9. Bikes
Just like cars, bikes can also get quite expensive when you want to purchase them brand new. But if you don’t need to spend a lot of cash to get a bike that will take you places. You can look for a pre-owned bike on Craiglist, Marketplace, flea markets, or garage sales, and we’re sure that you’ll find something that has a great price, and that also fits all of your needs. Just be sure that you can properly use the bike before buying it!
…Have you ever bought something pre-owned so that you could save some extra money? Tell us in the comments down below!
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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