I want to avoid paying potential previous American owners and import duties.

There are also concerns about Facebook Marketplace and EBay collecting personal data to sell.

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    If you’re looking for something specific you might have success contacting retailers who specialized in old games/media. They’re not common but you can probably email them and arrange something. I imagine there is some sort of loose community/network around sourcing distributing this stuff they could connect you to as well.

    Catch-22 cuz it’s nice to support these guys but you pay more than marketplace.

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        I personally wouldn’t classify them as middlemen. A lot of these games would be in landfills or abandoned in storage if it weren’t for these guys seeking them out and buying them. To me a middle man marks up something you can buy yourself.

        They’re really just specialty thrift stores. The few I’ve been to had used books, vhs/etc, and music.

        They’re also trustworthy.