phones as part of the décor, reflecting the historic district where the business was located.
Soon customers were asking to purchase the vintage models. "They'd just come up to me and say, 'I want one of those.' It didn't take me long to realize that there was a good internet market for this stuff," Mr. Woodbury says.
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