What do you buy second-hand?

10 March 2020

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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'd be happy to buy second-hand, if they were 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'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.

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