@mangeurdenuage @coolboymew well they could have used that situation to justify buying new laptop that they wanted to buy anyway, 80% of people operate in binary, i.e. "buy new" or "lose interest". I for one tend to avoid buying used and selling, I pretty much buy new (or get gifted old) and give away for free, mostly because barter (and transportation) is too much effort for me.

Hell for some time I went like 12 kilometres to the electronics store to pick up new thing with my scooter just to avoid having to deal with mail/shipping and waiting (and to ride scooter, naturally). Some people just don't want to bother with some things, which is why they don't see it as a scam.