A friend of a friend runs a shop that sells running gear
and told me the trade calls people like me the second-hand market's best customer.

I asked what that meant.

It means we sell you the version you will list online in the spring
under the words barely used. You will not be lying.
And we will sell you the next one in April.

He was not being cruel. He was doing his job accurately.
I had a basket open on my phone while he said it.

The Book of the Merchant — Arrival 47:3