Assuring me that it is as ‘Good as New’ just makes me think about how someone else used it. Examining consumer reaction toward marketer-provided information about secondhand goods

Journal of Consumer Behaviour

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 233-241

  Ackerman, David S ^a   Hu, Jing ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85006979975     PISSN: 14720817     EISSN: 14791838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cb.1631     Document Type: Article

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