My son furnished his entire first apartment(except a new matress) from furniture bought on Facebook Marketplace.
Used furniture is worth 25% or less of its original price.
Your son is smart. I would prefer to do that...take old furniture or clothes and reuse them. I’m a landscaper, and I like to keep as many shrubs as possible. It’s just sensible. Rather than filling up our landfills. It’s just a personal campaign of mine.
Granted, had I been the original customer and had paid full price for a brand new item, I would have insisted they been in perfect condition, but for the money I saved, I was perfectly happy with the minor flaws.
I’m not sure I’ll ever buy new furniture again. Habitat for Humanity has some really nice furniture, especially if you shop a store in a wealthy area, and the prices are dirt cheap.
It’s difficult to get rid of old furniture. Everyone wants new. The old is built better (usually). But when Aunt Fanny passes and no heirs has room or need for an entire house full of furniture, trash it or donate it to the thrift store.
Me and a friend just furnished a place off Facebook marketplace and Craigslist. Found a lady and her husband in an almost million dollar house that was getting rid of everything and moving out of state. Almost new leather sofas and love seats. A guest bedroom set that had never been slept in. She threw in end tables, console tables, lamps, etc. We made quite the haul!!!