It’s been ONE YEAR SINCE WEB WATCH LAST WROTE ABOUT BUYING NEW or USED ITEMS, and it seems that the list of THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER BUY NEW and THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER BUY USED have expanded from a list of 10 items each, to lists containing 20 (technically, 21) items each.
On the bright side, our original post identifying those 10 items on each list still holds true. And yes, underwear is still on the “don’t buy used” list.
So think of this as an expanded update of THINGS THAT YOU SHOULDN’T BUY NEW and THINGS THAT YOU SHOULDN’T BUY USED.
21 THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T BUY NEW
- DVDs and CDs
- Books
- Video Games
- Special Occasion and Holiday Clothing
- Jewelry
- Ikea Furniture
- Games and Toys
- Maternity and Baby Clothes
- Musical Instruments
- Pets
- Home Accent Pieces
- Craft Supplies
- Houses
- Office Furniture
- Cars
- Hand Tools
- Sports Equipment
- Consumer Electronics — yes, Web Watch realizes that this one slightly contradicts many of the items on the “don’t buy used” list, but there are some items that still qualify as being perfectly good things to pick up at a local garage sale or classified ad. Pinball machines, for example, are a much better deal when buying used versus buying new. Just saying…
- Gardening Supplies
- Timeshares
- Recreational Vehicles
20 THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T BUY USED
- Cribs and children’s furniture
- Car seats
- Bicycle helmets
- Tires
- Laptops
- Software
- Plasma and HDTVs
- DVD players
- Digital and video cameras
- Speakers and microphones
- Camera lenses
- Photo light bulbs
- Mattresses and bedding
- Swimsuits and underwear
- Wet suits
- Shoes
- Hats
- Makeup
- Pet supplies
- Vacuum cleaners