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Hell, I wouldn't buy any used product that has a non-replaceable battery. Lithium ion batteries require very little care and next to no maintenance, yet people still manage to abuse them and thus dramatically reduce their lifespan.

Dude’s name is E-Zon

The cherry on bottom

read a story some dumb trust fund kid was complaining having to buy a new phone every other day cause the battery life was so short

New battery is much cheaper.

I mean this modest 3 bed house https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/69124927 is £1m over Bugatti Tourbillion. I have no clue what you're planning to buy for a used Bugatti price... A shack?

I actually know people who operate like this. My old neighbor was a paycheck to paycheck kind of guy who'd always instantly spend all of his money on any trash you can think of. One day he came home with 3(!) Michael Bay Turtle movie collectors editions because they were on sale ("fantastic value!") and by the end of the month he didn't have money for food. That's how bad his financial decisions were.

Anyway instead of proper budgeting he'd come up with these horrible ways to make sure he'd have money "stashed away". E.g. he'd prepay 100 bucks per month for his electricity and then get half of it back after a year. That was his way of saving up money. Funniest thing about this was him calling the utility company and explaining to them why he wanted the highest possible monthly payment despite using so little power. They had some trouble understanding his investment strategy. Another classic was buying expensive things and selling them for half of what he payed. That's pretty much what the picture implies. If you buy a $200 android phone and spend $1000 on useless crap then you won't be able to sell your phone to pay the bills. The $1200 iphone on the other hand will get you $600 in an emergency. It's the idiot's piggy bank.

trying to sell the higher 'resale' or 'trade in' value of the phone.. like a five-year-old 64gb se has a trade in 'value' at bby that's 10x higher than that of a lower-mid android of the same age and storage. that's 40-50usd vs 3-5usd (the phone that can't even 'pay for lunch'). but forgetting completely that you pay several hundred more for the handset to get that 'extra' 40 bucks five years later.

iphone holds its value better I think is what they’re going for

If it's real then the dummy who wrote this just said dinner as an example - the only way it makes sense is "my old phone was crap, I couldn't perform basic transactions with it, so I got rid of it and with me new iPhone I no longer have issues when making purchases"

How do I get in on the bottom of this

(imagine a pyramid)

Oh no it's not a pyramid scheme, it's a reverse funnel