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From used to sought-after: Why young Saudis are buying secondhand

ALKHOBAR: When 26-year-old Dana Al-Qahtani wanted a discontinued digital camera she had seen repeatedly online, she did not look for it in an electronics store. Instead, she spent several weeks searching secondhand listings until she found the model she wanted, still working and at a price she was willing to pay. “I actually wanted it because it was old,” Al-Qahtani told Arab News. “You couldn’t just walk into a store and buy a new one, so secondhand was really the only option.” It was not her f