Not surprisingly, “underwear” still not on this year’s list of things to buy used

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

1. DVDs and CDs
2. Books
3. Video Games
4. Special Occasion and Holiday Clothing
5. Jewelry
6. Ikea Furniture
7. Games and Toys
8. Maternity and Baby Clothes
9. Musical Instruments
10. Pets
11. Home Accent Pieces
12. Craft Supplies
13. Houses
14. Office Furniture
15. Cars
16. Hand Tools
17. Sports Equipment
18. 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…
19. Gardening Supplies
20. Timeshares
21. Recreational Vehicles

20 THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T BUY USED

1. Cribs and children’s furniture
2. Car seats
3. Bicycle helmets
4. Tires
5. Laptops
6. Software
7. Plasma and HDTVs
8. DVD players
9. Digital and video cameras
10. Speakers and microphones
11. Camera lenses
12. Photo light bulbs
13. Mattresses and bedding
14. Swimsuits and underwear
15. Wet suits
16. Shoes
17. Hats
18. Makeup
19. Pet supplies
20. Vacuum cleaners