Buy used sports equipment instead of ordering everything brand-new. Save up to $300 per year or more depending on the type and quantity of sporting goods purchased. Sporting goods can be expensive because their production is both energy and resource intensive. So when you buy used goods, you’re conserving the inputs that would otherwise go into making new sports equipment. Buying less expensive used goods—and having the option of selling them back—provides you with more financial leeway when your kids are taking up a new sport every week.