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A woman who has bought ALL her Christmas gifts second-hand says she's saved £6,000 a year and revealed her top tips for buying pre-loved presents.

Emma Sendall, 26, claims she's "the queen of Vinted" and says buying second-hand has "changed her life".

Emma says there are some tips and tricks to master when buying second-hand - including having something in mind you are looking for and realising if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

She has bought records, clothing, trainers and perfumes for a fraction of the price - saving herself £6000 a year by buying items at least 60% of the market rate.
Transcript
00:00 Here are three ideas for Christmas presents that you can buy that are second hand.
00:04 First one is things like slippers and dressing gowns.
00:06 You can always find these still brand new with tags and with a little bit of searching
00:09 you can generally find high end brands at really reduced prices.
00:13 Number two, you can get picture frames like these from Vintage.
00:16 You could also look on eBay or in charity shops.
00:19 If you're buying for a family member you might get a photo to put in them.
00:22 Number three is beauty gift sets.
00:24 This one's from Vintage but you see these all the time in charity shops at really, really
00:28 reduced prices.
00:29 Here are three ideas for pre-loved Christmas presents that you can buy for kids.
00:33 First one, maybe obvious, toys.
00:35 Here are the different toy categories that are available on Vintage.
00:38 Next one, teddies.
00:40 I love this company called Love Babble London, the soft toy adoption agency,
00:44 who clean up, fix, refurbish old soft toys to make them new again to go to a brand new home.
00:50 Which I just think is one of the most wholesome things in the world.
00:52 Third, every kid needs them, wellies.
00:54 Again, thousands of pairs available on Vintage, loads of them new with tags.

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