I have to really disagree with number 3.
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3) Books
It's true that it's often cheaper to buy a book online rather than in a store, especially now Amazon has stopped charging for delivery. But if you're going online anyway, why buy a book at all when you can swap one you no longer want and get it for free instead?
There are two big free book swap sites out there: bookmooch.com (which is international) and readitswapit.co.uk (which is UK-based). Both have literally hundreds of thousands of books available for free.
Alternatively, if you've got an ebook reader, head over to Project Gutenberg and download thousands of works of literature for free.
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I see no reason not to buy new books online, and I've had such good results with used books at bargain prices that even if the next one arrives in tatters I'd still be well ahead of the game. From what I've seen, most vendors are pretty honest in their appraisals of a used book's condition. Oh, sure, I had one that was advertised as very good condition arrive with yellowed pages, but I also bought one not too long ago that was advertised in good condition that arrived looking brand new and unopened. And many of the books I've bought used are in the $50 and $60+ price range new, so when I can buy a slightly used one for $5 to $15, why not?