French web site an app Leboncoin is one of most used apps.
I have bought tons of stuff, sold as many donated and received gifts from people for many years.
But every now and then I come by people who are not very honest. Selling items at ridiculous price or use false text in title to gain visibility and clicks.
This cordless mini drill is sold for 25€ @ Lidl , this guy is asking 65€.
And added "Dremel" to the name to attract visitors.
Earlier this year my husband gave me some retro plates as a gift (Royal Doulton Sonnet, so made between 1971 and 1998). Last week I found one of the local charity shops had a pile of serving dishes in the pattern. I didn't get them because really, I have a lot of china, but when I mentioned it to them he pointed out we don't have a set of serveware, and sometimes it'd be nice to have something less eclectic. Also, we don't have a gravy boat.
So, I got two big oval platters, three veggie dishes and a gravy boat for £27. That's possibly a lot in charity shop terms, but a really good price for excellent-quality porcelain, and people online charge more than that for a single platter or veggie dish.
A close up of a porcelain gravy boat with matching saucer standing on two stacked oval platters. The saucer and platters are edged with a sage-green band featuring an ornate, vaguely gothic, floral pattern in white with mustard and grey accents. The gravy boat has a rosette in the same pattern on its side. Each piece has a gold rim. Just the thing to give your beans on toast a touch of class.
Deutsche kaufen Elektronikgeräte lieber neu als gebraucht
Gebraucht statt neu: Beim Kauf von Elektronikgeräten wäre das ein wichtiger Schritt für mehr Nachhaltigkeit. Doch Studien zeigen, dass die große Mehrheit immer noch lieber zur Neuware greift. Von Jens Eberl.
"Niemiecki Czerwony Krzyż poinformował, że rocznie otrzymuje od 70 do 80 tys. ton odzieży.
Tylko 10% trafia bezpośrednio do potrzebujących.
50% podlega recyklingowi i jest przetwarzana na surowce wtórne.
Pozostałe 40% ląduje w ofercie second handów. Dochody wspierają wówczas działania organizacji, np. pomoc humanitarną w czasie klęsk żywiołowych."
A hand holding a paperback edition of Singapore Noir, a collection of crime stories, edited by Cheryl Tan. The cover features photographs that could be described as typically crimey and/or Singaporean in nature.
Missbrauch: Wie Frauen auf Vinted zur Ware gemacht werden
Die Secondhand-Plattform Vinted wird zunehmend ein Tatort für digitale Übergriffe. Fotos von Nutzerinnen tauchen ohne ihr Wissen in sexualisierten Telegram-Kanälen auf. Betroffene fordern mehr Schutz und bessere Umsetzung von Gesetzen.
Thanks to the latest WRAP report (Feb 2025) we finally have some statistics about how choosing to #repair our #clothes and buying #SecondHand is having an impact.
A few key points >>>
🪡 #Repairing our clothes has been shown to displace the need for buying new items by 82%.
This shows that we’re placing value on the pieces already in our wardrobes, showing the #BigCompanies that we don’t want to keep replacing items,
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Edit: original post has some corrections, as some translations are faulty.