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Keeping tech out of landfills and money in your wallet since 2014.

Find thousands of "reborn" smartphones, laptops, and more for up to 70% off the prices of new!

06/18/2026

A Panasonic portable CD player is the device that made musician Avery Friedman (Avery Friedman).

Now recording her sophomore album, Avery’s artistic roots lead back to the floor of her childhood bedroom in Ohio, where country and classic rock CDs spun in her icy blue player.

Photos from Back Market's post 06/17/2026

Nintendo stopped production on the DS years ago. Artists are refusing to let them disappear.

The full story is at the link in our bio.

06/11/2026

Introducing Silly Little Plastic Cat. A Back Market Film.

For 30 years, plastic Garfield phones kept washing ashore on the beaches of Brittany with no explanation. But within this mystery lies an important question: How do we want to treat our planet?

Our new film is coming soon.

Photos from Back Market's post 06/05/2026

Slow fashion turned “Thanks, I thrifted it” into a sign of high taste and cultural clout. Can slow tech do the same with refurbished?

Fashion innovators figured out how to make secondhand cool. We dug into how they did it, and what slow tech can steal from slow fashion’s playbook.

Full article in bio.

06/03/2026

A thick, lime green Dell laptop is the device that made comedian Sabina Meschke (). Now Head Writer for Brittany Broski’s , Sabina traces her obsession and resonance with internet culture to her thick 2000s era laptop.

05/28/2026

The coolest girls you know are making cyber decks: Custom-built personal computers, often with retro future aesthetics. We partnered with DIY tech creator to create this retro arcade themed deck 🕹️

Building your own cyber deck from scratch is more than just a tech project. It’s a way to express your creativity and taste while rebelling against the idea that something has to be new to have value.

Watch our story for more cyber deck inspo 👾

05/19/2026

At the Ugly Pretty Party asking the important questions!! 💻🎤🪭 ⭐️ 🔊

05/11/2026

200,000 of you 🌍 One home for us all.

This account is now the global Instagram home for the entire Back Market community. We couldn’t have picked a better moment as we celebrate with 200k followers from across the world.

Whether you’ve been here from the start or just found us: Welcome. Bienvenue. Bienvenidos. Willkommen.

Photos from Back Market's post 05/09/2026

Sony killed the production of the MiniDisc Player in 2013. Hundreds of artists and collectors are refusing to let it die.

“The vintage audio corner of the internet, where the MiniDisc collectors lurk, seems to be the happiest part of the web” - Michael Yan ()

Read the full love letter to the MiniDisc at the link in our bio.

Photos from Back Market's post 05/06/2026

Here’s everything you need to know about the Ugly Computer, a new way to save money on 100% functional devices while fighting against fast tech.

Get ugly at the link in our bio.

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