Call You and Yours: Buying Second Hand

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On this week's phone-in we're asking: Have you made the shift to second hand online shopping? Last week second hand online marketplace, Vinted, reported its profits had jumped by 330% in 2024. A survey by Oxfam last year found that 41 per cent of UK adults now buy and wear more second-hand clothing than they did two years ago. So is that you? Have you made the shift to second hand online shopping? If so, what was it that got you to make the change from buying new? Was it how online websites and apps for shopping preloved work? Was it the tech that got you to make the shift? Or was it more to do with changing attitudes to second hand? Has the stigma gone? Has it become 'normal'? Or did environmental factors play a part? Or perhaps you still prefer to buy new - if so what's holding you back? Perhaps you've tried it and found it lacking - we want to hear from you. What are the pros and cons to buying and selling online - whether for one-off purchases or a money making side hustle? We want to hear your experience. Have you made the shift to second hand online shopping? PRODUCER - CATHERINE EARLAM PRESENTER - WINIFRED ROBINSON