Comments on: A list of things I’ve never bought *new* before https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/ Money | Minimalism | Mohawks Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:33:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286852 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:33:57 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286852 In reply to Doug Nordman (Nords).

$6,200 for a new car – wow!

I wonder what houses were going for back then?

And btw – if you were in Hawaii then we might have crossed paths, though I was just a baby ;)

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286846 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:12:06 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286846 In reply to Caroline.

Ahhh miss that show! I think there’s a movie out now though, yeah?!

]]> By: Doug Nordman (Nords) https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286813 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 03:51:41 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286813 I love these bullet topics, J$.

I bought a new car in 1981 (38 years ago) and I’m never making that mistake again! We got 13 years out of it, but we still wasted at least a thousand bucks of depreciation in the first year after that $6200 purchase. Golly, if I’d invested that savings in a total stock market index fund…

We’ve never bought a new house. We’ve rented a 75-year-old house, and we won’t make that mistake again either. Fortunately the oldest we’ve bought was 11 years, and that seems to be a sweet spot.

]]> By: Caroline https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286771 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:29:21 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286771 Just bought our first ever custom leather lazy boy sofa. We picked everything the color of the leather, the upgraded foam magic cushions. I was watching Downton Abbey and a character said “We don’t buy furniture we inherit it”. I could relate, not really inherit but when parents on either side got new stuff we got the old stuff. We are not fussy, working our plan here!

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286759 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:33:23 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286759 In reply to Suz.

Haha, well done…

I’ve bought one off eBay before and had to have it shipped, but fortunately was able to at leas see pics of inside and out and call to ask questions/etc which made me feel better :) And even more so when I learned it was a one-owner car by a grandma that rarely used it! One of my favorite cars I ever owned (’93 Cadillac Deville).

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286757 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:31:05 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286757 In reply to Hannah.

Wow – no new TV or computer, that’s hard to do! :)

Good job!

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286755 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:29:50 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286755 In reply to Joe.

Interesting… I’d think it would be *less* work since it’s all brand new compared to used homes which are always breaking, but I guess that’s only if you pick up a house that already has everything you want?

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286754 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:27:28 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286754 In reply to Kate.

Especially *vintage* jewelry!! Or vintage anything, really! :)

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286753 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:26:33 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286753 In reply to BC | FrugalWheels.

HAH!

]]> By: Suz https://eliteedgemoney.com/list-of-things-never-bought-brand-new/#comment-286748 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:52:08 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=62139#comment-286748 Not only do I purchase used cars, but I also purchased a car off the internet, sight unseen, from a dealer in Texas (I live in Maryland) and had it shipped to me. It was my dream car at a “too good to be true” price. Admittedly, I was nervous that a totally different vehicle would show up…or the interior or the engine would be missing, etc. ;) but it turned out for me and I’d even take that chance again if presented with the opportunity.

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