There are people who want what others might consider junk.
Young people starting a household, for instance, are foolish to buy everything new, when so much that you need is so cheap at a thrift or charity store - often like new.
Those stores are doing very good business in my area.
You are 100% correct. But all the flipside I’ve heard nightmares where people buy something from these places and it has bugs and fleas and all kinds of crap on them. so you definitely have to be careful.
used office furniture offers similar, perhaps better, savings over buying new as well when setting up a business ...
new mechanics should consider some lower-level brand tools and tool chests than all new Snap-On and such when first starting out as well ...