Comment by tracker1
1 day ago
If you're in a decent sized city, you should be able to find a local buyer on Craigslist or FB Marketplace... Beyond that, for higher value, smaller items like your M3 Ultra, I would talk to your local police department and/or library to see if you can do the exchange there. Larger libraries usually have a police officer on site or nearby, and the PD office near you may also provide a "safe" exchange location... I'd bring a monitor/keyboard/mouse so you can demonstrate the system working properly.
YMMV but between your nearest PD office and Library, you should be able to use one or the other for your exchange of goods/money. The biggest thing I've sold is a mid-range video card during late covid (I managed to get a better one via newegg shuffle) so I sold the old one (RX 5700XT -> RTX 2080) to make up the difference a bit. I just did the exchange at the Starbucks near me for that.
Something is very wrong in some countries if you have to get police protection to sell a f* computer. I get it’s on the expensive side but still….
See e.g. https://www.murphytx.org/843/Safe-Exchange https://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/community-safety-and-crime-pr...
Police "safe trade zones" are basically a parking space outside a police station, with a sign.
You don't have to... but it's a matter of a safe location for both parties. If it was more expensive, I'd probably work through a broker (like a car or house).
The buyer doesn't know who the seller is, and vice-versa... the level of trust you can bear depends on how much you're willing to lose. My advice is only in that there are safe venues you can use to make such an exchange.
Not really. Every country has a nonzero number of criminals. It's entirely a matter of the risk/reward tradeoff. A small consumer item over $10k is well into dangerous territory.
Are we talking about a cash transaction? If so >$10k is dangerous as the police may want to steal it themselves.
If it is an electronic payment, I'm not sure how completing the transaction in front of a police station will help any. Well, it will help the buyer to see it working, but the seller gets no additional protection besides seeing "a person."
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