A salty person bought an Android phone to use for monitoring and reminders. After all, when you get busy, sometimes you don’t check TG/Twitter for two or three days, and you really do miss some opportunities.

The used phone I bought earlier on Alpha was from Jd—Love Recycling’s official shop. It was a couple hundred yuan more expensive than the kind you find on Xianyu, but the advantage was that I didn’t get burned. Later, I bought two phones from sellers on Xianyu. The first one: it booted to a blue screen, so I returned it right away. The second one seemed fine, but after using it for two months the screen became unresponsive.

This time I found a private buyer. I used the inspection-and-check service the first time; it cost 39. The two-way SF Express logistics was also quite convenient.

The phone came from Chengdu. I guess any city slightly bigger would have inspection points. The seller shipped it the same day; it arrived that night. The next morning the inspection results came back. Once everything was confirmed, it was shipped within two or three hours.

The inspection report was fairly detailed—tons of minor issues and all kinds of details were listed. I guess a lot of people would just choose not to buy after seeing it.