Second-Hand
The stigma of buying something second-hand (recycled, re-run, gently owned, almost new, etc.), has totally reversed, and it is now envrionmentally friendly to wear old clothing and to saving the earth's resources. The styling and the quality were infinitely better the first time round than the copies we are seeing now in the retail stores. When you buy a 30, 40 or 50-year-old piece of furniture in a second hand furniture store, it's going to be a lot cheaper than buying it in an "antique" store, and the quality is far superior to today's throw-away imported product. A used book has exactly the same words at 1/3 the price of a new one; why not save the money?
Below you will find a tasty selection of the 1500 businesses which appear in the Smart Shopping Montreal book. This is just an hors d'oeuvre and you really need to buy the book to get the whole scrumptious meal.