Biggest red flags to look out for
When buying used PC hardware, you must look out for anything suspicious in the marketplace listings. The biggest red flags have to be: way lower price compared to other listings, short descriptions of the product and seller's account age.
To avoid this, you must always do some background checks like: reading seller's reviews, looking at their other listings and checking account age. Account age shouldn't be under 1-2 months and if it is then it might suggest that the user could be a robot or scammer.
We reccomend asking the user about the performance and benchmarks of the hardware they are selling. Screenshots and images are really useful for that purpose.
Where to buy from
These are some solid options for safe browsing. These platforms have good reputation, moderation and in some cases: buyer protection!
- Vinted
- Yaga.ee
- Osta.ee
- PCPartDeals.eu
You might want to check out PCPartDeals (our site) to find listings from all of these marketplaces in one place!
My Final Thoughts
Use common sense when buying GPUs or other PC hardware. Do not buy because it is extremely cheap because you might lose all of that money for nothing!