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I have bought new phones on Amazon before, but they have been pretty much current version/s at the time of purchase.
So you would Amazon but not ebay?
It is not so much the location, but the age and remaining support for the phone. As I said I keep my phones a relatively long time, so that is important for me. I get lots of items on ebay, but generally not big ticket items, but I also feel that Amazon has the edge over ebay.
I have bought cameras there that were more expensive than the phone you are looking at and this what from Panasonic but not in original packaging and fully guaranteed.
Rather than through a dealer selling through/via Amazon, so I feel I'm dealing with the company rather than Amazon. Both of my phone purchases were through the Samsung Store within the Amazon site.
I'm also considering the purchase of a new 17" laptop in the not to distant future:
LG gram Laptop 17Z90P - 17 Inch, Intel Evo Core i7 - 11th Gen, 80Wh Battery, (2560 x 1600 px), 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD Memory, Windows 11 OS.
The difference being, this will be through the LG Electronics Store within Amazon. Price wise this is still better than a high street retailer.