The AARP is at it again helping the Senior Generation with advice on buying stuff that ranges from “No, Duh!” to “No Way!”
- Books – No duh. Just check and make sure the person you are buying them from did not read in the bathroom.
- Pet Items – No way. I would not want a dog of mine chewing on another dogs slobber-soaked rawhide strip…It’s bad enough he sniffs other dog’s butts.
- Musical Instruments – No Duh. The price of a new Calliope is prohibitive to the common man.
- Vintage and Fashion Clothing – No Duh. How do you buy authentic vintage clothing new?
- Holiday Items – No duh. Why pay full price for a 1994 Fruit Cake.
- Glassware – No Duh. Maybe, if you can get crystal goblets at a garage sale for $5 each. Otherwise stick with your jelly jars.
- Sporting Goods – Uh, Possibly: Beginner set of golf clubs, sure. A used parachute harness, probably not.
- Fitness Equipment – No Duh. Sure, why pay retail for something that is going to sit unused in the garage?
- Wooden and Yard Furniture – Tricky. Upholstered furniture may have bugs and, if it was owned by a single nerd with a poster of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman on his wall, is most likely saturated with DNA. (May have think for minute on this one?)
- Electronics – No Duh. I hear you can get a great deal on an iPhone 6!
Choose wisely, Grasshopper.