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by internet2000 1013 days ago
The refurbish and sell the traded in devices. It's basically like selling the same thing twice.
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Yeah, they refurbish some of them.

They also scrap a whole bunch of them too[1]. While undoubtedly many of the shredded devices are beyond repair, many of the devices destroyed in the video have no obvious physical damage.

I don't think they release any numbers on the amount of traded in devices that are refurbished and destroyed.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUXiYecGZs8