Yes, but... There are consequences. Used goods will also have price increase if new ones are more expensive.
Buying 2nd hand reduces demand for new goods, which reduces prices in the broad sense.
That's not what happened when demand for used cars skyrocketed a few years ago
Demand for new vehicles didn't drop, supply for new vehicles stopped.
Also, demand for cars can't drop because Americans don't have basic freedoms like access to quality public transit, walkable cities, or infrastructure to protect bikes from car drivers who watch movies on their phones while they drive
Yup, the US has managed to turn cars from a luxury item to what's essentially a necessary good.
But increases demand for used goods means the price increases for them, which means the deal isn't as good so buying new becomes more interesting...
The only clothing item I buy for durability is boots. All the rest of my clothes are the cheapest possible shit I can find, because it doesn't matter.
No one on earth can convince me a $60 pair of jeans is worth $60.
No one on earth can convince me a $60 pair of jeans is worth $60.
$60 has the same buying power thar $30 did just 15 years ago so it might be more helpful to think in living wage hours (where 50 hours of work pays for rent).
In 2025 average rent is $1650. So a living wage after taxes would be $33. In 2010 it was $890 which means a living wage was $17.
And eventually , all of the used goods will wear out necessitating new goods.
Entropies a bitch
Thrift stores are expensive now anyway. Resale shops are worse. Garage sale season is coming up.
Yes, I will buy secondhand Bell peppers.
Grow your own ;)
alas my climate lends itself to little more than carrots and potatoes.
Build a greenhouse of out junk!
I will immediately do so on my small narrow balcony. Or did you mean buy a house?
Neat life hack. If you need more space, there is a tried and true solution. Simply declare the apartment next to yours as part of your people's historic homeland. Then proceed to occupy and annex half of your neighbor's apartment.
Peppers go well from cuttings and sometimes seeds. Sorta secondhand action there
Or, better yet, just give the stuff you don't need to the people interested in getting it, and participate in mutual exchange.
Crush capitalism!
put item on sidewalk with sign that says "free!"
Item sits there for months
Remove sign that says free, and replace with one that says "$100 OBO"
Item is gone by morning
Free table - sits out for days
Put an 100 dollar sign on the table - stolen in 5 minutes
This is actually a tactic Antoine-Augustin Parmentier used to popularize potatoes in France. He couldn't get people to accept potatoes, so he placed armed guards to protect the plants, and withdrew them at a certain point in the day so that people could steal them.
i keep trying to get secondhand underwear but the upcharge is ridiculous
Secondhand needles, on the other hand, are free. People just leave them lying about!
Also, check out your local “buy nothing” groups. Basically the only reason I still have facebook.
Reddit also has some of these. Is free Craigslist still a thing? Haven’t been in a while.
free clothing at the laundromat
Haha, one part of me is wondering if your local laundromat has a free bin, and the other part is thinking you snuck in a joke about taking clothes out someone else’s drier.
Either way, great list!
One of the best ways to save money is to always buy used. If you look in the right places everything is available.
Just the other day I found a used condom literally for free just laying on the street!
Get ready for used goods to cost more than today's new goods.
Yes, but fast fashion, fast furniture, etc.
Fast global warming
fast furniture
If you make it from sapient pearwood
Nah, it's chipboard, sometimes with cardboard as filler. My Ikea GAMER desk, while million times better as a desk than what I previously had (an old Polish socks drawer that happened to be at the correct height), it's not very good for anything beyond that, also it's like it's starting to fall apart a bit.
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