Ten Things Not to Buy New

[Belguy]

Here is a slide show recommended by Rob Carrick of the Globe and Mail:

http://moneyland.time.com/2012/07/11...-main-lede#all

[Jungle]

Two things I would never buy used- mattress and couch. Getting rid of bed bugs and cockroaches costs a lot of money- not worth the risk.

Good idea with the home decor. Never thought of that.

[andrewf]

Buying a used bed is not a good idea. Wait until the 70% off sale and buy new... A good bed last decades--why cheap out?

[doctrine]

Buy video games on steam. "A" titles often go for 50-75% off, especially around Christmas, and no more worrying about dvds and such. Also thousands of games available at less than $10.

[Nick1357]

Buy video games on steam. "A" titles often go for 50-75% off, especially around Christmas, and no more worrying about dvds and such. Also thousands of games available at less than $10.

gog.com is also great if you like some of the older classics. They patch them up so that they will work on the newer versions of Windows as well.

[colossk]

Buy video games on steam. "A" titles often go for 50-75% off, especially around Christmas, and no more worrying about dvds and such. Also thousands of games available at less than $10.

Steam summer sale should start soon. Thats always a fantastic sale.

[Sherlock]

Steam summer sale should start soon. Thats always a fantastic sale.

It already started. No game that interests me yet though.

[Sherlock]

Here's a related article: http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2012/0...ldnt-buy-used/

[indexxx]

I almost always buy everything used, aside from beds or padded furniture due to the possibility of bugs- a serious issue in Vancouver. I do buy new computers and most camera gear, though. I feel it's a great waste of resources to produce and ship articles that I can get second-hand, and I'm not making some retailer richer.

[Ponderling]

Original link is dead to me now. My two cents worth - closed end mutual fund IPO's.

I did this last year, and happened to get lucky with Taylor NA Opportunities Fund, run by a value oriented guy with a good track record launching his own fund after past fund swallowed by a big bank a few years earlier.

I have gotten lucky, with modest gains to date, but a detailed read of the prospectus for something else after I bought turned up that of my $10 IPO price $0.40 was going to the crowd getting the shares underwritten, and only $9.60 was getting into the hands of the manager. Now I did not pay commission to buy it, so that maybe should ease the pain a bit, but I was not briefed of this by the dude who brought this product to my attention.