I’m trying to sell an unused Pixel 10.

I searched for Lemmy communities with “sell”, “sales”, and “marketplace”, but only a few come up and none of them had any posts in years.

Can you please suggest a good community for me to try?

Thanks.

  • Mike Wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.comOPEnglish
    1·
    10 hours ago

    FYI, here’s the story behind the unused Pixel 10:

    I got a new Verizon account in December 2025, and was surprised to learn they’d give me a free phone. I chose a Pixel 10 (128GB, Obsidian).

    When I opened the Verizon account, the Verizon employee touched this Pixel 10 just enough to make sure the eSIM was configured, but we never even set up the OS. I moved the eSIM to my phone, so this Pixel 10 has never been used, never even finished the initial boot process.

    I think Verizon carrier-locks their phones for 60 days. I got the phone on 12/17/25 so it should be out of carrier lock now.

    This Pixel 10 is boot-loader locked and I use GrapheneOS, so it’s of no use to me. I tried to sell it on eBay, but they wanted me to upload photos of my ID or some such nonsense, which I won’t do. I tried to sell it on Swappa, but they refused because the phone is “financed”*.

    This phone is technically in new condition except the plastic seal on the box has been broken.

    If you’d like to buy an unused Pixel 10 for $500 + shipping, please send me a private message and we’ll work out the details.

    Photos can be seen here (link available until 4/30/26): https://immich.thewooskeys.com/s/pixel10

    Let me know if you have any questions about the phone.

    Offers will be considered.

    *The “free phone” deal with Verizon is that they charge me the cost of the phone ($800) prorated monthly over 2 years, and each month they also credit me that same amount so the total charge each month is $0.00. If ever I cancel my plan with them, they will charge me the balance.

  • Mike Wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.comOPEnglish
    1·
    10 hours ago

    Sorry for my delayed response: I’m not sure why, but I see none of y’all’s comments in my instance.

    And thank you all for your thoughts!

    CerebralHawks said:

    Swappa still exists. Barring that, I don’t know.

    What is an unused Pixel 10? Stolen? Seems like a red flag. Those are tracked, the IMEI might be banned, and it might only be usable as a WiFi device. It might even be locked out of use, making it a paperweight. If it’s not stolen, you basically have a new device, and you probably want close to what you paid for it, but at that point any reasonable consumer would be better advised to just buy it new, and eliminate the possibility of it being locked out.

    It’s not stolen. I’ll explain the phone’s situation in my next reponse. I already tried Swappa.

    Mostly_Gristle said:

    Lemmy isn’t really the platform for that. If I were trying to sell a phone I’d probably list it on Swappa, eBay, or Facebook Marketplace. It wouldn’t even occur to me to try and sell it here. And if I were buying a second hand phone, of those three I’d be most inclined to buy off of Swappa.

    Thanks for the suggestions. I tried eBay and Swappa, refuse to use Faceboook.

    cRazi_man said:

    Why try to sell here? The number of people on Lemmy is tiny. You need to advertise the phone in a place where loads of people can see. Facebook marketplace or eBay.

    Because I tried eBay and Swappa and refuse to use Facebook, and so I thought of the “tiny” number of people in the fediverse, someone might want a Pixel 10.

    mrnobody responded to cRazi_man:

    It only takes one person lol

    I agree!

    daannii said:

    Ebay

    Thanks for the suggestion. I already tried eBay.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    16·
    4 days ago

    Swappa still exists. Barring that, I don’t know.

    What is an unused Pixel 10? Stolen? Seems like a red flag. Those are tracked, the IMEI might be banned, and it might only be usable as a WiFi device. It might even be locked out of use, making it a paperweight. If it’s not stolen, you basically have a new device, and you probably want close to what you paid for it, but at that point any reasonable consumer would be better advised to just buy it new, and eliminate the possibility of it being locked out.

  • Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world
    12·
    4 days ago

    Lemmy isn’t really the platform for that. If I were trying to sell a phone I’d probably list it on Swappa, eBay, or Facebook Marketplace. It wouldn’t even occur to me to try and sell it here. And if I were buying a second hand phone, of those three I’d be most inclined to buy off of Swappa.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pub
    9·
    4 days ago

    Why try to sell here? The number of people on Lemmy is tiny. You need to advertise the phone in a place where loads of people can see. Facebook marketplace or eBay.