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>> No. 29284 Anonymous
24th September 2025
Wednesday 6:18 pm
29284 What's the deal with second hand tech?
I need to replace a few things, including my phone. I've been browsing the usual places (market stalls, cash stores, etc.) and I'm struggling to find any decent deals. Used phones from a couple of years ago with asking prices of several hundred. Unused corpo laptops from 3-5 years ago on eBay for about the same price as brand new units. PS5s stickered well above retail despite no longer being in short supply.

What's going on? I thought the supply crises of the pandemic had all worked themselves out?
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>> No. 29286 Anonymous
24th September 2025
Wednesday 9:03 pm
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Inflation has pushed up the price of new devices, which has had a knock-on effect on the used market. That feels particularly jarring in tech, where we usually expect prices to fall year-on-year. The PS5 now costs £70 more than it did on launch day. The going rate for a flagship phone is £800 and the top-tier iPhone is £1200.

Some used sellers are clearly overpricing their listings in the hopes of finding a sucker, but that's not really a new phenomenon; what has changed is that inflation has made people much more uncertain about what things are supposed to cost.

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