I keep checking my classifieds and I am seeing 2 types of listings.
First is someone saying they will buy any and all mining GPUs. Saying why sell 1 by 1 when you can sell everything to them. They mentioned that they won’t pay inflated prices. Most likely buy GPUs at half price and flip on ebay?
Second is someone selling a GPU and every ad it mentions “never mined with”. So you know it was mined with.
Even if it was mined with there is no problem if the card has been taken good care by a good knowledgeable miner.I plan on starting operation soon of my rigs,well not that soon,in 1 January where we will have the 5x energy price removed by then.I even think to build a new rig now because I can buy a used one for 800-1000 EUR for like 200-250 Mhsh rig and I will not care mining at a loss because I know the bull run will come sooner rather than later despite no one expecting it nowadays.
But how can you verify the actual condition of the GPU if you are just buying it online since most of the seller on item like this is from different country. Unless you can do meetup then it’s very hard to assure the condition of the mining rig without looking on it in actual performance. Buying this kind of rig even in salvage value is very risky because there’s a lot of scammer online that might sell you rig with hidden defects and just use this Ethereum merger hype as reason to sell his GPU.