Apple

I can’t comment on others but Costco here will have some really good deals for Cyber Monday / Black Friday.

Something dumb like $400 in Costco Gift Cards, they’ll usually give you another $150-250 in accessories.

Like this year as early Black Friday deal I took $300 in gift cards, $200 in accessories. I’m paying $20/month for 2 year for an iPhone 13 128GB black.

I turned around and sold the phone for $600. But I’m confident I could have easily gotten $700-800+.

In conclusion; I’ll pay $480 for the phone but I made out with $1100 in cash and accessories. I listed the accessories for $100 so at the end of the day I’ll have cleared $520 profit for 30min of effort.

I don’t actively seek these out but I shop at Costco a lot so I just check what they have from time to time.

That’s not to say other people aren’t scamming, they could be. I’d be more curious if there was a way to check if it was reported stolen or something

I just wanted a quick sell personally.