How do you feel about Hand Me Downs/Second Hand Goods?

Peppa_Pig_5

Good evening all. I am a bit annoyed this evening. As most of you are aware I am trying to pay off debt and trying to be as money saving as possible. Well I wanted to get a breadmaker with my Avon selling money that I made. However, as this would be £34.99 I thought I would try on freecycle to see if anyone had one that was not in use.

As luck would have it I had an email back straight from someone who had one gathering dust in the cupboard. I went to collect it today. Needs a bit of a clean, but I am sure it will be fine.

Problem is DH says the only place that is going is the bin. So what to do? Means I will still have to go out and spend money on a breadmaker :mad:

How would you feel about hand me downs or second hand goods? Would you get the same reaction?

Peppa
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spaghetti_monster

I really don't see what's wrong with a second-hand bread maker. After all you give it a clean, it'll be fine!
I guess there's a few things where you can draw the line (was just thinking of undies!)

lynzpower

Ridiculous! Your OH is plain mental - no offence

Personally, I come from a rather "green" perpective and whats the alternative? Landfill.

Local authorities spend AT LEAST a third of council tax on landfill, everything we save from landfill means more money for nurseries, parks, street safety etc and services for our old folk, which of course, we are all going to become in the end!

Ive never understood these ideas unless your OH had bad experince of handmedowns as a kid If you dont get along with the breadmaker pass it on! Ive saved money by giving away stuff I wont use,( the council will charge me for taking away my old bookcase, perfectly functional but havnet the space) the recipient has saved money by coming to get it, every council saves tax for landfill and the amount of environmental benefits are immesurable. I also think it fosters a nice sense of community that Im too young to remember!

Stick to your guns, you are in the right!!!

astonsmummy

well personally i think hand me downs and second hand things are great, just because things are second hand, doesnt mean they r shabby, i mean look how many people but second hand cars, at least the breadmaker is free!

stand your ground on this one! mention the 'car thing'

good luck! xx

DaisyNelson

There's nothing wrong with a pre-owned bread maker. Brand new is probably a luxury if you're trying to cut costs.

lynzpower

And also to say, no, I wouldnt get the same reaction, My OH would be chuffed with the bargain of it!

Getting_Better_With_Money_2

Funnily enough we were just talking about this at work. For the past year Best Beloved and I have been in serious debt clearing mode and that means, if I can get it second hand and if possible, free, then I'll take it! My plates were coutesy of a friend moving house and wanting new stuff!! My Xmas dress was an Oxfam special. Our dining table and chairs were thanks to a chum clearing out a garage and so on. But my colleagues would be shocked if they knew I really was second hand Rose! They find the whole thing, well icky I suppose! :eek: I guess it depends on the kind of person you are.
if I came home with a FREE breadmaker, BB would be over the moon and cleaning it for use that night.
Good luck with trying to persuade him :rolleyes:

oops_a_daisy

I wouldnt have a problem with it - I was thinking of advertising for a slow cooker on freecycle. Hand me down kids clothes are usually good too - we had a group of friends with children of differing ages and we handed down and were handed down too. Kids hardly wear clothes anyway before they grow out of them. My bread maker was used for a few weeks then relegated to the cupboard for a few years untill I came on here and changed my ways and got it back out again. I bet there are loads of bread makers out there in cupboards just waiting for somebody to clean them up and use them - nothing wrong with it. Just cook some bread in it and when he smells it cooking say nooooooo you cant have any.....its all mine with melted butter on it yummmmmmy

kathfisch

I think second hand goods are fantastic!! They save you money and are an antidote to the consumer culture we find ourselves in. Old things are kept out of landfill which is good for the environment.

Perhaps your OH feels funny about the cleanliness of the bread maker? Could you give it a really good clean, make a big fuss about it and do it twice over to try to convince him?!

jesster_2

Just about everything i had when i was a kid was hand-me-down. As i posted on another thread earlier today, lots of it NOT from within the family. I can clearly remember getting on the school bus and an older girl getting on in the next village and saying 'that's my old jumper you're wearing'. Mortifying at the time, but now... there's nothing wrong at all with second-hand, or 'vintage' as the overpriced second-hand shops call it! Seriously what is the point in paying for something you can get for cheaper or even free? If he doesn't want to eat the bread, that's his problem. As for binning it, the man's insane! With the greatest respect to your OH - who I'm sure is a lovely man - it's people with this kind of snobbery who end up spending money they don't have.

To continue alex's point about undies: I'd bake your OH some 'hand-me-down bread' and hide some tatty old pants in the loaf. Then when he finds himself chewing on them you can have a good giggle. "Ooh, whose are those?!" Get him to lighten up a bit about it. (But then I'm cruel and heartless... Probably cus I endured all those hand-me-down comments at school!)

Peppa_Pig_5

Thanks I have loved reading all your replies so far. You all sound just like me, why should it go to a landfill and why should I pay out money I cannot really afford on new things (unless they are undies :rotfl: )

I am going to give it a good clean and have a go at this breadmaking thing. And if DH doesn't want any, it's tough. I bet he will though when the lovely smell wafts past.

Has anyone else had any hand me downs/second hand goods lately that have made a big difference to you? As I am sure this breadmaker will to me, and hopefully DH.

Peppa
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