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I just went to ebay and goodwill for my tech stuff. Goodwill is a tad annoying though cause their online shop is literally only bids, so have fun watching the price shot up in the last few days.
ebay is slightly better, but in the end just another publicly traded company that treats their employees like shit.
If you go with eBay, still look local for someone who is selling surplus stuff. There's a lot of hassle and cost for the seller over ebay, but they are not allowed to arrange anything via a back channel - however, once you have bought one thing and you are happy with them, you have their contact info! You can ask for more or reach out in the future directly when they look to have lots of stock of something you like. They will probably be happy to avoid eBay and get some easy sales.
It's good to encourage reuse, which is eBay's main thing. I wouldn't have a reason to buy anything new from them however.
It's their main marketing thing.
But they have just become another reselling platform for dropshippers, selling the same plastic garbage you find for cents on AliExpress. Tolerated because selling it simulates growth. Their main competitor, as communicated internally, is Amazon. Those who pushed for cleaning up the site to focus on re-use were sacked.
Doesn't mean you can still find good stuff there, but local classifieds are still the better choice.
Slightly better is still the direction we want to head in. Not sure how else we get off the racketing-effect/boiled-frog path we've been on.
Yes it is, I would just like to encourage the frog to jump out rather than reduce the flame.
There are good lists of alternatives out there. For Germany, I like this one: https://lmaa.space/