On Monday, 4 March 2019 18:22:42 UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
People throw them away nowadays. I have THREE fridge freezers which
I got for nowt on freecycle in the space of a month. If I wanted to,
I could get about 15 sofas. WTF are people doing? Buying new furniture
when the old stuff looks like new?

They're throwing away old stuff which still looks new, so they can buy some new stuff that looks old.

Personally, I'm very pleased I bought all my 1970s teak lounge furniture when it was cheap and unfashionable. It's coming back in again.

Owain