noob questions

Ok first of all hi and I hope you guys and yours are safe with all this crazy times we are going through.

Moving on I'm new and trying to understand these scene with the times being rough i would like to get into the game to save some moola

So for what i gather being reading around the boxes are getting hit pretty bad lately, my question is do some boxes still works? whats the best fw to use? and what model would be best suited for me to learn this? also do you recommend buying premod from ebay sellers?


Any and all info would be greatly appreciated