Bland guldkorn och grus -En kvalitativ studie om andrahandskonsumenters konsumtionsvanor

Sammanfattning: In the past years there has been an increase in interest regarding the environment and this combined with the technological advancement has resulted in new opportunities to secondhand consume. The stigmatisation regarding second-hand consumption is in present day often considered something of the past. The aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of second-hand consumption as a phenomenon. Questions asked are how second-hand consumption interacts with the ideals of the consumer society, as well as what second-hand consumers can consider to buy or not buy second-hand and why this is. Previous research shows that the second-hand commodity is chosen for its value relative to its price, how second-hand consumption can contribute to overconsumption as well as how the perceived threat of the previous owner affects the second-hand commodity. This study, based on qualitative interviews with second-hand consuming students, indicates that second-hand consumption enables inadequate consumers to become adequate. The result also shows that second-hand consumption enables environmentally conscious consumers to follow the ideals of the consumer society with good conscience and that there is still some stigmatisation regarding second-hand consumption. However this stigma seems to be undergoing a revaluation process on both an individual and societal level.