You don’t always have to buy brand new to join the tech age ... just ask the kids!
More than half of UK parents inherit their youngster’s ‘hand-me-up’ tech devices instead of buying brand-new.New study
A new study by computer refurbishment specialists, EuroPC, has found that 56 per cent of UK parents inherit their children’s discarded gadgets instead of buying brand-newTo save money was listed as the most common answer why parents prefer to use their children’s second-hand tech as opposed to buying brand-new
In the hopes of discovering more about the pecking order of technology within British families, the team atsurveyed 2,200 UK adults over the age of 40, all of whom are tech users and have children aged between 12 and 25, revealing that 56 per cent of these parents – more than half – inherit their youngster’s ‘hand-me-up’ devices instead of buying brand-new.
It was also found that just over one third of parents have even received a ‘hand-me-up’ present from their children for a special occasion, with 11 per cent admitting they’d been given a tech ‘cast-off’ for Christmas and a further eight per cent saying they were gifted one for their birthday. But what are the popular hand-me-ups?
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