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Hellish online hunt for second-hand goods

Singapore's economy is doing too well such that sellers can afford to sit and wait

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For a few weeks, I was a used-items online shopping addict.

Lurking on Carousell, eBay and Gumtree became more like a job than my real job.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 13, 2019, with the headline Hellish online hunt for second-hand goods. Subscribe