What do you buy second-hand?

What do you buy second-hand?

10 March 2020

It's cheap and environmentally friendly, yet some people think only new will do.

Please select ALL of the items that you'd be happy to buy second-hand, if they were decent quality and cheaper.

Results

I'm a man aged under 25 (617 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 18 votes (3%)
Baby equipment/buggies 19 votes (3%)
Bedding 4 votes (1%)
Bicycle 54 votes (9%)
Books 59 votes (10%)
Car/motorcycle 73 votes (12%)
Carpet 5 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 31 votes (5%)
Computers 33 votes (5%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 54 votes (9%)
Furniture 52 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 34 votes (6%)
Jewellery 25 votes (4%)
Musical instruments 28 votes (5%)
Shoes 16 votes (3%)
Sports equipment 27 votes (4%)
Suits/formal dress 10 votes (2%)
Toys 17 votes (3%)
TVs 35 votes (6%)
Wedding dress 7 votes (1%)
Underwear 0 votes (0%)
Other 12 votes (2%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 4 votes (1%)
I'm a woman aged under 25 (575 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 21 votes (4%)
Baby equipment/buggies 23 votes (4%)
Bedding 5 votes (1%)
Books 50 votes (9%)
Bicycle 41 votes (7%)
Car/motorcycle 48 votes (8%)
Carpet 4 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 35 votes (6%)
Computers 19 votes (3%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 46 votes (8%)
Furniture 48 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 24 votes (4%)
Jewellery 24 votes (4%)
Musical instruments 28 votes (5%)
Shoes 25 votes (4%)
Sports equipment 28 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress 23 votes (4%)
Toys 23 votes (4%)
TVs 26 votes (5%)
Wedding dress 13 votes (2%)
Underwear 3 votes (1%)
Other 13 votes (2%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 5 votes (1%)
I'm a man aged 25-34 (2540 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 92 votes (4%)
Baby equipment/buggies 118 votes (5%)
Bedding 11 votes (0%)
Books 229 votes (9%)
Bicycle 192 votes (8%)
Car/motorcycle 264 votes (10%)
Carpet 17 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 113 votes (4%)
Computers 124 votes (5%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 230 votes (9%)
Furniture 203 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 124 votes (5%)
Jewellery 89 votes (4%)
Musical instruments 120 votes (5%)
Shoes 64 votes (3%)
Sports equipment 128 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress 74 votes (3%)
Toys 124 votes (5%)
TVs 114 votes (4%)
Wedding dress 31 votes (1%)
Underwear 3 votes (0%)
Other 56 votes (2%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 20 votes (1%)
I'm a woman aged 25-34 (4230 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 217 votes (5%)
Baby equipment/buggies 209 votes (5%)
Bedding 34 votes (1%)
Books 357 votes (8%)
Bicycle 283 votes (7%)
Car/motorcycle 325 votes (8%)
Carpet 42 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 256 votes (6%)
Computers 127 votes (3%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 300 votes (7%)
Furniture 324 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 159 votes (4%)
Jewellery 192 votes (5%)
Musical instruments 203 votes (5%)
Shoes 155 votes (4%)
Sports equipment 208 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress 202 votes (5%)
Toys 240 votes (6%)
TVs 169 votes (4%)
Wedding dress 144 votes (3%)
Underwear 10 votes (0%)
Other 72 votes (2%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 2 votes (0%)
I'm a man aged 35-49 (3627 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 149 votes (4%)
Baby equipment/buggies 170 votes (5%)
Bedding 26 votes (1%)
Books 337 votes (9%)
Bicycle 278 votes (8%)
Car/motorcycle 367 votes (10%)
Carpet 27 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 155 votes (4%)
Computers 179 votes (5%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 324 votes (9%)
Furniture 288 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 144 votes (4%)
Jewellery 131 votes (4%)
Musical instruments 176 votes (5%)
Shoes 72 votes (2%)
Sports equipment 192 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress 102 votes (3%)
Toys 204 votes (6%)
TVs 156 votes (4%)
Wedding dress 43 votes (1%)
Underwear 4 votes (0%)
Other 85 votes (2%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 18 votes (0%)
I'm a woman aged 35-49 (9215 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 476 votes (5%)
Baby equipment/buggies 444 votes (5%)
Bedding 147 votes (2%)
Books 751 votes (8%)
Bicycle 617 votes (7%)
Car/motorcycle 668 votes (7%)
Carpet 91 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 571 votes (6%)
Computers 253 votes (3%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 659 votes (7%)
Furniture 682 votes (7%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 319 votes (3%)
Jewellery 485 votes (5%)
Musical instruments 451 votes (5%)
Shoes 345 votes (4%)
Sports equipment 479 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress 455 votes (5%)
Toys 530 votes (6%)
TVs 307 votes (3%)
Wedding dress 262 votes (3%)
Underwear 30 votes (0%)
Other 176 votes (2%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 17 votes (0%)
I'm a man aged 50-64 (4447 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 116 votes (3%)
Baby equipment/buggies 146 votes (3%)
Bedding 40 votes (1%)
Books 451 votes (10%)
Bicycle 355 votes (8%)
Car/motorcycle 468 votes (11%)
Carpet 51 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 215 votes (5%)
Computers 199 votes (4%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 372 votes (8%)
Furniture 382 votes (9%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 175 votes (4%)
Jewellery 212 votes (5%)
Musical instruments 220 votes (5%)
Shoes 116 votes (3%)
Sports equipment 218 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress 144 votes (3%)
Toys 185 votes (4%)
TVs 174 votes (4%)
Wedding dress 53 votes (1%)
Underwear 14 votes (0%)
Other 121 votes (3%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 20 votes (0%)
I'm a woman aged 50-64 (14097 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 659 votes (5%)
Baby equipment/buggies 624 votes (4%)
Bedding 246 votes (2%)
Books 1271 votes (9%)
Bicycle 928 votes (7%)
Car/motorcycle 1117 votes (8%)
Carpet 167 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 922 votes (7%)
Computers 319 votes (2%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 972 votes (7%)
Furniture 1117 votes (8%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 494 votes (4%)
Jewellery 917 votes (7%)
Musical instruments 628 votes (4%)
Shoes 511 votes (4%)
Sports equipment 648 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress 695 votes (5%)
Toys 770 votes (5%)
TVs 383 votes (3%)
Wedding dress 320 votes (2%)
Underwear 34 votes (0%)
Other 333 votes (2%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 22 votes (0%)
I'm a man aged 65+ (3463 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 65 votes (2%)
Baby equipment/buggies 87 votes (3%)
Bedding 17 votes (0%)
Books 464 votes (13%)
Bicycle 299 votes (9%)
Car/motorcycle 461 votes (13%)
Carpet 34 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 173 votes (5%)
Computers 174 votes (5%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 274 votes (8%)
Furniture 312 votes (9%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 133 votes (4%)
Jewellery 175 votes (5%)
Musical instruments 147 votes (4%)
Shoes 74 votes (2%)
Sports equipment 117 votes (3%)
Suits/formal dress 84 votes (2%)
Toys 114 votes (3%)
TVs 105 votes (3%)
Wedding dress 16 votes (0%)
Underwear 7 votes (0%)
Other 86 votes (2%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 45 votes (1%)
I'm a woman aged 65+ (7087 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 304 votes (4%)
Baby equipment/buggies 348 votes (5%)
Bedding 102 votes (1%)
Books 799 votes (11%)
Bicycle 463 votes (7%)
Car/motorcycle 601 votes (8%)
Carpet 81 votes (1%)
Casual clothing 499 votes (7%)
Computers 130 votes (2%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 455 votes (6%)
Furniture 638 votes (9%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 211 votes (3%)
Jewellery 534 votes (8%)
Musical instruments 288 votes (4%)
Shoes 219 votes (3%)
Sports equipment 243 votes (3%)
Suits/formal dress 310 votes (4%)
Toys 418 votes (6%)
TVs 143 votes (2%)
Wedding dress 122 votes (2%)
Underwear 12 votes (0%)
Other 141 votes (2%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 26 votes (0%)
I'm agender (or I don't wish to disclose my gender/age) (154 votes)
Baby/children's clothes 5 votes (3%)
Baby equipment/buggies 6 votes (4%)
Bedding 3 votes (2%)
Books 10 votes (6%)
Bicycle 9 votes (6%)
Car/motorcycle 11 votes (7%)
Carpet 4 votes (3%)
Casual clothing 8 votes (5%)
Computers 7 votes (5%)
Entertainment (DVDs, video games etc) 9 votes (6%)
Furniture 10 votes (6%)
Household appliances (vacuum, microwave etc) 9 votes (6%)
Jewellery 9 votes (6%)
Musical instruments 8 votes (5%)
Shoes 4 votes (3%)
Sports equipment 7 votes (5%)
Suits/formal dress 6 votes (4%)
Toys 7 votes (5%)
TVs 7 votes (5%)
Wedding dress 4 votes (3%)
Underwear 3 votes (2%)
Other 6 votes (4%)
I wouldn't buy anything second-hand 2 votes (1%)

           5,601 people have voted.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.

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