Skip These 12 Secondhand Gadgets at Garage Sales
A buyer-beware guide listing 12 gadgets to steer clear of at garage sales, from external drives with uncertain wear and battery-heavy wireless earbuds to outdated smartphones, smartwatches, aging smart TVs/streaming devices, cloud-dependent gadgets, risky electric micromobility gear, early VR headsets, pre-2018 soundbars, printers with costly inks and dwindling driver support, and pre-2016 cameras with obsolete memory formats and batteries—these issues can make secondhand picks more expensive or unusable long after the bargain price.