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Honestly, depending on what, this has been true for a LONG time.

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>Something unusual is happening in the world of gifting. I saw it during the recent holiday season—and you may have too. The Wall Street Journal noticed it a few weeks ago. People are now buying secondhand gifts. The sheer numbers are staggering—in a recent survey, 82% of consumers said they’re more likely to purchase pre-owned items for holiday presents.

Honestly, depending on what, this has been true for a LONG time. Archive: https://archive.today/fYh5J From the post: >>Something unusual is happening in the world of gifting. I saw it during the recent holiday season—and you may have too. The Wall Street Journal noticed it a few weeks ago. People are now buying secondhand gifts. The sheer numbers are staggering—in a recent survey, 82% of consumers said they’re more likely to purchase pre-owned items for holiday presents.
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Yeah, I saw a post on HackerNews for this exactly. Someone built a "AI tool" so you can just take a picture of something in a thrift store and it shows you it's resale value for sites like ebay. As if it wasn't already completely fucked by people doing stuff like that.

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It might be worth it to work there as an employee who sorts new items just to get first dibs on them.

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A part-time job for a part-time side gig while still working full time and on-call. Yeah, I am going to pass on that one but I guess I probably won't ever be a millionaire with that mindset.

On another note. I should start checking out thrift stores for old computers/servers. Some actually have those. Buying them for re-selling the RAM alone would be worth it. Too bad most of that ends up going to recyclers. Maybe government auctions is a better choice.....

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I was thinking more of something to do in retirement, or just go all in if I get sick enough of my current work.

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eBay does this already. So does Amazon.