“His problem was that the postcode for his east London flat was incorrect on Google Maps, so any driver using the service for navigation ended up not at his address, but in parkland at Three Mills Green, Bromley-by-Bow, half a mile away as the crow flies, but a mile and a half to drive.

What was an easily fixable error resulted in three years of frustration for Borghs, who first noticed the problem when an Uber driver took a wrong turn when taking him home.”

Are you also of the opinion that you can't buy used phones?

Depends, if you want a throwaway phone for a call or two that are not important, go ahead.

But if you're looking for a phone you'll keep for multiple years and you want the least possible risk of being tracked by someone else than who made your phone, then I would absolutely not buy a used phone.

Small problem as OK phones can be bought for ~$100 or less in most parts of the world.