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.
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
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.
Get ready for used goods to cost more than today's new goods.
Yes, but fast fashion, fast furniture, etc.
But the value of the new product goes up if people tend to buy the used version of it.
I would love to see a source for the actual claim that buying used avoids tarrifs, because all I can find says that tarrifs still apply to used products being imported.
I don't trust second hand electronics due to the fact that you're often playing Russian roulette with them
And I don't like the idea of buying chairs and mattresses second hand because of bodily fluids or the chance someone died in one
I was gonna say, there goes my dream of buying a brand new Honda CB500F. The MSRP is ~$7000 right now. It's gonna skyrocket.
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