What happens to Gazelle payment when someone dies
ecoATM publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; Gazelle Customer Support answers at 1-800-429-3553.
ecoATM decides what happens to Gazelle payment after a death case by case; its terms promise no transfer.
ecoATM publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; Gazelle Customer Support answers at 1-800-429-3553. The request takes 4 documents. Gazelle Customer Support answers at 1-800-429-3553.
How to request a transfer
- •The death certificate and letters testamentary or letters of administration.
- •The trade-in order number and the email address used for the trade-in.
- •Government-issued photo identification for the person making the request.
Required Documents
- Death certificate
- Documentation showing authority to act for the estate: For example, letters testamentary or letters of administration.
- The Gazelle trade-in order number and the email address used for the trade-in: The order number is formatted like SR123456789; support requests it to locate the transaction.
- Government-issued photo identification for the person making the request
What ecoATM, LLC (doing business as Gazelle) says happens2
- Balances, payouts and refunds
For an ordinary trade-in, a received device is typically inspected within 1-2 business days and payment is processed within 3-5 business days of an accepted offer. PayPal payments arrive within about 48 hours, Amazon gift-card codes by email, and checks are mailed within about 14 days.1
A check can be reissued as another check, a PayPal payment or an Amazon code. A PayPal payment sent to a wrong address can be requested back from PayPal and reissued, which may take up to 30 days.1
- Inactive accounts and expiry
Unclaimed funds may be subject to collection by governmental authorities under unclaimed-funds and escheat laws, so a payment left unclaimed could eventually escheat rather than stay available indefinitely.2
Not in Gazelle's published guidance5
- A process for a deceased account holder
- How long a request takes
- A complete list of the documents to send
- Whether a certified death certificate is required
- A death, estate or account-transfer provision in the Terms
Sources2
Sources
Data sourced from ecoATM, LLC (doing business as Gazelle) primary sources (3 pages reviewed). How we research.
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