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Don’t Buy a Used Nintendo Switch 2 Until You Watch This!
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Jun 25, 2025
Thinking about buying a used Nintendo Switch 2 to save money? You might be making a huge mistake. In this video, I break down a massive issue affecting used Switch 2 consoles — including how some are being secretly bricked, blocked from online play, and even sold to unsuspecting buyers. Whether you're shopping on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, or trading in at GameStop, this is a MUST-WATCH buyer alert for anyone looking to avoid a $450 disaster. We’ll cover: Why some Switch 2 units are being silently bricked The shady reason factory resets can kill your console What the MIG Switch has to do with it Safe ways to buy used Nintendo Switch 2 consoles How to avoid getting scammed or stuck with a paperweight 💥 Don’t let your next console be dead-on-arrival. This PSA could save you hundreds! 🔔 Like & subscribe for more Switch 2 news, leaks, and buyer warnings.
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whatever you do right now do not buy a
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used Switch 2 this is a warning an alert
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do not buy a used Switch 2 when a new
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console like the Switch 2 hits the
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market guys there's always that group of
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people that are looking to save some
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cash by snagging themselves a used unit
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and I get it $450 for just the base
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model of the Switch 2 is not cheap and
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if you're going for the $500 bundled
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version with Mario Kart World you're
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already flirting with NextG pricing so
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naturally people start checking out
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trade-in deals used listings Facebook
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Marketplace eBay wherever you can score
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a discount but there's a serious issue
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flying out under the radar right now and
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it could cost you hundreds of dollars i
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watched RGT85's video about the same
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exact topic today and he brought up some
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good talking points i wanted to give my
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opinion on it so right now used Switch 2
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systems are starting to pop up online
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normally you would just check for things
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like scratches dead pixels maybe Joy-Con
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drift right see okay this console is in
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good shape let me go ahead and buy it
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from this person selling it secondhand
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but with the Switch 2 there's a whole
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much bigger problem right now that could
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leave you with a $450 paper weight and
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it's all tied to something that's called
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the MIG Switch i'm sure you guys are
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familiar with it however if you're not
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the MIG Switch is a sketchy little
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cartridge device that was originally
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made for the Switch OG that lets users
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play backups of games in reality it's a
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piracy tool and Nintendo knows it it's
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cool and all that i didn't get one but
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it is pretty cool to look at the
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features that it can do the issue is is
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that if you use your MIG Switch with
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your Switch 2 Nintendo is breaking it
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yeah yeah people have been trying to use
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these MIG switches with the new Switch 2
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and it's not going well guys here's
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what's happening okay people are loading
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these modified carts with ROMs sticking
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them in their Switch twos and going
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online and Nintendo system is flagging
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it i don't know what their procedure is
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their protocol but most likely it's
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because multiple consoles are using the
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same game ID or cartridge dump and this
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was RG85's theory in his video and as a
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result bada boom your console gets
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banned from online play and essentially
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it's rendering it useless now here's
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where it gets worse guys if you try to
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factory reset one of these flag systems
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let's say you accidentally break your
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Switch or you buy one that has been
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compromised I guess I would say without
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online access it breaks it breaks fully
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we're talking about not even be able to
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use it you can't even play games you
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can't boot normally there's no offline
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functionality it's completely dead a
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dead system and guess what some people
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who own these Brick Switch Twos aren't
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just throwing them in the trash guys
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they're returning them to Walmart okay
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retailers like Walmart they really don't
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check you just tell them "Hey it's
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defective." They'll give you store
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credit or let you get a brand new one
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and business goes right and you might
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accidentally end up buying one of these
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refurbished systems that they might sell
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at a discounted rate or something like
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that who knows all right these are going
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out there back on the shelves people are
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actually getting them accidentally
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getting them i've seen reports of Reddit
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of people buying consoles at Walmart and
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they're not working
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what's even worse though is some people
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are listing them as slightly used
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consoles online whether it's eBay
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whether it's you know Facebook
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Marketplace we got people selling these
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units and lying about them being bricked
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so if you're bargain hunting for a used
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Switch too guys please use caution you
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might be unknowingly buying one of these
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paper weights okay so how do you protect
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yourself i watched RGT's advice i'm
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going to give a little bit of mine too
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the first thing is avoid random online
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sellers unless they have some kind of
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strong return policy facebook
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Marketplace and Craigslist are not it
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okay those are especially risky ebay at
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least has buyer protection if you use
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your PayPal I think you could protect
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yourself with that as well use a good
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place okay if you're meeting meeting
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some dude in the middle of nowhere like
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in a sketchy little back alley or a
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parking lot like RGT85 said you're
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running risk of some dude getting you i
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remember one time I bought an
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Intellivision 2 model and I thought I
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was getting a good deal i paid for it
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brought it home didn't work it was all
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broken i got got no refunds nothing like
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that and again like I said use platforms
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of buyer protection like eBay Merkari uh
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but even then you're still taking a
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chance you still might get got on those
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platforms especially eBay i've I've
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fallen for some stuff in the past but
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it's a little bit more reliable and a
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little bit more safe for you guys my
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safest bet my safest opinion is GameStop
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though guys or official refurbished
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seller so if Best Buy is selling a
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refurbished console or something like
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that if you're buying used I would go
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that route gamestop Best Buy whoever
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sells refurbished even Amazon verified
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Amazon sells refurbished stuff you might
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find a console on there you could check
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functionality at GameStop on the spot in
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all honesty in fact they should be doing
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that most of the time according to my
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friends that work at GameStop they
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actually test the devices when they take
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them in they see if they function and if
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they're able to uh put it back out there
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and sell it to you guys and guess what
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if it doesn't work GameStop has a really
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good return policy if it's messed up so
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the main thing to know and take note of
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right now is that the Switch 2 just came
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out not even a month ago so right now
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the used Switch to market is small most
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of the early sellers out there are
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scalpers people that were hoping to flip
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the console and make a buck off of it so
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we're fighting scalpers to begin with
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right but then now we have these people
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with issues these people that have tried
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to do stuff that Nintendo doesn't like
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that Nintendo immediately bricks so
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these people have issues where they have
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useless switches and they're not being
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completely honest and they're flooding
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the gates so you got to be careful guys
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which is why I'm recommending you don't
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buy a used Switch right now so unless
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the deal is spotless it's better to just
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wait okay just wait i know you want to
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get a deal i know you don't want to
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spend retail but it's unfortunate that
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right now this little MIG switch which
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is a shady device that promotes piracy
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let's be honest is causing all these
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real consequences for honest buyers for
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people that actually want to get a good
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deal for a Switch 2 but that's where we
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are at this point in time all right the
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digital age caused this all right so be
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smart be cautious uh don't rush into
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buying a used Switch 2 at this time
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unless you absolutely know what you're
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getting test it turn it on see if it
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boots uh find a way okay
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go to GameStop is what I'm saying right
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now if you have to buy used I don't
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think you're going to run into a used
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console out of GameStop anytime soon but
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you never know right you never know so I
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just wanted to pass this PSA along again
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i saw RGT's video i name dropped him
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like five times this video but I saw his
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video i also read Reddit post if you go
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on Reddit right now there's a lot of
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people having these issues with their
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Switch twos that they're buying
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secondhand this is something that's
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becoming a trending issue here guys and
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I don't want any of you guys to fall
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victim to getting a used Switch 2
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console and it not working and you're
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getting ripped off so let me know in the
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comments if you've seen any weird Switch
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2 listings out there are you holding off
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on buying used or you going new only i
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