Is it only with Desi people to have places like ‘Landa Bazar’ and ‘Light House’ for buying second hand things including clothes or non-desi societies also follow this culture (particularly buying second hand clothes).
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Everyone wishes to wear and use good/stylish stuffs that they can afford with their income; There’s nothing wrong with that. Even here People buy things from pawn shops and I think those shops you have mentioned are the same as pawn shops. Those who aren’t that rich have hearts also.
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Yes, there's loads of "second-hand" shops in Non-Desi societies that of course mainly cater to low-income customers. In those shops you can sell and buy pretty much anything from clothes to electronics.
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Yes, there's loads of "second-hand" shops in Non-Desi societies that of course mainly cater to low-income customers. In those shops you can sell and buy pretty much anything from clothes to electronics.
Do they import second hand clothes like we see places like Light House and Landa Bazar full of imported second hand clothes. Someone commented seeing these clothes 'Angrezon ki utran'.
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No. It's usually local stuff. People sell the stuff they don't need anymore to these shops. That's usually people who are desperate to sell because these shops don't give you a lot of money. But it's easy and quick compared to finding someone on your own who would buy your things.
However those shops will only buy your stuff if they think they can sell it (for a higher price of course).
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Its probably considered bad in Pakistan but still there are people who do buy second hand furniture and cars there as well. But here in the west there are actually big stores that sell second hand stuff like furniture, clothes, decorative items and kitchen accessories. And my friends buy things from there.
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Do they import second hand clothes like we see places like Light House and Landa Bazar full of imported second hand clothes. Someone commented seeing these clothes 'Angrezon ki utran'.
Wo sari donation Ki cheezen hoti hain,angrez donate karte hain(ghareeb logo ke liye) aur wahan log yeh cheezen ghateebo ko dene ke bajaye bechte hain.
It's all about naak in Pakistan. And showing off.
People in the west won't think twice if they see something in a charity shop and they like. In their minds its a bargain. Whereas in Pakistan people will look down at some one who may buy from LB.
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^ true.
Everyone wishes to wear and use good/stylish stuffs that they can afford with their income; There’s nothing wrong with that. Even here People buy things from pawn shops and I think those shops you have mentioned are the same as pawn shops. Those who aren’t that rich have hearts also.
No,pawn shops are bit different,
Muqaw meant buying stuff from thrift stores.
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We are just doing up our house and were looking for big marble dining table
we found beautiful ones in Italian furniture shops but dead expensive
we choose a design and found it on ebay. that person selling was moving and
as the table was way too big, they could not take it to their new place and were looking to sell it quickly. we bought is sooooooooooooo much cheaper than the new ones.
Table came with 6 chairs and you can hardly tell it has been used
since we have spent a lot of money on extending our house, we have been looking for some real bargains and I am so glade we found this table. Saved us a fortune.
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No,pawn shops are bit different,
Muqaw meant buying stuff from thrift stores.
I don't have idea about both pawn shops and thrift stores. Whats the difference?
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We are just doing up our house and were looking for big marble dining table we found beautiful ones in Italian furniture shops but dead expensive we choose a design and found it on ebay. that person selling was moving and as the table was way too big, they could not take it to their new place and were looking to sell it quickly. we bought is sooooooooooooo much cheaper than the new ones.
Table came with 6 chairs and you can hardly tell it has been used
since we have spent a lot of money on extending our house, we have been looking for some real bargains and I am so glade we found this table. Saved us a fortune.
Nice to hear that, but I saw people in Pakistan who buy sweaters, etc from Landa Bazar and if while shopping there they find someone who knows them, they would say 'hum to ponche ke liye khareed rahe the'
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No,pawn shops are bit different,
Muqaw meant buying stuff from thrift stores.
I don't have idea about both pawn shops and thrift stores. Whats the difference?
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Pawn shop is like 'cheezen girwi rakhna' and If you wont come back to take your stuff back they will sell it.
thrift stores are like LB.
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i had seen factory selling electronic goods in scrap at cheap price and people buying it.....
who wouldn't ............:D
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i had seen factory selling electronic goods in scrap at cheap price and people buying it.....
who wouldn't ............:D
i think people don't hesitate much while buying stuff like electronic goods, cars.. but when it comes to clothes and furniture, there is naak problem
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bhai aaj kal to kapre kaafi saste hogaye hain....
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bhai aaj kal to kapre kaafi saste hogaye hain....
Really? Idhar to mehnge hogae hain...
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bhai aaj kal to kapre kaafi saste hogaye hain....
Really? Idhar to mehnge hogae hain...
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App ko kisne kaha hai ke tariq road se shopping Karen.
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Really? Idhar to mehnge hogae hain...
100 and 150 rs me bhi achha shirt mil jata hai idhar............:D