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Did You Know There’s a Black Market for Discontinued Sex Toys?

Because when you find the one, you don’t let it go. 

By Gigi Fong | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan

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Imagine if there were a DePop, Facebook Marketplace, or StockX for discontinued sex toys… Now what if we told you it lowkey existed already? Resellers are everywhere (they even got Trader Joe’s Easter totes), so duh…. of course, adult resellers exist.

For years, a secret side of the internet has been moving everything from obsolete strokers and vibrators to sex rockers and adult store novelty products (like bachelorette essentials). Why? Well, the sex industry is growing fast AF, and with each new “It” product, the oldies have to be rotated out. The only problem is that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. This scarcity leaves adult fun lovers with one choice: the black market. 

Remember the Hitachi Wand that’s been the toy since Sex and the City days? Well, the Hitachi brand didn’t actually mean to create a viral sex toy. Their goal was to create a personal massager for back pain any physical ailments. Its customers unintentionally got the wrong idea and before the world new it, Hitachi was synonymous with wand vibrator. The most iconic accident ever, tbh.

The Hitachi brand eventually shut down for this very reason and an angel — ahem, company — discovered thousands of unclaimed products. They got the genius idea and quickly sold out, giving the........

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