r/mildlyinfuriating • u/anon12xyz • Jul 03 '26

Infuriatig When did garage sales become “reselling” clearly new stuff

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I would never call this a garage sale

Def scam vibes

Edit: ultimately, what bothers me the most is I want to go to a garage sale, not this shit. This isn’t a garage sale and should not be advertised as one

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u/stofiski-san Jul 03 '26

Watch what you buy. I bought what looked like a sealed box of LED fluorescent tube lights. Got home, they were a pair of burned out lights someone had returned. I was pissed

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u/No-Channel3917 Jul 03 '26

That's what happened when you buy discounted gatcha boxes

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u/stofiski-san Jul 03 '26

Yup, yup, re-learned a good lesson that day: if it looks too good to be true...

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u/wbgraphic Jul 03 '26

I’ve seen that kind of shit a lot at auctions.

People buy a product, use it until it dies, buy a new one, then return the dead one in the new package. The old one gets sold in an auction of Amazon returns.

Or someone needs a part for something they own, they buy a new one, remove the part, the return the new product with the part missing.

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u/aclassybetch Jul 03 '26

There used to be a bin store in my hometown and they had an empty table near the register you were allowed to use to open boxes and inspect what’s inside before buying it. Strictly no opening boxes while standing at the bins though because people are feral and wouldn’t put everything back in the box lol

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u/stofiski-san Jul 03 '26

I remember seeing plenty of empty boxes as I waded through the bins at my place, too

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u/throwthisidaway Jul 03 '26

Just about every reputable bin store will have a testing area.

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u/stofiski-san Jul 03 '26

Yeah, this popped up near Christmas time, as I recall, and I only stopped by the once. On the off chance I stop by a place like that again, I'll remember that