We're expecting our first in January. Between my husband's brother and his wife, and my step sisters, we already have a whole basement full of baby stuff. We've already got (completely free):
-Crib (we need a new mattress, my niece literally jumped a hole in the mattress)
-High end glider rocker that locks, with a foot stool (my MIL bought this for BIL/SIL when they had their first 11 years ago, and it's still in great shape)
-Pack'n'play complete with the newborn basket (we'll use this on the main level for diaper changes)
-Jolly Jumper (currently on loan to friends who have a 6 month old)
-Bouncy chair
-Baby swing
-Every clothing item imaginable for a girl from newborn to 2 years (here's hoping ours is a girl, lol!)
-2 baby gates
-Jogging stroller
-Activity mat
-Play centre gizmo
-Bumbo chair
And likely a whole bunch more stuff I haven't even thought of (I need to go through everything in the crawlspace, and make a master list!)
We also still have my childhood fancy dresser that my parents paid an arm and a leg for (again, fairly girly, so hopefully we have a girl).
And for everything we can't find used on Kijiji/don't get as hand-me-downs, I'll be shopping at Once Upon a Child. They have locations across Canada and the US:
http://www.onceuponachild.com/LocationsWe are also going to give cloth diapering a go, once it gets past the first week. I'm all for buying used, but DH can't get past the yuck-factor of buying used diapers, so we are going to get new ones. I found a local-ish business that sells diapers, so we'll start with a newborn set of 36 or so, and see where that gets us. (Should run about $250 for a full set of newborn pocket diapers/inserts/cloth wipes/wet bags)
http://pickapeck.caAnd of coarse the grandparents want to buy some gifts. We're going to 'splurge' on a compact travel stroller system (or rather my Dad will), that should last us from birth to 50 pounds. I've picked it out specifically because of the fast close feature, and it's compact size and weight, since our car is a 2006 Yaris. It's currently $599 at ToysRUs, but they periodically put them on sale as well, or if someone is going to the US, I might get them to pick one up for us there (since they are much cheaper south of the boarder). I'm all for buying a used one, if a clean and functional one can be found, but with carseats expiring after 7 years (or something like that) I want to make sure that whatever we get, will do us for both kids that we'd like to have.
http://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=51874186