page_title: Used good
section_title: Purchases
hierarchical_section_title: Used good / Purchases
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: En Caterpillar kompakter i arbejde på en australsk losseplads. Forskellen på en kompakter og en gummiged ligger i hvilken hjultype der er monteret. English: Picture of a Caterpillar 826C landfill compactor being used at an Australian landfill site. Deutsch: Ein Müllverdichter, auch Kompaktor, des Herstellers Caterpillar beim Einsatz auf einer australischen Deponie.
context_page_description: A secondhand or used good is a piece of personal property that is being purchased by or otherwise transferred to a second or later end user. A used good can also simply mean it is no longer in the same condition as it was when transferred to the current owner. When the term used means that an item has expended its purpose, it is typically called garbage, instead.
  Used goods may be transferred informally between friends and family for free as hand-me-downs. They may be sold for a fraction of their original price at garage sales, in bazaar-style fundraisers, in privately owned consignment shops, or through online auctions. Some things are typically sold in specialized shops, such as a car dealership that specializes in the sale of used vehicles or a used bookstore that sells used books. In other cases, such as a charity shop, a wide variety of used goods might be handled by the same establishment. High-value used luxury goods, such as antique furniture, jewelry, watches, and artwork, might be sold through a generic auction house such as Sotheby's, more specialized niches like Bob's Watches or privately owned auction marketplaces such as WatchPayer.com.
context_section_description: The strategy of buying used items is employed by some to save money, as they are typically worth less than the equivalent new items. Purchasing used items for reuse prevents them from becoming waste and saves costly production of equivalent new goods. Motivations for purchase include conserving natural resources and protecting the environment, and may form part of a simple living plan.
caption: As dumped used goods take up space in landfills, some may purchase them for environmental motivations.
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