What do you buy second-hand?

28 May 2019

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It's cheap, and environmentally friendly, yet some people think only new will do. Please select ALL of the items that you would be happy to buy second-hand, if it was decent quality and cheaper.

It's cheap, and environmentally friendly, yet some people think only new will do. Please select ALL of the items that you would be happy to buy second-hand, if it was decent quality and cheaper.

Results

I'm a man aged under 25 (688 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		28 votes (4%)
Baby/children's clothes		12 votes (2%)
Bedding		1 votes (0%)
Bicycle		59 votes (9%)
Books		69 votes (10%)
Car/motorcycle		89 votes (13%)
Carpet		4 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		25 votes (4%)
Computers		40 votes (6%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		71 votes (10%)
Furniture		60 votes (9%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		37 votes (5%)
Jewellery		22 votes (3%)
Musical instruments		36 votes (5%)
Shoes		5 votes (1%)
Sports equipment		35 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress		10 votes (1%)
Toys		26 votes (4%)
TVs		39 votes (6%)
Wedding dress		7 votes (1%)
Underwear		0 votes (0%)
Other		6 votes (1%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		7 votes (1%)

I’m a woman aged under 25 (955 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		39 votes (4%)
Baby/children's clothes		32 votes (3%)
Bedding		10 votes (1%)
Books		94 votes (10%)
Bicycle		68 votes (7%)
Car/motorcycle		86 votes (9%)
Carpet		9 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		55 votes (6%)
Computers		39 votes (4%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		71 votes (7%)
Furniture		71 votes (7%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		39 votes (4%)
Jewellery		42 votes (4%)
Musical instruments		50 votes (5%)
Shoes		26 votes (3%)
Sports equipment		49 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress		39 votes (4%)
Toys		49 votes (5%)
TVs		47 votes (5%)
Wedding dress		24 votes (3%)
Underwear		1 votes (0%)
Other		15 votes (2%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		0 votes (0%)

I'm a man aged 25-34 (3000 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		139 votes (5%)
Baby/children's clothes		120 votes (4%)
Bedding		17 votes (1%)
Books		283 votes (9%)
Bicycle		226 votes (8%)
Car/motorcycle		304 votes (10%)
Carpet		22 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		130 votes (4%)
Computers		122 votes (4%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		261 votes (9%)
Furniture		237 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		146 votes (5%)
Jewellery		117 votes (4%)
Musical instruments		148 votes (5%)
Shoes		68 votes (2%)
Sports equipment		157 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress		76 votes (3%)
Toys		148 votes (5%)
TVs		144 votes (5%)
Wedding dress		39 votes (1%)
Underwear		6 votes (0%)
Other		74 votes (2%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		16 votes (1%)

I’m a woman aged 25-34 (6128 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		306 votes (5%)
Baby/children's clothes		296 votes (5%)
Bedding		52 votes (1%)
Books		517 votes (8%)
Bicycle		414 votes (7%)
Car/motorcycle		482 votes (8%)
Carpet		51 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		370 votes (6%)
Computers		176 votes (3%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		440 votes (7%)
Furniture		481 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		257 votes (4%)
Jewellery		289 votes (5%)
Musical instruments		292 votes (5%)
Shoes		216 votes (4%)
Sports equipment		313 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress		300 votes (5%)
Toys		351 votes (6%)
TVs		230 votes (4%)
Wedding dress		165 votes (3%)
Underwear		10 votes (0%)
Other		111 votes (2%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		9 votes (0%)

I'm a man aged 35-49 (4419 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		213 votes (5%)
Baby/children's clothes		177 votes (4%)
Bedding		27 votes (1%)
Books		417 votes (9%)
Bicycle		348 votes (8%)
Car/motorcycle		438 votes (10%)
Carpet		36 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		189 votes (4%)
Computers		201 votes (5%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		384 votes (9%)
Furniture		351 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		187 votes (4%)
Jewellery		161 votes (4%)
Musical instruments		232 votes (5%)
Shoes		102 votes (2%)
Sports equipment		251 votes (6%)
Suits/formal dress		115 votes (3%)
Toys		243 votes (5%)
TVs		187 votes (4%)
Wedding dress		43 votes (1%)
Underwear		4 votes (0%)
Other		98 votes (2%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		15 votes (0%)

I'm a woman aged 35-49 (12577 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		625 votes (5%)
Baby/children's clothes		644 votes (5%)
Bedding		200 votes (2%)
Books		1021 votes (8%)
Bicycle		866 votes (7%)
Car/motorcycle		911 votes (7%)
Carpet		123 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		781 votes (6%)
Computers		327 votes (3%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		869 votes (7%)
Furniture		930 votes (7%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		465 votes (4%)
Jewellery		645 votes (5%)
Musical instruments		605 votes (5%)
Shoes		468 votes (4%)
Sports equipment		619 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress		612 votes (5%)
Toys		719 votes (6%)
TVs		417 votes (3%)
Wedding dress		356 votes (3%)
Underwear		57 votes (0%)
Other		296 votes (2%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		21 votes (0%)

I'm a man aged 50-64 (4168 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		135 votes (3%)
Baby/children's clothes		102 votes (2%)
Bedding		33 votes (1%)
Books		421 votes (10%)
Bicycle		341 votes (8%)
Car/motorcycle		453 votes (11%)
Carpet		49 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		195 votes (5%)
Computers		203 votes (5%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		351 votes (8%)
Furniture		346 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		176 votes (4%)
Jewellery		198 votes (5%)
Musical instruments		218 votes (5%)
Shoes		109 votes (3%)
Sports equipment		215 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress		113 votes (3%)
Toys		169 votes (4%)
TVs		166 votes (4%)
Wedding dress		44 votes (1%)
Underwear		8 votes (0%)
Other		104 votes (2%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		19 votes (0%)

I’m a woman aged 50-64 (16418 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		742 votes (5%)
Baby/children's clothes		729 votes (4%)
Bedding		283 votes (2%)
Books		1504 votes (9%)
Bicycle		1130 votes (7%)
Car/motorcycle		1322 votes (8%)
Carpet		195 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		1029 votes (6%)
Computers		387 votes (2%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		1109 votes (7%)
Furniture		1327 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		586 votes (4%)
Jewellery		1064 votes (6%)
Musical instruments		732 votes (4%)
Shoes		566 votes (3%)
Sports equipment		738 votes (4%)
Suits/formal dress		803 votes (5%)
Toys		907 votes (6%)
TVs		452 votes (3%)
Wedding dress		378 votes (2%)
Underwear		33 votes (0%)
Other		376 votes (2%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		26 votes (0%)

I'm a man aged 65+ (3455 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		91 votes (3%)
Baby/children's clothes		65 votes (2%)
Bedding		21 votes (1%)
Books		456 votes (13%)
Bicycle		285 votes (8%)
Car/motorcycle		464 votes (13%)
Carpet		49 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		169 votes (5%)
Computers		166 votes (5%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		266 votes (8%)
Furniture		323 votes (9%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		141 votes (4%)
Jewellery		155 votes (4%)
Musical instruments		159 votes (5%)
Shoes		76 votes (2%)
Sports equipment		144 votes (4%)
Suits/formal dress		70 votes (2%)
Toys		124 votes (4%)
TVs		104 votes (3%)
Wedding dress		14 votes (0%)
Underwear		6 votes (0%)
Other		75 votes (2%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		32 votes (1%)

I’m a woman aged 65+ (7602 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		333 votes (4%)
Baby/children's clothes		321 votes (4%)
Bedding		128 votes (2%)
Books		863 votes (11%)
Bicycle		490 votes (6%)
Car/motorcycle		660 votes (9%)
Carpet		99 votes (1%)
Casual clothing		529 votes (7%)
Computers		131 votes (2%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		452 votes (6%)
Furniture		698 votes (9%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		219 votes (3%)
Jewellery		595 votes (8%)
Musical instruments		309 votes (4%)
Shoes		235 votes (3%)
Sports equipment		266 votes (3%)
Suits/formal dress		343 votes (5%)
Toys		439 votes (6%)
TVs		148 votes (2%)
Wedding dress		134 votes (2%)
Underwear		14 votes (0%)
Other		179 votes (2%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		17 votes (0%)

I’m agender (or I don’t wish to disclose my gender/age) (154 votes)

Baby buggies/furniture		7 votes (5%)
Baby/children's clothes		6 votes (4%)
Bedding		1 votes (1%)
Books		14 votes (9%)
Bicycle		9 votes (6%)
Car/motorcycle		12 votes (8%)
Carpet		4 votes (3%)
Casual clothing		8 votes (5%)
Computers		4 votes (3%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc)		8 votes (5%)
Furniture		14 votes (9%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc)		6 votes (4%)
Jewellery		11 votes (7%)
Musical instruments		6 votes (4%)
Shoes		3 votes (2%)
Sports equipment		8 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress		6 votes (4%)
Toys		7 votes (5%)
TVs		6 votes (4%)
Wedding dress		3 votes (2%)
Underwear		3 votes (2%)
Other		6 votes (4%)
I wouldn’t buy anything second-hand		2 votes (1%)

           6,634 people have voted.

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