I personally like buying used, keeping it in good shape or even improving on the bought condition, and re-selling when I no longer need it/am moving. My aunt's

I personally like buying used, keeping it in good shape or even improving on the bought condition, and re-selling when I no longer need it/am moving. My aunt's mother-in-law just moved back to England from Canada. She spent thousands to ship back junk. She could have sold or donated most of it and used the money to buy all new stuff back home and been way better off for it.