While positive second-hand shopping motivations received a lot of attention in marketing literature, negative motivations leading to avoid second-hand shopping remain under-researched, despite their relevance for both new goods and used goods retailers. Hence, the objective of this research is to explore negative second-hand shopping motivations. Exploratory interviews enable us to identify several dimensions of those negative motivations, most of them differing from the positive second-hand shopping motivations. Moreover, the exploratory study suggests the relevance of distinguishing negative motivations related to second-hand products from those related to second-hand distribution channels, and a link to the dimensions of perceived risk.
