Basically the title. I would rather not get scammed… :) The idea is to move to GrapheneOs as my next step, but I don’t necessarily need the newest device.

Edit: yeah I was being too generic, Austria is were I am.

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    I bought my on eBay. It was 6 months used before. It’s like new one. Perfect with perfect grapheneos.

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    I’m not sure how reliable eBay in Europe is, but I would suggest finding one available from a highly rated seller on eBay.

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    Willhaben, mit paylivery läuft das alles bestens. Pixels gibts halt eher selten, ich würd mir einen Suchagentenen einstellen.

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        Also a further thing to keep in mind. With all Pixel’s having OLED screens, ask the seller for a picture of the display displaying a large white area or else you might end up with a phone that has OLED burn-in. Especially with the Pixel 2 XL is often affected by this.

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        If you go with a refurbed website, make sure that the phone has the ability to use OEM unlock. Some refurbed sites sell Verizon versions of the phones and don’t disclose this and Verizon along with other US carriers block OEM unlocking which means you can’t install another OS. There is no known workaround as far as I know. I had this issue before with a refurbed Pixel 4

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    Grabbed mine on Facebook Marketplace for cheap. Just meet somewhere public and use cash.

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        Just make a random burner account. I get the adversity to Facebook but the marketplace is very good. If you want a cheap and good condition phone you’ll want to look around on it.

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      My experience with Backmarket was horrible and the S21 I got from them was advertised as being in “perfect condition” but resembled more a phone that endured World War II so I had to send it back for a refund. Backmarket is merely a marketplace for refurbishers, they don’t really check the phones that are being sold on their marketplace and anyone can easily put “perfect condition” when it’s clearly not the case.

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      I only find the German website, sometimes in these cases they also deliver to Austria - but it seems they don’t here…

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    Why do you want to pay for a phone made by a company that is centralizing the Internet through them and adding DRM to websites?

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      because GrapheneOS

      also, this way, privacy is ¹/₅ the price of librem or fairPhone

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      1 year ago

      Do you have an actual suggestion or are you just wasting my time? It is said in the post why.