2023-05-07 04:08:18
“We have a small pension and it’s important to find something inexpensive,” says Fatiha. This mother was planning to buy a few plates, but it’s a waste of time, because even second-hand, they are too expensive for her wallet. Like this resident of the 20th arrondissement, many Parisians take advantage of their weekend to hunt for bargains on the stands of garage sales in the capital. A way to escape the soaring prices in stores for a few months.
This Saturday morning, it is, among other places, in this perched corner of Belleville that you can hope to renew your wardrobe or furnish your dresser at a lower price. ” It is less expensive. You seek, you find”, rejoices Boubakar, who has just unearthed a massage device.
Fouzia hunts down branded cosmetics that she cannot afford in stores. “Inflation is so huge, and wages are not keeping up. But it’s really very interesting, whether to buy or resell”.
Behind the one-day stalls, professionals, but also individuals, also hard hit by soaring prices. Chloe and her friends got up at dawn to try to dispose of the objects and clothes cluttering up their closet. “Really, with the current context, the end of the month is a bit tough. And then we see it, as soon as you arrive here, you sense people in need. So you adapt your prices”, slips this intermittent of the show.
A little further, Louise waits behind porticoes of colorful clothes. This student at the Beaux-arts in Paris had never done a garage sale before this one. Like many young people present behind the stands, it was the need to make ends meet that made him take the leap: “I have too many things at home and I don’t have enough money” , she summarizes.
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