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Second hand toilets, dentures, and coffins

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Lindy gave thrift shoppers a run for their money with her Stat Chat this morning. Apparently there’s an item that you should shy away from buying second hand.

Pediatrician Nathan Bexfield explained why a used cot isn’t a good purchase.

“There are so many different cribs out there and we see a lot of recalls for cribs. It’s kind of hard to find out which ones have been recalled and which ones haven’t.”

The worst second hand sales in Cape Town

Smile Breakfast was curious about the worst ‘pre-loved’ items our listeners have seen for sale. False teeth is something that came up a lot. But we also heard about “vrot Birkenstocks”, a used toilet, a dirty gas braai, and even a coffin.

Second hand
A few listeners sent us pictures like this. They all spotted second hand dentures at flea markets.

Read more: A listener scams a scammer

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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