Five Things You Should Never Buy New

Staying out of debt can be tough. Spending less than you earn is the best way to ensure your personal finances won’t suffer. But to avoid risk in other ways you must learn to find the best deals for the things you buy. This means looking for the best deals and sometimes buying used instead of new. To help you out with this task, here is a list of things that you should never buy new.

CDs, DVDs and video games can all be bought used to save up to half of the retail price. You can find used media and games at Gamestop stores and online at SecondSpin and Wherehouse. If you are a frequent DVD renter, think about renting online through Netflix or trade them with other people through Peerflix.

Used books can be bought through the usual sites: Amazon, SecondSpin and Half.com, as well as sites like bookfinder.com and abebooks.com. You may have not thought about this but you can borrow books for free from your local library. Libraries still exist and good ones can be found in every major city. Textbooks usually carry a high price tag so it pays to buy used or rent them. So if you’re a college student and are looking for textbooks, try Chegg.com. Here you can rent books by receiving them through the mail. Simply return them when the semester is over. This is ideal for textbooks since they almost always go unused as soon as the class is complete. Read more…