Just my own opinion here, and I realize that for many people this isn't practical, but we always buy our furniture used. Buying new furniture is in many ways like buying a new car; you'll never get back what you paid if you sell it.
When we moved here our house was turnkey, so no problem there: the stuff we had in Minnesota would not (according to my wife) have worked in our new home anyway. But we have picked up a few things here. One thing TV does not lack are estate sales, but we much prefer the private estate sales or moving sales to the ones done by the companies that specialize in such things. Of course some of it is dated or in poor repair, but a surprising amount is in really good condition and quite modern, and from the private sellers anyway, very reasonably priced.
Sort of a private joke between my wife and I: "Estate sale coming" whenever we hear a siren.
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