Looking into it after buying a Pixel Watch 2 off Swappa to use my Spritz card via GPay; not willing to pay $1K+ on a phone just because I require more than 128 GB of storage, especially not on the smaller phone.

Even then, Swappa isn't much value for the 9 series considering the best listings only knock $100-150 off the price, which Google does anyway if you trade in a decently valuable phone.