Ed Grosvenor

We’re expecting a new roommate any day now and this time around, my wife insisted that we acquire as much as we can second-hand. Which is great from an environmental and sustainability standpoint. But I’m now 30+ hours into refurbishing, rebuilding, cleaning, and busting my knuckles on what we could have purchased new for about $3500.

Someone needs to professionalize the reuse of baby stuff. Maybe all this stuff should just be made available for rent.

Aug 2, 2023 at 9:08pmWeb
Show threadEd GrosvenorAug 2, 2023
Most parents around here aren’t terribly price sensitive. Everyone we’ve acquired anything from has a high paying biotech or finance job. We only engage in this marketplace of used stuff because we want to keep it out of the landfill. This stuff gets used for a handful of months and then gets shoved into a basement to collect dust. It’s a broken and inefficient market and someone smarter than me needs to figure out how to make better use of all these items over their lifetime.