Where do you buy used tech from?

[Flame]

So, where do you buy your used tech from? GBAtemp? ebay? CEX? Or somewhere else. Like use your local gaming store? Flea market? Or you know a trick which you keep to yourself?

You might have noticed I've creating threads on used tech a lot lately. Lately I have the itch to fix something with my solder iron. Either it's not worth spending the money. Cost out weigh the reward. Or spend extra £5 to get a working version.

 

[Hayato213]

Ebay, Amazon etc.

 

[Flame]

Ebay, Amazon etc.

Used on Amazon? A used Wii is like £300+

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wii-Consol...=1707778947&sprefix=wii+onsole,aps,164&sr=8-4

 

[Silterpy]

Mostly would buy used broken Gameboys from eBay or Japan 4 U. I've bought a couple local as well but haven't bought any in a while cause with covid they got so much more expensive and I got burned a couple of times with Gameboy Colors from Japan for you. The pcbs were so corroded that they were unfixable without a full board replacement.

 

[Hayato213]

Used on Amazon? A used Wii is like £300+

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wii-Console-Includes-Sports/dp/B0CJ379GMD/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2R02NWVX5CXB5&keywords=wii+console&qid=1707778947&sprefix=wii+onsole,aps,164&sr=8-4

Well I won't pay like 300, but I mean for stuff like soldering iron / soldering iron part/stuffs on Amazon maybe.

 

[jkm81]

I use offerup ( bought an old 3ds in prefect condition for $50 it is japanese and had broken ds compatibility), my local retro store for used games, and pawn shops ( got a ps4 on 9.0 for $160 on peak pandemic, a fat vita 3g for $80, 2 old 3ds for a $100, 2 ds lite for 40 each, and 2 erista unpatched switch one for $150 and the other for $200)

 

[BigOnYa]

Here is the USA we have whats called "Craigslist" or "Nextdoor". I find stuff all the time people are getting rid of cheap, I have even found Xbox 360's RROD for free, Furniture for free, Fish tank for free, they just wanted to get rid of it, but not throw away, or too lazy to throw/move it out. Not sure if something like this exists near you but maybe. There is also a store near me called "New Uses" that sell used electronics/TV's/game consoles, somewhat cheap.

 

[JuanMena]

Flea Market.

 

[The Catboy]

I tend to buy the vast majority of my used tech from local stores. Sometimes eBay or off people I’ve been talking to online. I tried Amazon but after getting multiple broken shit from them, I’ve stopped using Amazon

 

[RAHelllord]

eBay, yahoo auctions via buyee, Kleinanzeigen.de (a German eBay clone), local flea markets occasionally (they usually don't have much tech), second hand shops (we got two for games and like 2 dozens for other tech in my city), I've seen local Facebook groups recommended as a source if there is one, very rarely the blackboard at the supermarket.

If you have an itch to repair something you can also always get a stock console and recap it (most old ones desperately need new caps) and then possibly mod it further. Make a SNES or Genesis region free, slap an IPS display into a game boy and solder some wires to adjust it via button combos, make a game boy advance to game boy micro link cable adapter like Nintendo should have made themselves, that sort of thing.

 

[Fien]

In NL there's some online market place where people sell/give a way their stuff. There are computer and gaming equipment, furniture, clothes and even cars on it.

And sometimes I buy from small (web)shops selling seconds hands/refurbished devices.

 

[SylverReZ]

Always have used eBay for buying tech. Amazon and CeX are too overpriced.

 

[Anxiety_timmy]

Alot of swap meets and smaller stores or used stores. If I want something new though Best Buy or Ebay

 

[Jayro]

For used tech, I go to Goodwill, eBay, or mom n' pop tech shops.

 

[Chary]

Goodwill Computer Works, though they tend to know what's up with what they have. Nevertheless I've gotten some great deals from them--I just got a WD Passport 2TB for only $2.99 because the manager wasn't sure what it was lol

 

[ScaryHobbit]

I used to get fantastic deals at Goodwill, but they pulled almost all of their games and consoles a couple years ago so that they could cash in on the retro game bubble. That place has sucked since.

Today, I either shop on eBay or take a trip to a couple malls that I know of that have a retro games store.

 

[Tuhr]

Reddit, Amazon and eBay.

 

[EmberDoe]

Kinda varies between eBay, Yahoo Auctions and local markets. Sometimes I'll use niche fan websites as well if there's some specialty thing I'm looking for.

 

[AncientBoi]

Ya know.. There's one place that hasn't been mentioned here.

PAWN SHOPS

@Flame As people also pawn their items [computers, gaming items] for fast cash. Try there. I've had to do it a couple of times in my life.

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

Flea Market and "Kleinanzeigen" formerly known as "Ebay Kleinanzeigen" in Germany