30 People Share Things That Are Not Worth It Or Even Dangerous To Buy Secondhand

Lee Gilliland

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Also used beds. Including antique ones, which is how I found out.

The police will tell you to cut the belts off of them. When my son tas a teenager he barely tapped the back of a car and the cop told the lady to go by a new car seat for her little girl and cut the belts off of the old one. If I could have done it I would have told her to follow me to Walmart for a new one but I didn't have the money to do it. I told her to save the receipt to turn into my sons insurance.

Motorcycle helmet should be replaced every 5 years.

This should be a no brainer.

And remember that ropes for climbing are not for caving

Who’s selling used underwear?

Nothing necessarily wrong with second hand AirPods because you can buy replacement buds for them.

They have a three-year lifespan due to the effect of ultraviolet rays on the plastic. Also, they get sweaty...

This is the first one I disagree with. If you know what you're getting yourself into and are an adapt DIYer, you can probably make a good deal *because* it is leaking and fix it yourself.

while you have to be very selective and really try them out in the store beforehand, i have found some great shoe buys at thrift stores over the years. i currently have a set of thrifted børn shoes, ll bean boots, and vans in my stable right now. they all fit and work great. they also go through a thorough lysol mist before they see regular rotation. other commenters are right about the internal contours being set for someone else's feet. if that is uncomfortable, i don't buy them.

TBH I think your teacher may have been right. It's quite common for a part-worn but still perfectly serviceable tyre to be discarded if another one has been damaged, to ensure that matching ones are fitted to both sides of an axle. If you can find one that's the same type as one that you've damaged, with a similar amount of wear (and age) it really shouldn't be a problem. Especially on small non-performance cars.

Seriously??? That's just nasty and stupid!

Cautious, yes. But most of my current sound system was used. Private garage sale about 10 years ago, the man was seriously into his electronics and was selling some used after he upgraded to newer. Bought a pair of Cerwin-Vega E712s, a Denon AVR-3802 7.1 amp, a JVC center speaker and a pair of Paradigm rear speakers for about $400. And about a week later I bought a Onkyo SKW-520 sub for $15 or 20 (forget). They work great, I love them, and I can make the walls shake. It's a mixed lot in terms of brands but it's way more sound than I could afford new. On the sell side, I sold a different pair of "pretty good" tower speakers for $20. I got them really cheap at a church garage sale, used them for a long time before I had the cerwin-vegas. Sold them cheap to another guy who was happy to get them. I was cautious about such a large garage sale purchase but the dude had lots of gear - all pretty immaculate.

They should be turned in or disposed instead of selling them.

Used toilet paper?

Who the hell buys used dentures?

Depends on how good a deal. Several years ago I bought a baggie of AA rechargeable from a garage sale. Many said he used them for a trip to Europe for the cameras he had at the time. They were cheap. Most of them worked and four or five years later I'm still using some of them. No regrets.

I cannot imagine anyone buying a toilet reading book. Used, or not. It's the 21st century, we use cell phones for reading on the toilet now.

used usb drives are a no-go for me. even the branded freebies you get from conferences can be suspicious. they could have some malware lingering on there and then it's the plot from the beekeeper all over again. go get 'em statham!

That's also an argument for not buying a new one, unless perhaps you have so much money you just don't care.

Ick 🤢

As long as they are sure I'm dead, I don't care if they toss me in a used coffin that still has the original occupant. Or, more practical, just cremate me. Funerals are for the living. Once I die, what is left is just a slab of rotting meat.

Quite often runners will buy a shoe, wear it once or twice and then decide it is not right for them and sell them cheap, basically like new. I have bought and sold several like this.

Several years ago a friends son bought a used computer from somebody that sells electronics at a flea market. It had kiddie p**n that attached itself to an email. Police show up take it and his wifes laptop. The SBI proved that it was on there when he bought it because he had the receipt. The county DA used him as an example, he had to register as a s*x offender and couldn't be alone with his kid until she turned 18.

You bought it from a poŗn shop? No wonder it was filthy.

Why?

You have to wait for your own body to evolve one.

Seriously, is this list just, “random s**t that popped into my head”.

Do you stay at hotels. I mean, I've never bought used sheets but I do stay at hotels

I'm pretty sure this has more to do with the refurbisher. As OP points out. There are legitimate companies out there. Just don't buy from Honest John. Down at the local pub.