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

MinnieSpender

I love second-hand - especially vintage clothing! I've had nothing but compliments for some of the stuff I've dragged up in over the years!

Tell your OH it's not second-hand - it's antique. He'll be boasting down the pub to his mates about his authentic George III breadmaker in no time.

roversbabe

There's nowt wrong with second hand stuff - I have clothes from ebay, especially maternity clothes. Some of the stuff I've bought for the baby is second hand as I don't see the point of spending silly amounts of money when the item doesn't need to be new. The car seat, pram mattress and cot bed mattress ARE brand new but that's from a safety point of view more than anything else.

We started out with freebie furniture from family when we 1st got our own house and replaced stuff as time went on. 11 years later and I'm still using crockery that was a hand-me-down from my parents.

If your OH insists on a brand new breadmaker, get him to buy it and send the second hand one to me, I'll make use of it

Seriously though, roversbloke would be delighted if I got a freebie. He's quite enjoying my attempts to go OS, especially when I've been baking

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john_kent

Cant see the problem at all.

I have to move soon (work reasons) and will have nothing other then a bed , desk and wardrobe for the flat. SO I will use freecycle to refurbish , and then , when I move on again will pass on.

I pass on old PC`s to freecycle or to schools

Picked up a 6 piece dinner service for £6 at a booty Monday . Was a little grubby as had inground dust. Put it in mums dishwasher and its immaculate.

Also got some saucepans for £2.50 , again , an hour cleaning and scrubbingthem and as good as new.

So cant see the problem. After all , we all use old clothe sfor gardenineg , decorating etc. So whats wrong with second hand if cleaned.

angeluk69_2

I have a friend who's little girl has started to outgrow all of her clothes that my daughter now fits into and so she hands the clothes to me and after a wear and a wash you wouldn't know that i hadn't bought them, ok there are some clothes which are just plain awful but they get passed on to the local charity shop.

My mum works closely with a company that supplies baby stuff to teenagers who are pregnant and these are great i have had kids clothes for the last few years.

I love second hand stuff, OH is a bit unsure but i just tell him that they are new or in the sale and he loves it really!!

Jay-Jay_4

My OH is the same so if I twist the truth to fit the occasion . He wanted a hat for footie training, I saw one in a charity shop, bought it for 75p then took it home, washed it and chucked it in the 'hat, scarf and gloves box'. He found it, asked where it was from, I said it had been in my car (true! :rolleyes2 ) and off he toddled with it

If you want some good arguments for you OH then try asking him if he would ever consider driving a second hand car? The answer will probably be yes. Then ask him about sleeping in a second hand bed with second hand sheets and a second hand pillow, using second hand towels, using a toilet that a hundred people have pooed on :eek: sitting in a bath that another man has sat in ...... 'naked', eating off a fork that hundreds of other people have used, drinking out of a pint glass that hundreds of other people have used you could go on forever...... so if he's ever been in a hotel, restaurant or pub then he's done all of the above..... what's the difference between that and using the breadmaker?

Good luck :beer:

calleyw

If I had turned my nose up at second hand and hand me downs when I was child/teenie I would have to walk around with no clothes on.

As I got my brothers school jumpers and ties. Most of if not all my clothes where from jumble sales. Got the odd new bits like underwear (One year got given a new bra a christmas present from my parents) but all the out wear was second hand.

Now I don't mainly because I such a fat heifer (moo moo in other words) I would not able to find clothes to fit. Have enough trouble buying new. Not that I buy clothes very often anyway.

I always pass on what does not fit or is no good to me on my side of the family. As there is always a use for it.

I mean second hand does not mean shabby, broken or damaged.


Yours


Calley

benedictadams

Peppa_Pig wrote:

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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Peppa

I got a mini-oven from Freecycle (l don't have an OH to stick his oar in), and i was well impressed especially as it is still in Argos at nearly £100.

People at work think that i'm a bit strange turning up after lunch with a computer monitor or going to collect a free printer in the evening

Most of my wardrobe is from a charity shop (it does get a wash first, but i wouln't get underwear or socks or shoes)

Its partly money saving but partly because i hate the idea of stuff going into landfill

You stick your ground and get your breadmaker and whatever else some kind person may be willing to donate to you

skintchick

I love second hand stuff, always have. Most of my furniture is second hand - noth beds, my three chests of drawers, bedside chair, bedside table, my piano, my coffee table, the two chests in the living room, my washing machine, my ottoman, rugs... Hardly anything is new!

My wardrobe is packed full of clothes from eBay and charity shops, and people always love what I'm wearing.

Why pay more than you have to? Tell your OH it is pre-loved (and that he is being a silly snob)

kathfisch

Just remembered, my mum has a frying pan that she stole from her parents when she moved out to go to university, aged 19 I guess. My mum is now 50 and the pan is still going strong :eek: :rotfl:

Never quite done the maths on that one before :rotfl:

Its incredibly heavy and completely indestructable, not quite like pans you'd buy now but still pretty good to have lasted that long :rotfl:

southernscouser

This is what I would do!

Buy a normal loaf from the supermarket, open it and leave it to go mouldy! Then bake a nice fresh loaf in your breadmaker!

Then when it comes to his sandwiches ask him what bread he wants.

The mouldy, out of date, salmonella in a bun, slices?

OR

The nice fresh, warm, healthy slices that have been cooked in a perfectly addequate second hand bread maker?

If he goes for the mouldy bread then recycle him instead! :rotfl: