7. Musical instruments
If you’re not a professional musician and you don’t really plan on becoming one, you should know that basic musical instruments, such as drums and guitars, haven’t changed that much over the years. So, if music is one of your passions and you want to learn how to play an instrument, consider buying pre-owned items so that you can save some extra cash.
Make sure that the instruments you want to purchase are high-quality and that they properly function. If these conditions are fulfilled, it’s time to rock those music skills!
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Clothing.
i.e. shirts, pants, jackets at Goodwill.
I buy most of my clothes at a resale shop, shoes that are sometimes new for under$10, jeans for $2.50. – $5.00, a like new jacket for under $10 etc. Just need to check frequently and buy what you will use but do not wait til you need a specific item and have high expectations of finding it.
Any other suggestions on being economical, i.e., whether to dumpster dive, swap, set up elephant flea markets, finding old but good food, etc.
I have some of all these items for anyone who would care to buy them USED. Thanks
Textbooks. Nowadays many professors are a little more forgiving when it comes to buying textbooks you will use for 16 weeks and then are likely to never open it again. Amazon and affiliates are good at offering textbooks of different editions and professors often allow students to purchase older editions that are less expensive. And Amazon et. al. are good at categorizing texts by quality and price and you can get a good deal depending on what you can tolerate (bent cover or smoothed edges etc.)
Its called settling rather than buying what you would like