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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.
by 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 agoIt sounds like parent is including other factors than the raw dollar outlay, such as generated waste.
- derbOac 4y agoThat'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.