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Story summary
- UK buyers purchase 34–45 percent of goods as second-hand, per 2025 research by the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
- The shift is driven by rising living costs and sustainability concerns.
- The author and her mother, now in Sydney, run an Etsy vintage shop called Bevintagebounty to fund her trips home.
- They enjoy buying second-hand but staging and shipping items can be tedious, as US customs and tariffs affect postage.
