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I have 14, but regularly use them all part from the bread maker and George formby grill. Those two were gifts though.

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I have ten items on the list and only three are "underused"

- blender - I bought one when I lived away from home but there's already one at home so I just use that instead
- exercise equipment - I have weights and a bench at home. Since joining the gym and rearranging my room, they're in the garage
- power tools - I have an electric screwdriver, a dremel kit, and a power drill. They're tools to be used as and when I need them. The power drill was last used near the beginning of the year, the dremel kit was used a month ago and the electric screwdriver was used last week.

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I have ten items on the list and only three are "underused"

- blender - I bought one when I lived away from home but there's already one at home so I just use that instead
- exercise equipment - I have weights and a bench at home. Since joining the gym and rearranging my room, they're in the garage
- power tools - I have an electric screwdriver, a dremel kit, and a power drill. They're tools to be used as and when I need them. The power drill was last used near the beginning of the year, the dremel kit was used a month ago and the electric screwdriver was used last week.

I would not necessarily say that the power tools were under used. If you do need them at any point and use them rather than getting a tradesman in I would say that they are used.

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5. Digital photo frame (70%)
8. Exercise equipment (67%)
12. bread machine (63%)
18. cookery books (53%)
21. food steamer (49%)
22. body or face toner (49%)
24. slow cooker (46%)
25. games console (46%)
27. food mixer (45%)
28. DIY work bench (44%)
30. Power tools (41%)
31. E-book reader (32%)
32. Magazine subscription (31%)
33. Pay TV subscription (24%)
34. Mobile phone contract (19%)
35. Broadband package (12%)

There - that's our list. The things not getting used regularly are in bold (I'm ashamed to say).

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Our cocktail shaker gets a LOT of use in our house :)

9 on the list, only the grill and cookery books are close to underused. No space for the grill in our new place and the cookery books get occasional use. Slow cooker has been used twice this week alone :D

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I have 12 and only 2 of them are underused.

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Ah, I forgot the photo frame. We got that as a Christmas present 2 years ago, it sat on the window sill for about a month, then unplugged next to the tv for another month, then it landed in the electrical cupboard. I have lots of old cables, keyboards etc.

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We were once given a fondue set. It's long since been passed on to a charity shop.

Power tools: check. Used quite a lot, actually.
Broadband: check. Well, I'm here, aren't I? We both use the internet every day.
Magazine sub: check. Well, one real mag, one digital mag. They both get and kept for reference.
Cookery books: check. Okay, this is one I could well live without, but who doesn't have cookery books they never use?

The rest of the stuff in the list? Never owned, never wanted, never considered in the main.

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8. Exercise equipment Some used more than others
10. Pasta-making set Used regularly now that I have stopped buying pasta.
11. Learn a language app used daily.
13. fitness apps used daily
16. sleep tracker / monitor used daily
17. fat reducing grill not used much but a gift.
18. cookery books used regularly
21. food steamer not used because I steam in the microwave.
23. blender used regularly
24. slow cooker used regularly in the winter
25. games console not that often.
27. food mixer used most days
32. Magazine subscription used
34. Mobile phone contract under used if I am honest.
35. Broadband package used to the max.

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I have 10 for them of which 1 is underused - The Digital Photoframe. All the others I use enough to justify having them

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I have 10 for them of which 1 is underused - The Digital Photoframe. All the others I use enough to justify having them

I would have thought with the likes of eBay there really is no need for unused items. Though most of us actually use the gadgets that we have. In fact my George Foreman grill might get a dust off now that I have a safety cutoff switch that I can use with it.


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