not in my country lol. getting used cards were already the norm before, for a while you could literally only get used ones for a good price on aliexpress.

and now our gvmnt imposed 100% tax on anything from china, so its really just not affordable.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Could import from Taiwan instead?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

not really a good way. we can mostly only afford used and theres no outlet to buy used from taiwan that ships internationally in a trustworthy way.

brand new will probably be taxed too anyway.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can still look for used ones locally either through hardwareswap or fb marketplace (unfortunately thats the best secondhand marketplace atm). Other options include liquidation companies, sometimes universities also have a big market (from both staff and students)

Its been pretty rough still though, good luck on your search

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

no such thing as hardwareswap in my country. our marketplaces are overpriced because we want to resell our shit with prices proportional to what we overpaid for it.

importing used shit is cheaper because the value of, say, an rx580 is much lower outside the country.

[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Yea lots of the secondhand tech market exists purely in the US. The market outside of there and a couple other countries (uk, ca, de) dont really exist afaik