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I prefer to buy new and then "use it up, wear it out, make it last". (slogan from WWII era). My outdoor propane grill is 19 years old and still works OK. I h

I prefer to buy new and then "use it up, wear it out, make it last". (slogan from WWII era). My outdoor propane grill is 19 years old and still works OK. I have had one bathrobe for at least two decades according to old photographs. My car is a 1999 model, as is my bicycle. I could go on. I believe this is much better even than buying someone else's used stuff.

throwaway0a5e 4y ago
Depending on what it is and how hard you use it compared to the average buying a bunch of pre-used ones and running them into the ground can be cheaper.
- b3morales 4y ago
  It sounds like parent is including other factors than the raw dollar outlay, such as generated waste.
- derbOac 4y ago
  That's something I wonder about. Something to keep in mind with preowned items is that not all preowned items have been used heavily. Some have been used a bit and then someone doesn't like it for some idiosyncratic reason, and then wants to recoup losses. Sometimes this happens for a reason that's important to be attentive to, but sometimes it's just idiosyncratic to the purchaser. Clothes are a good example: someone might get a wrong size for a gift or something, maybe wear it a few times, and then decide it's not going to work. A little use can be good too because it's already stress tested a bit. It depends on the item. I've had good and bad luck with used and new items for different reasons. A new item can be more of a roll of the dice in some ways, but used items can be too in their own way.
0xFF69B4 4y ago
A large portion of products we buy in second hand stores are children's toys and clothing. The prices of new toys are insane, we leave a second hand store about once a month with a large bag of stuffed toys, board games, worn in shoes, skates etc. for the cost of a single new item. Kids don't care at all and mine refuses to wear new shoes even.
- derbOac 4y ago
  That's how we got reintroduced to thrifting/preowned shopping/whatever you want to call it: we had a kid. It wasn't even so much a financial thing as it was this sense that otherwise there would be so much waste (the financial aspect is nice though too). So many clothes and toys that are just fine but they grow out of them. After that we started looking into stuff for ourselves.
krnlpnc 4y ago
Buying new means immediate depreciation on the value of the item. I prefer to buy used and be able to resell at (or sometimes above) roughly the price I paid if/when necessary.

throwaway0a5e 4y ago

Depending on what it is and how hard you use it compared to the average buying a bunch of pre-used ones and running them into the ground can be cheaper.

b3morales 4y ago
It sounds like parent is including other factors than the raw dollar outlay, such as generated waste.
derbOac 4y ago
That's something I wonder about. Something to keep in mind with preowned items is that not all preowned items have been used heavily. Some have been used a bit and then someone doesn't like it for some idiosyncratic reason, and then wants to recoup losses. Sometimes this happens for a reason that's important to be attentive to, but sometimes it's just idiosyncratic to the purchaser. Clothes are a good example: someone might get a wrong size for a gift or something, maybe wear it a few times, and then decide it's not going to work. A little use can be good too because it's already stress tested a bit. It depends on the item. I've had good and bad luck with used and new items for different reasons. A new item can be more of a roll of the dice in some ways, but used items can be too in their own way.

0xFF69B4 4y ago

A large portion of products we buy in second hand stores are children's toys and clothing. The prices of new toys are insane, we leave a second hand store about once a month with a large bag of stuffed toys, board games, worn in shoes, skates etc. for the cost of a single new item. Kids don't care at all and mine refuses to wear new shoes even.

derbOac 4y ago
That's how we got reintroduced to thrifting/preowned shopping/whatever you want to call it: we had a kid. It wasn't even so much a financial thing as it was this sense that otherwise there would be so much waste (the financial aspect is nice though too). So many clothes and toys that are just fine but they grow out of them. After that we started looking into stuff for ourselves.

krnlpnc 4y ago

Buying new means immediate depreciation on the value of the item. I prefer to buy used and be able to resell at (or sometimes above) roughly the price I paid if/when necessary.